Senior Manager

Location: Flexible within Canada. Candidates based in Northern communities are encouraged to apply. Travel to projects sites in Northern communities is required.
Type: Full-Time, Senior Management

Arctic Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)

AEDC is Canada’s dedicated Arctic infrastructure and logistics services provider. A federally incorporated entity registered in all three Northern territories; it solves problems for visionary clients committed to getting big things done in the Arctic.

AECD generates significant economic value for its clients, Indigenous partners, contracting companies, and investors through broad capabilities, world-class quality standards, Indigenous participation, low-cost solutions, and rapid delivery.

Through collaborative delivery models, AEDC will accelerate projects such as transportation corridors, marine services including icebreakers, satellite communication, warehouses, clean energy, strategic construction projects, while also developing project finance capabilities. AEDC’s model provides a strategic vision for Arctic development— that is then executed through in-house capabilities & expertise, along with a diversified contractor pool drawn from across Canada and allied nations.

AEDC was founded to address the persistent gap between vision and execution in the North, where promising ideas often stall before becoming reality. The company works with partners to build comprehensive infrastructure solutions across the Arctic.

Role Summary

AECD is seeking a high calibre, commercially trained leader of people and process.

As Senior Manager you will work at the centre of our project creation process. Working closely with the executive team, you will lead a small internal team focused on scoping, designing, and advancing infrastructure solutions. This role bridges strategic thinking with deliverable execution—crafting compelling proposals, offer documents, financial analysis and project delivery plans that can be pitched to clients and partners.

This is a hands-on role that requires strong communication skills, commercial know-how, and the ability to coordinate across disciplines and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Offer Development

  • Translate high-level concepts and community needs into scoped deliverables, technical approaches, and value propositions
  • Build business cases, including financial analysis in support of large-scale projects in Canada’s North
  • Work closely with the executive team to align offerings with client and partner expectations

Project Structuring & Documentation

  • Develop project briefs, pitch decks, procurement responses, and funding applications
  • Coordinate internal and partner contributions to create polished deliverables that combine technical, commercial, and community elements
  • Build and maintain templates, costing models, and visual tools to support solution development

Team Leadership & Execution Support

  • Manage a small team of in-house associates, and occasionally outsourced analytical support to advance multiple concurrent project opportunities
  • Ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with company strategy in all deliverables
  • Support the executive team with targeted research, opportunity framing, and stakeholder briefings

Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination

  • Liaise with Indigenous partners, engineering firms, public servants, and contractors to gather inputs and integrate them into offers
  • Participate in meetings and workshops with partners as needed

Qualifications

  • 5-7+ years of experience in strategy consulting, infrastructure development, or corporate finance
  • Demonstrated experience crafting complex proposals, feasibility studies, or business cases
  • Strong written communication and project framing skills—can shape technical content into compelling, accessible documents
  • Background in engineering, planning, infrastructure finance, or related fields is an asset
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments with evolving mandates
  • Excellent organizational and team management skills
  • Experience working with Indigenous communities or on Northern/remote capital projects is an asset

AEDC strongly encourages applications from Inuit candidates, other Indigenous peoples, and Northern residents.

Compensation

A competitive salary and performance-based incentive package will be offered, with opportunities for professional growth and increasing leadership responsibilities.

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