Job Description
About the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC)
The Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) is the national organization that brings together Canada’s provincial lottery corporations to design and deliver the country’s flagship national lottery games. Acting in the collective interests of its members, ILC supports the planning, oversight, and execution of high-profile games such as Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49, and provides a forum for shared strategy, innovation, and operational excellence. Through strong governance and collaboration, ILC helps drive sustainable revenue growth and consistent, high-quality lottery experiences across the country.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a lean, high-performing national organization at the centre of a complex, high-profile lottery ecosystem, working closely with senior leaders across Canada to help shape the future of national lottery products.
About the Role
The Executive Director reports to the President of the Executive Committee for operations and the Board Chair for governance matters. Serving as Secretary to the Board, the Executive Director attends key meetings and is responsible for official records and liaison with legal advisors.
Leading a small, high-performing team, the Executive Director provides overall leadership and management of the organization, ensuring operations align with approved strategies, policies, and governance frameworks while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders and member organizations. The role is highly collaborative and influence-oriented, requiring sound judgment, strategic perspective, and the ability to work effectively in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
The role spans leadership, stakeholder support, national games operations, finance and technology, and governance and people leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership and Strategy
· Provide overall leadership to ILC, ensuring the organization’s structure, talent, and operations are aligned with its strategic priorities and evolving business needs.
· Advise the Executive Committee and Board with clear insight, sound judgment, and strategic recommendations that support national lottery growth and long-term value creation.
Stakeholder Support Services
· Enable strong collaboration across Canada’s regional lottery organizations, supporting shared priorities, innovation, and the successful delivery of current and future national products.
· Foster effective partnerships, information-sharing, and performance reporting that help align stakeholders and advance collective outcomes.
National Games and Draw Operations
· Oversee the secure, accurate, and timely execution of national games and draws, maintaining the highest standards of integrity, quality, and public trust.
· Lead continuous improvement across operations, ensuring resilience, readiness, and effective issue resolution in a high-accountability environment.
Finance and Information Technology and Systems
· Provide stewardship of ILC’s financial operations, controls, and resources, ensuring sound management, transparency, and compliance.
· Oversee the organization’s technology environment, including systems reliability, modernization, and cybersecurity, to support effective and secure operations.
Governance and Human Resources
· Support strong governance by enabling effective Board and committee operations and ensuring alignment with approved policies, frameworks, and legislative requirements.
· Build and sustain a collaborative, high-performing culture, with a focus on talent, accountability, and organizational effectiveness.
Qualifications
· University degree in business or a related field.
· Extensive senior leadership experience in complex, matrixed, or multi-stakeholder environments.
· Strong strategic, analytical, and financial acumen, with experience presenting to and influencing Executive and Board-level stakeholders.
· Exceptional leadership and relationship management skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate, influence, and drive results. Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset.
Salary Range: $240,000.00 -$275,000.00 CAD
Application Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026
To apply for this key role, submit your application to Phelps by clicking: https://phelpsgroup.ca/careers/31019/interprovincial-lottery-corporation-executive-director/apply/
AI will not be used in the candidate screening process.
This is an existing position with a current vacancy.
To learn more information, visit our website at https://phelpsgroup.ca/
About iGaming Ontario
iGaming Ontario leads the Province of Ontario’s commercial internet gaming sector. Now in its third year, the market spans 50 licenced operators and 82 gaming websites. As the agency responsible for conducting and managing iGaming on behalf of the Province, iGaming Ontario focuses on building a safe, sustainable, and healthy market that puts player protection, responsible gaming, and integrity at its core. Guided by its vision to Lead the World’s Best Gaming Market, iGaming Ontario continues to expand its capacity in responsible gaming programs and player protection tools to ensure the sector operates in the public interest.
About the Role
iGaming Ontario is seeking an experienced program leader to be our first Director, Player Programs to report to its Chief Responsible Gaming Officer. This role will provide strategic leadership for the development, implementation, and management of iGaming Ontario’s multiyear responsible gaming and player protection strategy and program. In this key role, the Director, Player Programs will champion player protection initiatives, promote safe gambling practices, and strengthen responsible gaming maturity across Ontario’s gaming sector.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Program Leadership
· Lead the development and execution of iGaming Ontario’s multi‑year Responsible Gaming and Player Protection Strategy, including clear goals, priorities, and KPIs.
· Oversee the full Responsible Gaming and Player Protection Program, ensuring strong governance, continuous improvement, and effective tools, policies, and resources for operators and players.
· Identify and advance new responsible gaming and player protection opportunities informed by evidence‑based research and industry insights.
Governance, Oversight & Performance Measurement
· Establish and monitor program metrics and evaluation frameworks to assess impact, effectiveness, and operator performance.
· Collaborate with the Operator Partnerships team to design and oversee the governance model for operator responsible gaming performance, including monitoring, analytics, assurance, and consequence/recognition mechanisms.
Player Protection & Supports
· Oversee the development and ongoing management of iGaming Ontario’s player protection supports and tools to ensure they are effective, accessible, and aligned with public‑interest objectives.
Research, Data & Policy Insight
· Lead the strategy and direction of iGaming Ontario’s responsible gaming and player protection research and data‑sharing program, ensuring alignment with public‑interest priorities and informing policy development.
Stakeholder Engagement & External Leadership
· Provide strategic leadership in stakeholder engagement related to responsible gaming and player protection, including identifying and managing key stakeholders, developing engagement strategies, resolving risks and conflicts, gathering feedback, and representing iGaming Ontario through industry collaboration and outreach.
People & Team Leadership
· Build and lead a high‑performing team by setting priorities, allocating resources, coaching staff, and supporting performance management and talent development.
Qualifications
· A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Public Policy, Behavioral Science, Health Program Administration, or a related field.
· Minimum of 10 years of combined senior manager and director level experience.
· Strong program‑management experience, including oversight of technology solutions and advanced knowledge of policy/program creation and evaluation.
· Knowledge of gaming industry, responsible gaming and player protection tools are an asset or related industry and social responsibility programs.
· Strong knowledge in research methodologies, statistics, and data analysis.
· Proven project‑management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines and adapt to changing priorities.
· Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across internal teams, operators, and external stakeholders.
At iGaming Ontario, we offer:
· A comprehensive benefits program that includes dental, vision and drug coverage.
· Defined-benefit pension plan.
· Wellbeing account to support your mental, physical, and social wellbeing.
· Access to mental health benefits, free counselling, and support services.
· Professional development reimbursement.
· Paid volunteer time off.
· Paid parental leave top up.
iGaming Ontario is an equal opportunity employer that encourages all qualified candidates to apply.
As an organization shaping the future of iGaming in Ontario and beyond, our success is built on curiosity, open dialogue, and freedom of thought. We strive to foster a culture where every team member feels empowered to challenge assumptions, explore new ideas, and create opportunities for innovation in our sector. We invite you to share how your own unique background, expertise and ideas would enrich our team. Disability related accommodation is available upon request during the recruitment process.
To apply for this key role, submit your application to Phelps by clicking: https://phelpsgroup.ca/careers/30110/igaming-ontario-director-player-programs/apply/
Application deadline: April 1, 2026
Salary Range: $152,570 to $195,405
AI will not be used in the candidate screening process.
The posting for this position is for an existing vacancy.
The successful candidate must be eligible to work in Canada and will be subject to a criminal background check. The place of work will be 4711 Yonge St., Toronto.
To learn more information, visit our website at https://phelpsgroup.ca/
