The City of Calgary is one of Canada’s fastest growing and most dynamic municipalities, serving more than 1.6 million residents and acting as the economic and cultural hub of southern Alberta. With over 15,000 employees, The City delivers essential services that touch nearly every aspect of daily life from public safety and infrastructure to recreation and social supports. Guided by its purpose of making life better every day, The City of Calgary is committed to innovation, resilience, and delivering high-quality, Calgarian-focused services to a diverse and growing community.
The City of Calgary is recruiting a Director, Cyber Security (Chief Cyber Security Officer - CCSO) to lead the Cyber Security Business Unit, which delivers a critical function at the heart of a complex, modern municipality. With a strategic leadership mandate, the Director will lead the Cyber Security Team in the protection of essential public services and enable innovation across the organization.
The CCSO will advance the enterprise Cyber Security program and ensure governance frameworks, policies, and standards are aligned with leading practices. This includes overseeing cyber risk management, threat intelligence, and incident response across the organization, while partnering with departments to continue to embed security into all technology and business initiatives. The CCSO will mentor a high-performing team, strengthen organizational resilience through preparedness and continuous improvement, and ensure Cyber Security is fully integrated into The City’s service delivery.
As the ideal candidate, you are a forward-thinking cyber security leader with the demonstrated ability to successfully operate seamlessly at both strategic and operational levels. You bring experience leading enterprise-wide programs, ideally within highly complex public sector environments. You are known for your ability to influence, communicate, and build trust. You excel at advising executive leadership while guiding teams through evolving threats and change. You will shape decisions that define The City’s risk posture and digital future, protecting critical infrastructure and services while safeguarding public trust and enabling a modern, resilient municipality.
Janet Soles and Associates has been retained to conduct this search on behalf of The City of Calgary. For more information about this opportunity or to apply, please send your resume and letter of interest in confidence, with the subject line “City of Calgary - Cybersecurity” to apply@jssearch.ca
