Strategic Analyst
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Standard Job Description
The Strategic Analyst supports the delivery of the executive priorities, governance activities, and stakeholder engagements that contribute to organizational effectiveness and business success. Working across multiple business areas and functions, the role provides the analysis, coordination, and strategic support required to ensure the leadership team is equipped with the information, insights, and alignment required to execute regional priorities and strategic objectives.
Basic Qualifications
The Strategic Analyst supports the delivery of the executive priorities, governance activities, and stakeholder engagements that contribute to organizational effectiveness and business success. Working across multiple business areas and functions, the role provides the analysis, coordination, and strategic support required to ensure the leadership team is equipped with the information, insights, and alignment required to execute regional priorities and strategic objectives.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, International Relations, Communications, Management, or a related discipline
- Minimum three years of relevant experience in strategic planning, business operations, executive support, governance, stakeholder engagement, event coordination, or a related field
- Experience conducting research and analysis and synthesizing findings into recommendations, briefing materials, reports, and presentations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level correspondence, presentations, and briefing materials
- Demonstrate organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
- Proven ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when handling confidential or sensitive information
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams
- Willingness to support occasional travel and flexible work hours as required.
- Experience supporting senior executives, leadership teams, or a Chief of Staff function
- Knowledge of corporate governance, strategic planning processes, business operations, and organizational effectiveness practices
- Experience developing executive briefings, dashboards, key messaging, reports, and strategic communications products
- Experience coordinating executive engagements, conferences, trade shows, sponsorships, memberships, and industry events
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, including experience interacting with customers, government stakeholders, industry associations, and senior leaders
- Familiarity with records management, information governance, and knowledge management practices
- Experience using reporting, analytics, and data visualization tools such as Power BI
- Experience within defence, aerospace, technology, government, or other highly regulated industries
- Understanding of Canadian government, public policy, defence, and industry stakeholder environments
- Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration, Public Policy, International Relations, Communications, or a related field is considered an asset
- Strong business acumen, problem-solving abilities, and a continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to anticipate leadership requirements, identify risks and opportunities, and proactively recommend solutions.
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Responsibilities
Supports executive priorities, governance activities, and stakeholder engagements across business areas by providing analysis, coordination, and strategic support. Prepares insights and materials that help leadership align and execute regional priorities and strategic objectives.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and at least three years of related experience, along with strong research, communication, organizational, and project coordination skills. Candidates should be proficient with Microsoft 365, exercise discretion with sensitive information, and work effectively both independently and across teams; occasional travel and flexible hours may be required.
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Research And Analysis
- Executive Support
- Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Coordination
- Executive Communications
- Report And Presentation Development
- Microsoft 365
- Power BI
- Data Visualization
- Business Operations
- Relationship Management
- Records Management
- Information Governance
- Risk And Opportunity Assessment
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
- Administrative
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Strategic Planning
- Executive Support
- Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Business Operations
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Research And Analysis
- Executive Briefings
- Briefing Materials
- Reports
- Presentations
- Strategic Communications
- Project Coordination
- Event Coordination
- Corporate Governance
- Microsoft 365
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Outlook
- Teams
- SharePoint
- Power BI
- Data Visualization
- Records Management
- Information Governance
- Knowledge Management
- Defence And Space Manufacturing
- Canadian Government
- Public Policy
- Risk Assessment