Community Development Business Leader

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Community Development Business Leader to spearhead innovative projects that enhance community resilience and livability. This role involves strategic leadership, financial management, and fostering a people-first culture. You'll collaborate with a talented team to drive growth and operational excellence while making a meaningful impact on urban development. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to sustainability and community building, where your expertise can shape the future of cities and communities.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Wellness Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in community development and infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of financial management and business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Community Development business line in North America.
• Drive growth and business development while ensuring operational excellence.

Skills

Business Acumen

Leadership

Project Management

Financial Management

Client Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Community Development Business Leader - ( 250001S8 )

Description

This posting will remain active until 5pm EDT on Friday, May 23, 2025. For consideration, please complete an application prior to the deadline.

The location can be based in any Stantec office location.

Strong communities do not just happen—they’re built. They’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and ready to face tomorrow with optimism. We’re driving the future of Community Development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion—and find endless opportunities to help make communities more, resilient, and livable. As one of the world’s top ranked leaders in sustainability, we operate our company with the same focus and adherence to best practices as we apply to our client’s needs.

Are you passionate about creating vibrant communities? Do you want to guide the future of cities, communities, and new development? Our Community Development planners, landscape architects, surveyors and civil engineers create unique solutions for clients in the private and public sectors across urban places, residential, and commercial / industrial land development.

Grow with the best. Join a smart, innovative, and inspired team that strives for thought leadership, growth, technical and operational excellence, along with a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices, encourages individual integrity, and focuses on customer and service delivery. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our 32,000 team members in over 450 locations worldwide are vital to making our company stronger.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for a bold, strategic and collaborative leader with a strong business acumen, who will foster a people first culture, deliver transformational projects, and focus on operational excellence and efficiency. Reporting to the Business Operating Unit Leader (BOUL) for Infrastructure, the Community Development Business Leader (CD BL) is accountable for leading, managing and growing the CD business line in North America through strong financial performance, effective marketing & business development, strong client relationships, talent attraction and development, resource management, and efficient project delivery. The CD BL will inspire and optimize team performance on the top line and bottom line using strong leadership skills and influencing expertise, that will lead to innovative solutions that exceed client expectations and grow Stantec's market position.

Your Key Responsibilities

Financial Management

• Responsible for the annual business plan and budget, outlining the vision, focus and strategy to meet or exceed financial targets

• Review monthly financial statements and create actionable plans to address any gaps

• Work directly with the regional business leaders (RBLs) to meet or exceed annual business plan and budget

Growth Leadership

• Accelerate growth and business development excellence

• Achieve organic growth through meeting or exceeding marketing and business development (M&BD) sales goals and budget, including internal cross-selling initiatives

• Actively maintain top pursuit lists, improving business line’s competitive capture rate

• Responsible for the performance of business line’s business development teams

• Provide strategic guidance to identify new markets, clients, and acquisitions to enhance and grow our market share

• Participate in leading industry associations and networks to build relationships and expand Stantec’s presence

• Responsible for account management of one major national business line client and function as account sponsor for several key national clients

• Personally engage directly on significant pursuits and projects within the business line

People Leadership

• Act as a highly regarded leader, thought partner and source of counsel and advice for the business to enhance our position in the industry

• Build and lead a high-performing team that consistently meets and exceeds the short and long-term goals of the business. Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec's high performance culture with a focus on innovation, speed of decision making and action, and productivity.

• Support, coach, and mentor leaders, enhancing their capabilities, fostering their growth, and continuously improving their leadership skills.

• Promote cross-functional collaboration and teamwork with other Business Operating Units and partner with Functional Services teams cultivating a cohesive and supportive leadership community.

• Oversee resource management processes, talent recruitment, career & leadership development, succession planning, coaching, and mentoring

• Achieve appropriate ratios of leadership and professional employees to meet the business objectives

• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the business line

• Uphold a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices, encourages individual integrity, and focuses on the customer and service delivery.

Health and Safety Focus

• Promote and drive a strong health and safety culture, and meet all key performance indicators

• Promote compliance with Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security, and Environment & Sustainability (HSSE) management system

Quality and Innovation Focus

• Optimize project delivery using innovation and technology in partnership with Infrastructure’s Project Delivery and Innovation Leader

• Drive compliance with Stantec’s Project Management (PM) Framework

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• A Bachelor's degree with a minimum of twenty years of related work experience; and an understanding of the broader Infrastructure market would be an asset.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-Ontario-Toronto

Other Locations : Canada-Alberta-Calgary, Canada-Alberta-Edmonton

Organization : BC-1606 CommDev-CA Ontario East

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Manager

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 5, 2025, 7:08:19 AM

Req ID: 250001S8

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans