Principal Director - Building Code

Position: Principal Director - Building Code )
Who We Are
Archistar is redefining how cities plan, permit, and build — at a time when governments globally are under unprecedented pressure to deliver housing, infrastructure, and predictable outcomes.

As an award‑winning govtech company, Archistar partners closely with municipalities, regions, provinces, territories, and agencies to modernize zoning, land use, building regulation, and permitting systems responsibly. Our platform translates complex planning, zoning, and building regulations into structured, digital systems, supports automated and assisted review of building designs, and delivers deep GIS and parcel‑level insights — helping planners, building officials, and reviewers make faster, more consistent, and more defensible decisions.

The Role
This is a principal‑level leadership role for an exceptional building code professional who operates comfortably at the intersection of regulation, public safety, and technology.

As  Principal Director – Building Code (Canada) , you will be Archistar’s highest authority on building code interpretation and regulatory defensibility across Canada. Reporting to Executive Leadership (COO), you will set the strategic direction, governance framework, and assurance standards that underpin how building code requirements are translated into digital, rules‑based environments at scale.

Rather than focusing on a single jurisdiction or code cycle, this role operates nationally — shaping how provincial adoptions, local amendments, administrative discretion, and enforcement practices are consistently and defensibly represented across jurisdictions. Your leadership will directly enable statutory reliance on digital plan review outcomes, de‑risk government adoption, and establish trust in automated and assisted compliance workflows.

This role is suited to a senior building official, chief plans examiner, provincial code authority, or nationally respected code leader who values judgment over throughput, defensibility over speed, and influence over hierarchy — and who wants to modernize building regulation while preserving life safety intent, professional discretion, and due process.

Your Day-to-Day

Serve as Archistar’s principal technical and regulatory authority on Canadian building codes, including structural, life safety, accessibility, energy, and fire‑related provisions

Set and govern the national framework for building code interpretation, assurance, and regulatory defensibility within digital plan review systems

Own the principles, standards, and guardrails that govern how building codes are translated into structured, rules‑based environments

Act as the final authority and escalation point for complex, ambiguous, or high‑risk code compliance matters

Review and assure interpretations involving alternative solutions, equivalencies, performance‑based pathways, and discretionary determinations

Ensure that life safety intent, professional judgment, and real‑world enforcement practice are preserved within automated and assisted review workflows

Provide senior technical leadership and assurance for complex or high‑risk municipal and provincial implementations

Guide jurisdiction‑specific approaches to provincial adoptions, local amendments, and administrative discretion, ensuring differences are accurately and defensibly represented

Establish scalable approaches for managing code variation across jurisdictions while balancing consistency with local autonomy

Partner closely with product, engineering, and data teams to review, validate, and sign off on digital building code logic

Participate in statutory assurance processes, audits, and go‑live readiness decisions

Represent Archistar in senior government, regulatory, and enterprise engagements, including RFPs, pilots, and statutory reliance discussions

Engage directly with building officials, plans examiners, fire officials, regulators, and executive public‑sector stakeholders

Develop internal building code standards, assurance frameworks, playbooks, and technical guidance

Mentor senior technical staff and strengthen building code capability across the organization

What We’re Looking For

10+ years’ experience in building code…