Lead, Government Relations Operations – Corporate Liaison

Role Overview

• Serve as the central GR liaison with BD Capture, Strategy, and regional BD teams.
• Integrate GR insights into capture strategies, Category 3/4 opportunities, and bid governance.
• Coordinate GR participation in bid reviews, gate meetings, and customer engagement planning.
• Connect policy direction, geopolitical insights, and industrial participation considerations to BD decision-making.
• Ensure unified messaging and coordinated activity between GR, BD, Strategy, Finance, and the CEO Office.
• Lead the operational backbone of the global GR function—ensuring disciplined processes, systems, and governance.
• Own GR’s role within CAE’s L2A governance framework, including: GR requirements and deliverables at each bid gate, Policy and stakeholder risk identification, Integration of GR inputs into executive-level capture packages, Standardize mission planning, delegation management, and engagement debriefs.
• Maintain operational calendars, templates, trackers, and shared tools for global GR use.
• Ensure alignment with corporate policies, reporting cycles, and controls.
• Maintain and update global stakeholder maps for government, industry, and institutional partners across CAE priority markets.
• Own the GR stakeholder CRM/intelligence system in alignment with BD processes.
• Produce strategic stakeholder assessments and recommendation briefs for executives and capture teams.
• Build integrated political, policy, and industrial risk dashboards tied to major pursuits and markets.
• Lead drafting and consolidation of GR materials for ILT, CEO, Chair, and Board, including: Quarterly business reviews (QBRs), Government engagement dashboards.
• Track GR OKRs across regions and functions; ensure consistency and quality in global reporting.
• Support corporate planning, strategy cycles, and ad hoc executive requests.
• Maintain visibility of GR impacts, progress, risks, and priorities through structured reporting mechanisms.

Requirements

• University degree in a relevant field.
• 6–10 years of experience involving strategic analysis, planning, and governance.
• Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.
• Ability to distill complex problems into concise and compelling summaries for executive decision‑making.
• Strong communication skills, particularly with executive management.
• Talent for building relationships and alignment across a variety of stakeholders and organizational levels.
• Proactive and accountable.
• Ability to work well under pressure and with a sense of urgency.
• Bilingualism required (English and French).
• Eligibility to hold a Canadian Controlled Goods clearance.
• Eligibility to work in Canada (Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, or valid Work Permit).

Benefits

• An environment where your initiatives are recognized and valued.
• Opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects.
• Occasional remote work flexibility.
• Flexible schedules.
• Attractive employee benefits.