Manager, WAM Product & Continuous Improvement

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Work in Asset Management Innovation

Location: Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Type of Employment: Regular, Full-Time

Closing Date: January 09, 2026

We are currently looking for a Manager, WAM Product & Continuous Improvement to join our Work and Asset Management Innovation team in a permanent position.

Reporting to the Director, Customer & Grid Intelligence, you will lead strategic initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and drive product innovation. You'll work cross-functionally to identify opportunities for improvement, implement impactful changes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement across the organization.

Key elements of this role include:

As a Manager, WAM Product & Continuous Improvement, you will:

• Collaborate with stakeholder leadership groups, including the Management Operating System (MOS) committee, and incorporate team and user feedback to identify, prioritize, and shape process improvements that enhance operational performance--ensuring solutions are sustainable, scalable, and aligned with long-term goals.
• Foster a data-driven environment where insights from operational data inform decisions, shape recommendations, and guide continuous improvement efforts across teams.
• Develop and maintain KPIs to measure the impact of improvement initiatives.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement through training, coaching, and stakeholder engagement.
• Collaborate with product teams to enhance product features, usability, and performance.
• Drive product lifecycle management, from ideation through development to launch and post-launch optimization.
• Conduct market and user research to inform product strategy and innovation -- gathering insights from industry trends, competitors, and user feedback to guide product decisions and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Lead alignment across business stakeholders, the data team, product team, IT, and the continuous improvement team--ensuring collaboration and shared vision to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions that create real value for employees and customers.
• Work within an agile environment, balancing competing priorities and incoming requests with clarity and focus--ensuring that the most impactful work is prioritized and delivered to create meaningful value for employees and customers.
• Lead cross-functional teams in executing improvement and product initiatives.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership, presenting findings, recommendations, and progress updates.
• Mentor and develop team members in continuous improvement and product thinking.

These skills will make you successful:

You recognize yourself in most of the following competencies, and where possible possess the skills and experience listed below:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field; Master's preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in continuous improvement, product management, or operations.
• Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies is considered an asset.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive change in a complex organizational environment.

Safety:

• Hold safety paramount at all times, for self and others.
• You will be responsible for your personal safety, that of co-workers, and those under your direction by ensuring compliance with all Occupational Health and Safety Rules and Regulations.
• Ensuring Safety Program requirements are being met in a timely manner.

We understand that experience comes in many forms, and we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. So, if your experience is close to what we've listed above, please consider applying.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you'll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by January 09, 2026 and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Flexibility: One flexible remote workday.
• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.