Senior Director, Bus Transformation Program

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Marketing Statement

As the largest operating company in the integrated Trans Link enterprise, Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) operates a fleet of clean-fuel conventional and community shuttle buses, zero-emission trolley buses, and passenger ferry Sea Buses in Metro Vancouver, the largest single transit service area in Canada.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Integrates the key business activities, and capital related to the bus transformation program (future expansion and transition to zero-emissions) to ensure long term success, effective and efficient operations, manage risk and optimize total cost of ownership. Is CMBC’s leader to ensure the financial and environmental benefits from transformation of the bus operations are realized. Is CMBC’s point of coordination for bus transformation, including strategic operational, resource, budget, and facility requirements planning, operational readiness, risk identification and tracking, project prioritization, and new asset integration.

Works and interacts with a diverse and multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts in CMBC and Trans Link to provide strategic direction, and project/program/business expert advice that supports enterprise-wide strategic priorities and business decisions. Represents and provides strategic advice related to future expansion and transition to zero-emissions to the President/GM, CMBC Executive and Senior Leadership Team, Trans Link leadership committees, and CMBC’s Board of Directors.

Represents CMBC at a senior level internally and with key external stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

Reporting directly to the President/GM and participating as a member of the Executive & Senior Management Team (ESLT), provides senior level leadership across CMBC departments/divisions to ensure the transformational change realizes the benefits of expansion and a zero-emissions fleet. Provides strategic advice and contributions to critical decisions on the transformation program and the related planning, business, and organizational activities.

Under the direction of the President, develops and implements robust governance structures for CMBC’s transformation program, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, engagement, commitment, efficient decision-making processes across all program components and stakeholders.

Provides coordination and facilitation across CMBC functions (including but not limited to Maintenance, Operations, Finance and Corporate Services, and Safety, Environment and Emergency Management) responsible for delivering elements of the transformation program to ensure operational readiness and the realization of benefits.

Under The Direction Of The President, Participates In The Strategic Planning Of Business And Organizational Transformation To Enable And Facilitate Expansion And Zero-emissions, Including Operational And Workforce Readiness To Ensure

Operations and maintenance employees are fully engaged and trained on new zero-emissions fleet, charging infrastructure, new infrastructure assets, and related technologies; and,

New expansion and zero-emissions fleet and infrastructure, and new/redeveloped transit centres are effectively integrated, and efficiently utilized by CMBC.

Presents and reports to the CMBC Board on the transformation program, and the progress of its key projects/initiatives, strategic impact, political sensitivity, and high risks. Advises the CMBC ESLT and the CMBC Board on critical risk management strategies to ensure successful delivery of CMBC’s transformation program and related planning, business, and organizational activities.

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