Director, Mumbai Office

Role Responsibilities

The Director, India Office is Alberta’s lead representative for trade, investment, advocacy, and talent attraction in India. Based in Mumbai, this long-term international assignment (four years) is an exceptional opportunity to shape Alberta’s economic interests in one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. This role reports to the Managing Director, IndoPacific (Hub), Singapore.

Your Role & Impact:

• Strategic Leadership: Drive Alberta’s market access and investment attraction strategies, supporting priority industries such as oil & gas, agri-food, clean technology, life sciences, and education.
• High-Level Advocacy: Represent Alberta’s interests with Indian and Canadian government officials, private sector leaders, and key stakeholders.
• Market Intelligence & Expansion: Gather and analyze sector-specific market opportunities, facilitate Alberta’s export growth, and develop strategic partnerships.
• Diplomatic Engagement: Lead Alberta’s advocacy efforts, ensuring coordinated messaging and impactful communication strategies.
• Operational & Team Leadership: Manage Alberta’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices, overseeing budgets, strategy implementation, and a team of professionals.

What You Bring:

• Extensive experience in networking and cultivating high-impact business relationships.
• A track record of working independently to drive measurable outcomes in investment attraction and trade.
• Deep understanding of Alberta’s economic, political, and social landscape, alongside strong knowledge of government policies in Canada and India.
• Strategic leadership experience, with proven ability to oversee complex international business initiatives, and manage teams in a cross-cultural setting.
• Exceptional communication skills in English, with fluency in additional Indian languages considered an asset.
• Proficiency in diplomacy, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement, managing sensitive issues with professionalism.
• Creative problem-solving mindset, able to develop innovative solutions and bring together key players to achieve impactful results.
• Social media expertise, leveraging digital platforms to promote Alberta’s industries and drive business opportunities.

If you are driven, strategic, and eager to make a global impact, apply now to play a pivotal role in shaping Alberta’s presence in India!

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Creative Problem-Solving: Approaches challenges with innovation, fostering collaboration and generating impactful solutions.

Agility: Adapts quickly to change, managing risks and uncertainty while keeping goals on track.

Building Collaborative Networks: Establishes influential relationships, ensuring diverse stakeholder needs are represented and aligned.

Driving for Results: Removes obstacles to success, maintaining integrity while delivering measurable outcomes.

Systems Thinking: Considers broader trends and political dynamics to guide informed, long-term decision-making.

Qualifications

University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, preferred degree with a focus in Business or Economics, supplemented by eight years progressively responsible experience. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis. Preferred degree with a focus in International Business or Economics.

Assets:

• A Canadian citizen with a strong background in trade, investment attraction, and government relations.
• A global thinker, eager to make a tangible impact on Alberta’s international presence.
• An effective communicator, skilled in fostering partnerships and navigating complex international landscapes, and managing teams in a cross-cultural setting.
• A broad understanding of Alberta’s current economic drivers and priorities, as well as political and social issues.
• Extensive related experience in international economic development and policy advocacy and networking to drive outcomes.
• An understanding of Alberta’s industry and networks and the Alberta value proposition for international trade promotion and investment attraction.
• Demonstrated capacity for building relationships with domestic and international businesses, intergovernmental partners and other key stakeholders.
• Exceptional diplomacy skills in responding and dealing with sensitive and controversial matters and in representing the province at senior political, business and social levels.
• Exposure and knowledge of business management and international business development principles and practices would be considered an asset.
• Proven success in managing complex issues and positively influencing outcomes.
• Exceptional verbal, written, listening and interpersonal communications skills.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

The location of the position is based outside of Alberta and Canada. Successful candidates must be Canadian Citizens who must be eligible to work internationally.

Final candidates will be required to undergo Top Secret Federal Security Clearance screening.

Guidelines for Alberta’s Posted Staff (GAPS) forms part of the terms of employment for staff that the Government of Alberta (GoA) posts both domestically and internationally. The principle of GAPS is that an employee of the GoA who is posted should be placed in neither a more nor less favourable situation than would a public servant employee working in Alberta. More information can be found here: https://www.alberta.ca/guidelines-for-albertas-posted-staff.

• Successful candidates must provide clearance to be medically fit for service abroad.
• This competition will be used to fill four-year contract full-time position, working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• For Internal candidates, please note this is a contract position, not a secondment or temporary assignment. You must seek approval from your home Ministry to hold your base position for the 4-year term. These approvals must be in writing and signed off by the Deputy Minister for your base position.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Please also indicate whether your work experience was part-time or full-time.

For example: January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Executive Director of Job Title (Full time)

Notes (Continued)

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement
• Leadership and mentorship programs