Manager of Strategy & Growth
Angler Solutions Inc.
Full-time, permanent
Reports to: Founder & CEO
Team: Senior Management Team (SMT)
Location: St. John's, NL
About
Angler Solutions is a St. John's-based engineering consulting firm focused on early-phase feasibility, project assessment, and energy systems modelling, with direct involvement in large-scale energy and resource development projects. The firm has active projects across Atlantic Canada and Europe alongside international partners, with further national and international markets in view.
Angler works across four key sectors: renewable energy, energy diversification, ocean technology, and upstream resources. We work with developers, regulators, utilities, industry associations, and government, on complex projects spanning onshore and offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, offshore oil and gas development and decommissioning, and green fuels development. Our work is project-driven, client-facing, and focused on delivering clear, actionable outcomes at the early stages of development.
Angler's culture is grounded in respect, collaboration, and a strong commitment to supporting one another, with a team of 30+ representing eight nationalities.
The Opportunity
This is a senior role on Angler's Senior Management Team, created to give focused leadership to corporate strategy and growth as the firm scales internationally. It combines Angler's strategic planning process and evaluation of growth and investment opportunities with day-to-day ownership of the firm's commercial pipeline.
This role sets Angler's strategic direction and drives business development, while coordinating closely with the SMT functions responsible for delivering on that strategy.
What You'll Do
Corporate Strategy & Planning
- Owns Angler's strategic planning process from analysis through to a plan the SMT can act on.
- Leads development of Angler's short, medium, and long-term strategic plan, translating firm-wide goals into specific, measurable growth targets.
- Conducts market and competitive analysis to prioritize sectors and geographies for expansion across renewable energy, energy diversification, ocean technology, and upstream resources, including entry planning for target international markets.
- Builds and maintains the financial models and forecasts that underpin Angler's growth strategy and investment decisions.
- Tracks progress against Angler's strategic plan and reports on it to the CEO and SMT.
- Coordinates strategic priorities with Angler's Commercialization Lead and Innovation & Opportunities function, so MESO commercialization and technical development stay aligned with firm-wide growth objectives.
- Identifies and prioritizes provincial, federal, and international funding opportunities and initiatives that advance the growth strategy, and contributes to funding applications as a shared SMT responsibility alongside Angler's dedicated funding and proposals support.
Corporate Development & Strategic Transactions
- Evaluates the opportunities that would change Angler's shape, not just its pipeline.
- Assesses M&A, joint venture, and strategic partnership opportunities as Angler's footprint grows.
- Assesses corporate structures and how they affect funding eligibility, contracting, and partnership arrangements across jurisdictions.
- Supports valuation and due diligence work for prospective strategic transactions.
Business Development, External Representation & Stakeholder Relationships
- Drives Angler's commercial pipeline and keeps the firm's broader relationship network active in the market.
- Build Angler's network through identifying and qualifying new commercial opportunities.
- Makes day-to-day calls on which opportunities to pursue, escalating significant or strategic decisions to the CEO.
- Attends and presents at industry conferences, business development events, and government and industry forums, in Canada and internationally.
- Builds and maintains relationships with industry associations and partners.
- Owns day-to-day relationships with government program officers, clients, and partners outside the CEO's core relationships.
- Coordinates with Angler's outsourced business development support so external messaging stays consistent.
- Flags emerging opportunities or risks in those relationships to the CEO and SMT.
What You Bring
- 8-10+ years of experience in corporate strategy, business development, or a related client-facing role, ideally in engineering, energy, or technology consulting.
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear proposals, strategic plans, and executive-level material.
- Strong financial acumen, including experience building and interpreting financial models and forecasts.
- Working knowledge of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow) sufficient to assess client, partner, and funding-program financial requirements.
- Familiarity with corporate structures and how they affect funding eligibility, contracting, and partnership arrangements.
- Exposure to M&A processes and corporate valuation methodologies is an asset, given Angler's growth trajectory and potential future strategic transactions.
- Demonstrated ability to translate market and competitive analysis into an actionable strategic plan.
- Comfortable representing an organization externally, including international travel to conferences, trade missions, and partner meetings.
- Familiarity with government funding programs and how they can support growth initiatives.
- Sound judgment for prioritizing opportunities and escalating the right ones at the right time.
Why Angler
- A seat on the Senior Management Team, reporting directly to the CEO.
- A flexible work environment, including hybrid work arrangements.
- Part of a genuine growth story: from one employee in 2021 to 30+ today, with revenue growth year-over-year.
- Active project work across Atlantic Canada and Europe, with more national and international market opportunities ahead.
- Direct involvement in the growth strategy behind MESO, Angler's in-house energy systems modelling platform.
- Support provided for professional development and training opportunities.
- A competitive compensation package, including salary, paid vacation, group health and dental benefits, and RRSP contributions.
- A modern, collaborative office at Cabot Place in downtown St. John's, with harbour views. Parking is included.
