Possibly, as a function manager. L-1A recognizes a manager of an essential function who operates at a senior level and sets its policy, provided the routine work is done by others. The petition must show the function's importance and the transferee's authority over it.
Function management needs its own kind of evidence
The regulations define a manager either as someone who supervises professional or supervisory employees or as someone who manages an essential function of the organization. Hypothetical example: a Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval head of procurement at a Québec manufacturer controls supplier selection, negotiates group contracts and sets purchasing policy, but has no direct reports because buying is carried out by staff in each plant. For the U.S.
affiliate she would hold the same role. The petition should establish that procurement is essential to the business by showing its share of costs and its effect on operations; that she acts at a senior level, reporting to the president and sitting on the management committee; that she has discretion over policy and spending; and that the day-to-day purchasing is performed by others, with names and titles. What sinks such cases is a description in which the applicant personally places the orders.
The qualifying year in Québec must also have been in a managerial, executive or specialized-knowledge capacity, so the same analysis applies to the Canadian role.