Director, Innovation and AI (French Services)

Position Title:

Director, Innovation and AI (French Services)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

French

Language Skills:

French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 
 
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2026-05-15 11:59 PM

Your Role

The Director, Innovation and AI, will oversee the integration of artificial intelligence into French Services by developing innovation and AI strategies that maximize discoverability, automation and audience impact for the public broadcaster’s content.

Taking on a role as team leader and facilitator, you’ll steer in-house evangelism and critical files such as the transition from SEO to GEO and developments in user experience formats. You'll drive the group’s innovation projects by forging strategic partnerships with industry sectors and academia and managing pools of qualified experts. As a member of internal governance committees, you’ll have a substantive impact in terms of optimizing the tools used and balancing technological exploration with operational implementation.

Although you'll be a driver of cultural change, you won’t be responsible for operationalizing solutions in specific divisions, concentrating instead on overall strategy and organizational influence.

Develop the digital innovation strategy and portfolio

• Design and implement an innovation strategy that is consistent with Radio‑Canada’s objectives and integrates foresight, innovation culture and applied innovation.
• Identify and prioritize high-potential innovation initiatives for the Digital Media group and the audiences served by French Services.
• Manage a portfolio of innovation projects and related budgets by maintaining balance between short-term undertakings and long-term exploration.
• Define key performance indicators to assess the impact of innovation on the organization.
• Communicate results to executives, demonstrating the added value from innovation efforts and identifying any challenges.

Manage the Innovation and AI team focused on both discoverability and exploration

• Systemize approaches to structure and boost innovation throughout the organization and in the digital products and innovation teams (product discoverability, innovation cycle management, accelerator programs, open innovation, etc.).
• Champion a culture of experimentation within the teams to encourage rapid iteration and continuous learning.
• Explore and integrate AI and emerging technologies
• Explore and direct AI-based solutions to drive content and experiences with high added value for our audiences.
• Partner will all departments and fields of expertise to ethically and transparently integrate AI and other emerging technologies.
• Promote AI adoption and development at all corporate levels based on learnings from digital content.
• Manage federating partnerships related to innovation and AI (industry sectors, universities, Médias Francophones Publics, IVADO).
• Sit on various internal and external AI governance committees to influence the AI approaches of other groups and partners.

Communicate and cooperate inside and outside the organization

• Propel collaboration among internal teams, external partners and industry experts to foster open innovation.
• Influence our internal partners to streamline and accelerate the development and implementation of master agreements.
• Lead workshops to strengthen innovation competencies and AI adoption and facilitate change management among teams.
• Regularly share learnings (gains, challenges and issues) with all corporate levels.
• Organize and promote monitoring and collective intelligence for AI and other innovation initiatives.

Leadership and influence

• Lead and/or participate in various cross-functional governance committees throughout the organization.
• Position Radio-Canada as a media leader for the responsible use of AI at the national and international levels.
• Take part in forums and proceedings dedicated to innovation and AI in order to enhance Radio-Canada’s visibility and influence.
• Share AI insights and advances with the public and engage conversations to serve them better.

What You Bring

Experience

• At least 10 years’ experience in digital innovation or transformation in a large company.
• Experience integrating AI and emerging technologies into media company workflows.
• Experience in news or editorial production fields would be an asset.
• Experience as a team manager in a digital transformation role.

Skills

• Proficiency with innovation management approaches and processes.
• Strong understanding of technology trends and ethical issues relating to AI.
• Change management and leadership skills for multidisciplinary teams.
• Solid command of spoken and written French and English.
   

Personal Attributes

• Intrapreneurial mindset and the ability to embrace uncertainty and take calculated risks.
• Strong influential leadership and communication skills and the ability to inspire a culture of innovation and rally people around ambitious common objectives.
• Results orientation that champions creativity, an enterprising approach and collaboration.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
 
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time