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Founded in 2000 by three former Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 fighter pilots who identified an opportunity to improve military readiness training, Top Aces has since established itself as the world leader in contracted adversary air (ADAIR) services and joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) training.

We pride ourselves on our unblemished safety record, having flown an industry leading 130,000+ hours of operational training without accident in support of customers worldwide, including Canada, the U.S., Germany, and multiple other NATO allies and international partner nations.

Our vision is to be the most trusted provider of innovative defense training solutions, continuously elevating standards in an industry where "Experience Matters." This commitment to innovation and technology ensures we remain adaptable, training allied militaries to succeed against evolving threats.

Top Aces’ dynamic team contributes to delivering on our purpose of training the next generation of combat leaders by living our values of Service, Integrity, Excellence, and Together every day!

Role Summary

The Manager, Corporate Strategy supports the organization’s annual strategic process and corporate reporting requirements. The role requires the ability to engage with key stakeholders for periodic deliverables, track strategic initiative progress, build material for internal/external communications, and perform analysis on strategic areas of interest. This role reports to the Director of Strategic Planning & Corporate Projects and requires the ability to coordinate cross‑functional communication and ensure consistent messaging that is aligned with strategic priorities defined by Corporate Strategy group and senior leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Corporate strategy execution — Implement and communicate the annual strategic process deliverables with well-organized communication plans, and stakeholder alignment to strategic goals.
• Stakeholder coordination — Maintain relationships with key business unit and functional leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Corporate reporting — Support preparation of executive reports, board materials, and strategic planning documentation.
• Internal communications — Prepare internal announcements, leadership messages, and employee‑facing communications that support organizational alignment.
• Strategic analysis and decision support — Monitor industry developments, prepare briefing notes, and translate complex inputs into clear, decision‑oriented insights.
• Corporate projects coordination — Manage timelines, deliverables, and cross‑department collaboration for enterprise-wide projects. Must have ability to build executive-level dashboards to report on progress.
• Annual OKRs support — Support the Director of Strategic Planning for drafting of annual objectives with leadership team and assist in tracking enterprise progress.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 5–8 years in strategy, risk, consulting, corporate strategy roles.
• Must be strong in use of PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI, and AI Tools (Copilot)
• Strong writing, editing, and messaging skills for both internal and external audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills; able to navigate complex financial and operational inputs.
• Experience working in regulated industries, aviation, defense, or public‑sector environments is an asset.
• Experience implementing ERP systems, BI tools is an asset.
• Bilingual in French and English an asset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting senior leadership or executive‑level communications.

Key Competencies

• Strategic communication execution
• Financial analysis
• Stakeholder engagement
• Defense industry, political, and regulatory awareness
• Project / Risk management

Security Clearance Requirements/ CGP / ITAR:

Position requires Controlled Goods Clearance

By joining Top Aces, you will find:

• A work environment in which service, integrity, excellence and teamwork are highly valued;
• Opportunities for development and growth;
• Multidisciplinary and multicultural collaboration at a local and global level;
• A flexible schedule;
• Attractive benefit plan.

Come share your passion with us! Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Top Aces, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability or age. The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading but refers to men, women and gender diversity.

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