Vice President, People and Culture

NFI is a leading global bus manufacturer of mass mobility solutions under the brands New Flyer®(heavy-duty transit buses), MCI®(motor coaches), Alexander Dennis Limited (single and double-deck buses), ARBOC®(low-floor cutaway and medium-duty buses), and NFI Parts™. NFI currently offers the widest range of sustainable drive systems available, including zero-emission electric (trolley, battery,and fuel cell), natural gas, electric hybrid, and clean diesel. In total, NFI supports its installed base in our buses and coaches around the world.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, People & Culture,the Vice President, People & Culture (VP, P&C) is a senior enterprise leader responsible for setting and stewarding the organization’s people, culture, and leadership strategy with a strong emphasis on strategic foresight, enterprise thinking, and long‑term capability building. The role holistically connects business strategy, workforce capability, leadership, culture, and performance to drive sustainable enterprise results while directly leading the assigned business unit group of the People and Culture Director Leadership Team (HRDLT). Acting as a trusted advisor to executive leaders, the VP P&C influences boundaries, collaborates across the enterprise and external ecosystems, and ensures people strategies anticipate future business, and workforce needs.

Why Join Us

• Be part of a global team leading sustainable bus and motorcoach solutions
• Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Registered pension plan with generous company match
• Passionate about creating a better product, a better workplace, and a better world
• Inclusive workplace culture that values and empowers team members.
• On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we invested $11.6 million in 2025)
• Advancement opportunities within our family of companies
• We are proudly named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 employers.

What You Will Do

Enterprise/Central Responsibilities

• Develop and execute enterprise people, culture, and leadership strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Establish and govern BU P&C/HR policies, standards, and practices to ensure legal compliance, risk mitigation, and consistency in line with Enterprise strategy and values.
• Support enterprise and lead BU talent management, succession planning, and leadership development frameworks.
• Partner with Total Rewards leadership on compensation, benefits, incentive design, and pay practices.

Business Unit (BU) Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior strategic P&C advisor to assigned BU Presidents and leadership teams aligning people, leadership, and culture strategies with business priorities
• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to the P&C/HR Director Leadership team supporting the assigned business units.
• Lead BU talent and leadership outcomes across succession planning, talent reviews, high performance identification, leadership development, and coaching for senior and critical roles. Ensure adoption and effective execution of enterprise P&C programs, including performance management, leadership development, employee engagement, talent management, and inclusion initiatives.
• Partner with BU leaders and enterprise functions to support workforce planning, manage complex labour relations matters, and lead change initiatives such as transformations, restructures and major system implementations.

How You Will Lead

• Lead with foresight to align people and culture strategy with business priorities.
• Connect enterprise talent, culture, and operations to drive results.
• Build future‑ready leadership, succession, and organizational capability.
• Influence and collaborate across the organization to deliver scalable people solutions.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Post secondary education in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field preferred; HR designation preferred
• 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including senior enterprise and Business Unit facing roles
• Demonstrated experience in complex, multi-site and multi-jurisdictional (Canada, US and International) organizations.
• Experience in unionized and safety-sensitive environments is preferred
• Proven leadership through large‑scale change, transformation or M&A and business integration.
• Strategic and commercial acumen with a strong enterprise mindset and ability to think systemically and long‑term.
• Demonstrated ability to drive enterprise results by connecting people, leadership, culture, and strategy.
• Executive‑level influencing, coaching, and communication capabilities with the ability to lead across boundaries without formal authority.
• Proven capability in building organizational and leadership capacity, developing enterprise talent, and collaborating across complex internal and external ecosystems.
• Strong judgement in employee relations, ethics, and risk management; data‑driven decision making; and resilient change leadership in complex environments
• Up to 25% travel; must be eligible to travel in Canada or the U.S

Our Why

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design, deliver, and support market-leading bus and motorcoach solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient, and reliable. Our values—safety, quality, integrity, accountability, teamwork, and sustainability—are at the core of everything we do. NFI Group | We Move People - YouTube

Leveraging 450 years of combined experience, NFI offers a wide range of propulsion-agnostic bus and coach platforms, including market leading electric models. Through its low- and zero-emission buses and coaches, infrastructure, and technology, NFI meets today’s urban demands for scalable smart mobility solutions. Together, NFI is enabling more livable cities through connected, clean, and sustainable transportation. News and information is available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, nfi.parts, www.alexander-dennis.com, arbocsv.com, and carfaircomposites.com.

NFI Group is committed to administering all employment matters in accordance with the value we place on fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace that values the contributions of all team members. We ensure that all employment decisions are based upon merit and comply with applicable employment legislation and requirements. Accommodations are available at all stages of the recruitment process, at the candidates’ request.

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