About the Role
CSMC is seeking a high-calibre Corporate Development Analyst with a background in management consulting, venture capital, private equity, investment banking, or top-tier corporate strategy. This role is for someone who can operate at the intersection of strategy, finance, technology, and national-scale programs. You will build models, evaluate markets, shape investment theses, and support executive-level decision-making across CSMC’s nuclear, defence, and advanced energy initiatives. This is a high-impact, analytically demanding role for someone who wants to work on mission-critical programs with national significance.
Responsibilities
- Conduct deep-dive market, competitive, and policy analyses across nuclear, defence, aerospace, and advanced energy sectors.
- Develop strategic insights, investment theses, and scenario analyses to guide executive decision-making.
- Track regulatory, funding, and procurement developments across federal and provincial programs.
- Build sophisticated financial models, including project economics, cost curves, sensitivity analyses, valuation models, and scenario-based forecasting.
- Develop business cases for new technologies, partnerships, and market entry strategies.
- Support M&A assessments, partnership evaluations, and strategic investment opportunities.
- Conduct due diligence on potential partners, suppliers, and technology collaborators.
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, program management, and leadership to align strategy with execution.
- Prepare board-level presentations, investor materials, and strategic briefing documents.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for senior stakeholders.
- Support capital planning, fundraising activities, and government-facing submissions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, or a related quantitative field.
- 2–5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, corporate strategy, or corporate development.
- Exceptional financial modelling skills — able to build models from scratch with minimal guidance.
- Strong analytical, strategic, and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
- Demonstrated experience supporting executive-level decision-making.
- Experience in nuclear, energy, defence, aerospace, or advanced technology sectors.
- Familiarity with federal funding programs, procurement pathways, or government-facing strategy.
- Exposure to technology commercialization, IP strategy, or deep-tech investment.
- Experience evaluating early-stage technologies, markets, or partnerships.
- Understanding of regulatory environments (CNSC, NRCan, DND/DRDC, ISED, etc.) is an asset.
- Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain Government of Canada security clearance.
- Must be eligible to meet foreign affiliation and export control requirements.
Skills
- Financial modelling
- Strategic analysis
- Market intelligence
- Business case development
- M&A assessment
- Partnership evaluation
- Due diligence
- Executive presentation
- Communication
- Quantitative analysis
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-5+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Benefits
- Equity
About the Company
- Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation is building the capabilities that will shape Canada's future in space, defence, and energy.
- We focus on developing dual use systems that address critical challenges here on Earth while enabling sustained human activity beyond it.
- CSMC has established real momentum, securing significant backing to advance next generation micro nuclear reactors in partnership with leading institutions, alongside expanding a portfolio of technologies designed for remote environments, national defence, and future space missions.
- These efforts reflect a broader ambition to deliver reliable power and critical infrastructure where it matters most.
- Our work is grounded in close collaboration with government and guided by a clear sense of purpose: to build sovereign capability at a time when it has never been more important.
- We care deeply about execution, long term impact and earning the trust required to deliver systems that will service Canada and its allies for decades.
- CSMC is a company for builders. We are a group of people drawn to hard problems, meaningful impact and the opportunity to shape systems that matter at a national and global scale.
- We are building a team that thrives in ambiguity, values execution, and is motivated by mission and impact.
Equal Opportunity
- CSMC works with highly sensitive nuclear, defence, and aerospace technologies, and all roles require eligibility for federal security screening and compliance with controlled goods and export regulations.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada, able to obtain and maintain Government of Canada security clearance, and eligible to meet foreign affiliation and export control requirements.
- These conditions are mandatory Bona Fide Occupational Requirements and reflect the need to securely develop and protect nationally significant capabilities.
