Executive Advisor, High Impact Firms (Defence Sector)

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Passionate about making an impact and helping ambitious high-potential entrepreneurs grow their business Join the High-Impact Firms team as an Executive Advisor!

The Executive Advisor High Impact Firms (XA) BDC Advisory Services serves as the key connection/resource to support CEOs (client) in our flagship solution the Growth Driver Program (GDP).

The XA leads a delivery team especially selected to help the client achieve their objectives. The XA works directly with the CEO and senior leadership team of some of the most promising businesses in Canada to help ensure their company is ready for scaling and to develop and select strategic growth opportunities. Unlike typical advisors the HIF team remains involved supporting the client as they implement and execute their plan.

High-Impact Firms Advisory Practice

Established more than 10 years ago the High-Impact Firms advisory practice supports a select group of firms who have the ambition and potential to become sustainable leaders in their industries.

The GDP is a transformational journey for CEOs and their businesses. It is an intense multi-year advisory relationship between an experienced delivery team and the clients executive leadership team. The team doesnt just deliver a report they support the client through implementation.

The delivery team is composed of a senior highly experienced Executive Advisor who has been in similar situations as the CEO. Complementing the team is the Business Advisor an experienced whip-smart advisor who has the horsepower to generate key insights and help lead the client on their GDP journey.

POSITION OVERVIEW

BDC is the only bank dedicated exclusively to Canadian entrepreneurs. As Executive Advisor High Impact Firms (Defence) you act as the senior advisor and primary point of contact for CEOs participating in BDC Advisory Services Growth Driver Program (GDP).

You lead complex multiyear advisory engagements with highpotential Canadian SMEs in the defence supply chain working closely with their executive teams and BDC delivery partners.
Your work contributes directly to the growth resilience and longterm success of Canadian businesses while reflecting BDCs inclusive impactdriven approach where you can be yourself at work.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Serve as the trusted advisor to CEOs and their leadership teams directing GDP mandates endtoend and ensuring measurable impact on growth profitability and achieving the clients objectives.

• Manage an active portfolio of 812 highimpact SME clients at various stages of multiyear advisory engagements within the Canadian defence sector and supply chain.

• Lead and coordinate delivery teams (Executive Advisors Business Advisors Directors of Service Delivery Client Partners and Defence specialists) to ensure a onevoice client experience.

• Act as senior sales and qualification support during business development including identifying GDP opportunities supporting deal closure and transitioning clients into delivery.

• Become deeply knowledgeable about each clients business strategy operating model and leadership challenges to guide decisionmaking at CEO and executive team level.

• Support CEOs through strategy definition execution implementation followthrough and leadership development including postLeadership Retreat coaching.

• Help clients secure the required resources to execute their strategy by helping clients access appropriate advisory financing capital resources and/or external ecosystem resources aligned with their strategic priorities.

• Track assess and report client performance against objectives over time using BDC CRM and advisory tools.

• Maintain strong internal collaboration across BDC Advisory Services Financing Capital and Defence teams ensuring compliance with rules of engagement.

• Represent BDC externally by building credibility and relationships within the defence advisory and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

• Provide structured feedback from the field to continuously improve advisory solutions toolkits and delivery approaches.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Required Qualifications

• Total experience: Minimum 2025 years of professional experience.

• Senior leadership experience: Minimum 1520 years in one or more of the following:

• Founder owner or Csuite executive in a high-growth entrepreneurial firm.

• Executive leadership role in a multinational organization with P&L responsibility and accountability for strategy execution and growth.

• Partnerlevel management consulting experience advising CEOs executive teams and Boards.

• Defence sector experience: Senior executive experience within a company in the defence sector or defence supply chain.

• Strategic leadership: Proven experience defining strategy communicating vision executing strategic plans and leading organizations through growth change or transformation.

• Experience with strategic pivots: Given the dynamic and often unpredictable nature of defence and security environments comfort and proven experience with strategic pivots as the nature of competition and needs of customers rapidly change.

• CEOlevel advisory and executive coaching capability: Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisory relationships with CEOs and senior executives.

• Business acumen: Ability to quickly assess complex businesses identify performance gaps and translate insights into actionable solutions.

• Crossenterprise exposure: Experience with complex organizations (typically >$100M in revenue) involving growth restructuring acquisitions divestitures fundraising and talent development.

• Change leadership: Handson experience leading or advising organizations through change including operating model shifts new product introductions GTM initiatives or organizational redesign.

• CRM discipline: Experience using CRM systems to document client engagements performance metrics and advisory activities.

• Language: bilingual French and English is preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with defence procurement either from a government/customer perspective or supplier perspective.

• Experience navigating macroeconomic or geopolitical shifts requiring strategic pivots within the defence sector.

• Executive experience launching or scaling new business units integrating acquisitions or entering new markets.

• Demonstrated success acting as a growth catalyst rallying leadership teams around new strategic priorities.

• Prior experience in executive coaching or leadership development programs.

• Established professional reputation and network within the Canadian defence ecosystem

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