Calling her "a hard-driving, entrepreneurial woman",[4][1] Dubuc credits the "directness" and strong opinions of her mother as inspiring her leadership style.

[5] Dubuc briefly worked in NBC's publicity department before leaving to become a producer at The Christian Science Monitor and the Boston television station WGBH-TV.

[4] There, she convinced the network to adapt an episode of Modern Marvels into an entire series called Ice Road Truckers, which became History's then-highest-rated program.

"[14] She is also a member of the Peabody Awards[15] board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

In March 2018, Dubuc was named the new CEO of Vice Media one day after officially announcing her departure from A&E Networks.