Ready to test your leadership skills and drive real impact? CommonShares offers dynamic leaders the chance to step into the role of president for an established Canadian small business. As president, you'll guide a newly acquired business through its transition to employee ownership, steering it toward sustainable growth with support from industry experts and a strong peer network.

CommonShares is a succession platform that buys established small businesses at fair value from retiring owners, identifies and supports ambitious new presidents, and immediately grants a portion of the business to the employees—making them owners.

We do this because we believe employee ownership improves business performance, addresses wealth inequality, and ensures these businesses continue operating in their communities—never needing to be sold again.

We’re working to make our win-win approach the new standard for business succession in Canada. Let’s work together to strengthen communities across the country.

Apply your leadership skills and entrepreneurial drive to:

- Serve as the president of an employee-owned small business.

- Establish the business's value creation plan.

- Be responsible for all strategy, operations, and P&L management.

- Lead a team of experienced existing employees.

- Lead and develop a team to steward and grow your business.

- Assess the business and identify and execute opportunities for growth and improvement

- Manage resources to achieve operational and financial goals that you set and measure with CommonShares.

- Develop relationships with key customers, vendors, and partners.

- Manage hiring, firing, promotion, and performance management of your team.

- Develop an owner culture and work with CommonShares to transition the business to majority employee ownership.

- Roll up your sleeves and do what it takes to make your staff and your business successful. A small business requires a bit of everything.

- Commit to continuous self-improvement and participate in ongoing CommonShares President trainings and our President community.

- An operator at heart, you love to build

- Generous, flexible, open, and humble—you're not afraid to own and learn from your mistakes

- Proven people leadership capabilities and a love of growing others

- Strong general business and financial acumen

- A bias toward action and a deep sense of responsibility

- Strong communication and presentation skills

- Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity

- Strong project management and problem-solving skills

- A willingness to roll up your sleeves and do the work

- Ability to set and achieve financial and operational goals

- Hands-on business operating experience preferred

- Upside in the portfolio company and in CommonShares

- Competitive salary and benefits

- Ongoing business and leadership development training

- A community of other presidents

- Access to functional and industry experts

- The full CommonShares team supporting you in achieving your goals