Canada Federal Principal

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth.

Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.

• Provide overall leadership for growing and developing our HDR Federal (Defence) practice within Canada.
• Develop robust strategic plan, in conjunction with senior leadership, to deliver defined Business Group goals, including financial goals.
• Possess high level project knowledge and status of projects including financial performance and ongoing risk mitigation measures.
• Work collaboratively with our Global Federal leadership team to share learnings and opportunities and leverage the expertise of the Global network.
• As part of the Canadian leadership team, work as a team to ensure the success of HDR’s strategic objectives for the Canada region, including through cross Business Group opportunities.
• Assure that HDR’s brand is elevated and maintained through quality design, innovative planning, client service and thought leadership on projects throughout Canada and beyond.
• Strong strategic thinker with operational execution skills, with a history of initiating, leading, and managing organizational and/or team growth.
• Candidates residing in Ottawa are strongly preferred to support DND/DCC relationships.

• Proactively identify key relationships and opportunities to foster through networking, research and genuine passion and interest for understanding the existing and future market drivers.
• Develop and nurture strong relationships with key clients within the agreed region and/ or target sector area.
• Build robust relationships with key collaborators, including managing contractors
• Actively participate on projects to advise client, and otherwise add value to our service, the project and the team.

• Establish Federal sector business development priorities and lead strategies in collaboration with other colleagues and Business Group leadership, for research, market trend analysis, competitor analysis, assessment and application of predictive analytics, network building, and associated target clients etc.
• Work collaboratively to build successful pursuit teams both inside and outside HDR; including teaming partners and sub consultants.
• Provide leadership to the pursuit…