Jean-Marc Edmé, a four-time Grey Cup champion, enters his 20th season in the Canadian Football League and his 13th with the Montreal Alouettes. Promoted to Senior Personnel Executive in January 2024, Edmé brings extensive experience in player personnel, roster construction, strategic talent acquisition, and football operations, supported by a deep professional network across the CFL, NFL, and NCAA.

In his current role, Edmé plays an integral part in shaping the club’s scouting strategy and talent acquisition efforts, overseeing pro and collegiate player evaluation, roster planning, contract negotiations, free agency, and player acquisition. He works closely with the General Manager on all personnel decisions while collaborating with coaching and football operations staff to support roster construction and long-term planning. Edmé also leverages an extensive network of NFL executives, scouts, agents, and NCAA personnel departments throughout North America in support of the club’s player acquisition strategy.

Edmé began his second stint with the Alouettes in 2022 as Director of Pro Personnel after spending six seasons with the Ottawa Redblacks, where he served as Director of Player Personnel and as Interim Assistant General Manager in 2021. Throughout his CFL career, he has built a respected reputation in talent evaluation, roster management, and organizational leadership.

During his previous tenure with Montreal, Edmé evaluated NCAA and U SPORTS talent, led assessments for the CFL Draft, scouted professional players across the NFL, AFL, and IFL, monitored NFL transactions and waiver activity, and provided advanced scouting reports to the coaching staff. He also served as a defensive assistant under former Alouettes Head Coach Marc Trestman.

Edmé began his CFL career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2007 as a football operations intern before being promoted to assistant coach. A native of Montréal-Nord, Quebec, he holds an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration from Laurentian University and played collegiately with the Vanier Cheetahs, Alcorn State Braves football, and Sherbrooke Vert & Or.