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YVR is a place of connection, bringing together people, places and cargo while ensuring a safe and efficient experience for everyone. The Operational Strategy & Reporting Department plays a central role in shaping the performance, resilience, and longterm success of YVR airport operations. Position overview If you thrive in fastpaced environment and are motivated by the chance to shape meaningful, enterprisewide change, this role places you at the centre of YVRs operational evolution. As Director of Operational Strategy and Reporting, youll partner directly with the COO and Director team to strengthen how YVR plans, delivers, and measures operational performance. Youll lead critical functions business and decision support, analytics, program reporting, senior stakeholder engagement, and financial planningensuring clarity, alignment, and consistency across daily operations. Youll also collaborate closely with Experience and Innovation Teams to advance One YVR priorities, reinforcing a unified operational and technology approach that supports a seamless, airportwide experience. This role is ideal for someone who brings strategic insight, operational discipline, and a passion for building systems that help people and teams thrive. Key Responsibilities Provide strategic, endtoend leadership for YVRs most significant business and transformation initiatives, overseeing due diligence, integration, and execution with rigor and discipline. Ensure enterprisewide schedule and milestone fidelity, accelerating progress and removing barriers to maintain momentum across functional boundaries Lead executivelevel reviews that translate complex program insights into clear decisions, ensuring initiatives deliver results at or ahead of plan Drive leadership accountability, reinforcing ownership of business commitments and sustaining focus on transformation priorities Mobilize and support functional teams to execute the highestpriority tactics essential to advancing YVRs transformation agenda particularly with digital Lead crossfunctional alignment for major repositioning efforts, ensuring clarity, cohesion, and seamless execution across the organization. Design, implement, and govern a comprehensive reporting ecosystem that strengthens transparency, enables datadriven decisionmaking, and enhances enterprise oversight Key Qualifications A minimum of ten years of progressive experience in a senior operations or strategy role, including at least five years leading teams; supported by a bachelors degree in Operations Management, Business Administration, or a related field (a masters degree is an asset) or a combination of equivalent training and experience. Demonstrated strength in critical thinking and sound judgment, with the ability to shape strategic direction and translate plans into outcomes that deliver measurable value Proven leadership and communication capabilities, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build alignment across all levels of the organization. A strategic, solutionoriented mindset, with the credibility to guide leaders through complex operational and organizational challenges. Advanced analytical and program management expertise, with a track record of driving largescale initiatives to successful completion Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to highquality execution, even in complex or fastmoving environments Strong technical proficiency, particularly with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and comfort working with datadriven insights Resilience and composure under pressure, consistently navigating evolving priorities with diplomacy, professionalism, and confidence Although not required, French language skills are an asset as we are committed to providing bilingual services to our visitors and passengers. This helps us meet federal language obligations while ensuring a welcoming experience. Candidates who do not speak French are still strongly encouraged to apply. Previous job performance will be taken into consideration for all internal candidates that apply for this position. As part of our recruitment process, shortlisted candidates may be required to participate in an assessment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr