Vice President, Human Resources

Durabuilt Windows & Doors is one of Western Canada’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial windows and doors. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Edmonton, Durabuilt has grown from an entrepreneurial operation into a diversified organization employing more than 800 people across multiple facilities and provinces. Recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, our success has been built on quality, innovation, customer service, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

As we enter our next phase of growth, we are looking for an accomplished and commercially minded Vice President, Human Resources to join our Executive Leadership Team and shape the future of our people strategy.

This is not simply a role focused on managing HR operations. It is an opportunity to influence the organization at an enterprise level, strengthening leadership capability, shaping organizational design, building scalable people practices, advancing culture, and ensuring our workforce strategy supports sustainable business growth.

Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP, Human Resources will serve as a trusted executive advisor and provide an independent, informed perspective on our people, culture, organizational health, workforce risks, and emerging opportunities.

The VP, Human Resources will lead the evolution of Durabuilt’s people strategy while preserving the entrepreneurial culture and agility that have contributed to our success.

You will partner closely with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to ensure organizational structure, leadership capability, talent, culture, and workforce investments remain aligned with business priorities. You will provide strategic direction to the HR function while building the systems, governance, leadership capability, and organizational infrastructure required to support a growing, multi-location business.

We are looking for a leader who is equally comfortable in the executive boardroom and on the manufacturing floor! Someone who understands the business, builds credibility through relationships and results, and can translate people strategy into practical business outcomes.

Develop and execute a multi-year people strategy aligned with Durabuilt’s growth, operational scalability, and long-term objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on organizational effectiveness, executive talent, workforce risk, culture, leadership capability, and significant people decisions.

Lead organizational design and workforce planning initiatives that ensure our structure, capabilities, talent pipelines, and workforce models are positioned for future business requirements. Guide people-related transformation through periods of growth, restructuring, operational change, and increasing organizational maturity.

Strengthen leadership capability across the organization and establish robust succession planning for executive, senior leadership, and business-critical positions. Oversee enterprise approaches to talent acquisition, development, performance management, workforce planning, and leadership effectiveness.

Champion a culture that reflects Durabuilt’s values while strengthening employee engagement, accountability, inclusion, and the overall employee experience. Advance our employee value proposition and employer reputation to support attraction and retention.

Build a high-performing HR function equipped to support a complex, multi-location organization. Champion scalable processes, HR technology, reporting,…