Group Leader I CEO

EWS Group; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + bonus

Long‑term incentive opportunities

Flexible work options

Comprehensive benefits

Strong career path opportunities

Job summary

CORA Group is seeking a seasoned Group Leader to oversee 5–7 business units, driving growth, operational excellence, and product innovation across the CORA portfolio. You will coach BU leaders, guide AI/automation initiatives, and ensure disciplined execution during integrations and renewals.

The role requires a proven leadership track, a strategic mindset, and the ability to align revenue growth with customer value while fostering a data‑driven culture across decentralized units.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in the software industry, with evidence of scaling multiple businesses.
• Experience guiding teams through AI/automation opportunities is advantageous.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or graduate education preferred.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross‑functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define long‑term growth plans and KPIs for the CORA Group portfolio.
• Coach Presidents and BU leaders; promote best practices and integrations.
• Lead acquisition integration and back‑office consolidation for new entities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

People development

AI/ML awareness

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Tools

BI tools

Forecasting software

Data analytics

Job description

# **Group Leader**# **CORA Group - Jonas Software (https://www.thecoragroup.com/)**# **Remote Canada****About CORA Group**CORA Group is an operating group of Jonas Software under Constellation Software Inc. (TSX:CSU). We acquire, strengthen and grow vertical market software companies across a range of industry‐specific segments. Our “buy‐and‐hold forever” model delivers long‐term value, operational discipline, and entrepreneurial freedom.## ## Role SummaryAs Group Leader, you will oversee a portfolio of 5–7 business units within the CORA Group. Your mandate is to drive growth, operational excellence, and product innovation across your group. You will coach Presidents (Business Unit Leaders), introduce best practices, and support diligence and integration for new acquisitions. You will also guide leaders in identifying practical AI/ML applications that strengthen product value or internal efficiency, ensuring AI use remains realistic and business‐driven.## ## Key Responsibilities**Strategic leadership across your group:** define long‐term growth plans, operational KPIs, and innovation opportunities. Support AI adoption roadmaps where they clearly accelerate efficiency or customer value.**Mentor business unit leaders and their teams:** enable best practices, promote cross‐unit knowledge sharing, and foster a high‐performing culture. Provide light‐touch coaching on AI/automation opportunities and readiness.**Ensure operational excellence:** monitor and drive recurring revenue growth, profitability, churn/net retention, customer satisfaction, implementation velocity, and cost‐to‐serve.**Lead acquisition integration:** act as Integration Manager for newly acquired entities; oversee commercial, operational and back‐office assimilation into the CORA model. Highlight integration opportunities where AI/automation can streamline processes.**Lead and support product innovation:** help BU leaders evaluate enhancements to product strategy and customer experience. Where relevant, assess the feasibility of adding ML, predictive analytics, or generative AI features tied to customer value.**Analyze vertical markets:** deep‐dive into market dynamics, competitive landscape, win/loss reasons, pricing optimization and positioning.**Cascade key metrics across business units:** align targets with corporate goals and regularly review progress via weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting.**Promote data‐driven decision making:** lead financial reporting and forecasting, identify efficiencies, and challenge underperforming units. Encourage the use of analytics or automation tools that strengthen forecasting or reporting accuracy.**Act as change agent:** embed CORA/Jonas culture, promote innovation, and ensure that decentralization does not compromise discipline.## ## Required Qualifications & Experience• 10+ years of leadership experience in the software industry, ideally in vertical SaaS.• Proven record of scaling multiple businesses — both organically and through M&A integration.• Strong leadership and people development capability.• Comfortable in a fast‐changing, decentralized environment with a bias for execution.• Financial acumen with experience managing to P&L..• Experience guiding teams in identifying or evaluating AI/automation opportunities is a strong asset (not a requirement).• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills.• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or relevant graduate education preferred.## ## Desired Characteristics• Curious and adaptive; proactive in learning emerging tools and frameworks.• Entrepreneurial, execution‐focused, and practical.• Culturally aligned with CORA/Jonas.• Appreciates the role of AI as an enabler, not a replacement for operational leadership.## ## Compensation & BenefitsCompetitive base salary + performance‐based bonus. Long‐term incentive opportunities reflecting Constellation’s philosophy. Flexible work options, comprehensive benefits, and strong career path opportunities.## ## Why Join Us?Play a pivotal role in shaping growth across a portfolio of vertical software companies. Operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and innovation. Access deep operational knowledge from across the Constellation Software network.Contribute meaningfully to CORA’s evolving AI strategy while maintaining focus on disciplined operations and strong leadership development.#LI-VL1## ## Business Unit:CORA Corporate## ## Scheduled Weekly Hours:37.5## ## Number of Openings Available:1