Senior Business Development Officer (Full-Time)

Senior Business Development Officer, you'll support the implementation of the CEDC's Thunder Bay Forward: Strategic Plan 2030, helping drive investment, business growth, and economic opportunity throughout the region.

Thunder Bay offers more than a fulfilling career. With its natural beauty, affordability, strategic location, and growing economy, it's a place where you can grow professionally while contributing to meaningful initiatives that support long-term prosperity and economic resilience.

Where Relationships Drive Growth

As the Senior Business Development Officer, you'll help connect businesses, investors, governments, and community partners with opportunities that support economic growth and development in Thunder Bay.

Working across a variety of projects and sectors, you'll identify opportunities, solve challenges, build partnerships, and help advance initiatives that support investment, business expansion, innovation, and long-term economic resilience. Whether you're supporting a local business with expansion plans, meeting with prospective investors, pursuing funding opportunities, conducting market research, or representing Thunder Bay at industry events, you'll play an important role in helping move projects and opportunities forward.

This role offers a unique combination of strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement, project leadership, economic analysis, and business development, providing the opportunity to make a visible contribution to the community's economic future.

How You'll Advance Business Growth and Investment

In this role, you'll have the following accountabilities:

• Develop and nurture strategic relationships and partnerships with local and external business, industry, government representatives, and key funding partners; develop and strategically utilize networks of contacts to support ideas and initiatives.
• Provide information and strategic advice to prospective entrepreneurs, agencies, and the community on matters relating to economic development opportunities.
• Initiate, conduct discussions and complex negotiations with foreign direct investors, foreign partners and government, and Canadian private and public sectors regarding economic development opportunities in Thunder Bay and major and complex economic development projects.
• Perform detailed analysis of economic development opportunities; prepare and implement related strategic and promotional plans.
• Perform detailed analysis and work associated with the completion of research projects, funding applications and feasibility studies.
• Identify and promote improvement to and expansion of existing businesses or industries.
• Represent the CEDC in discussions, meetings and conferences with foreign and Canadian dignitaries, leaders, stakeholders and businesses

Senior Business Development Officer Job Description

What You Can Count On With Us

We're proud to offer a workplace where your well-being, growth, and sense of purpose come first. As the Senior Business Development Officer, you'll enjoy:

• A matching pension plan to help you build long-term financial security
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage, plus life insurance for peace of mind
• Generous paid vacation and holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave days when you need more time off
• Access to a confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and wellness initiatives to support your overall health
• Leadership development and tuition reimbursement programs, so you can continue to grow your skills and career
• A culture of recognition and appreciation, with staff events and programs that celebrate your contributions

What You'll Bring to the Team

Here's what will help you succeed as the Senior Business Development Officer:

• Degree in business administration, commerce, or a related discipline, together with a professional accounting designation; and
• Minimum of eight years' progressively responsible management experience in municipal finance or business management
• Experience in a management capacity in a large, unionized government or private sector organization
• Experience in business management, planning, budgets, and finance
• Experience in the various components of human resource management
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret applicable legislation and related regulations and municipal by-laws
• Superior ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with members of City Council, private and public officials, the business community, subordinates, co-workers, and the general public
• Excellent project/time management, analytical/critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Help Advance Business Growth in Thunder Bay - Apply Today.

Ready to take the next step in your economic development career? Join the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) and help support business growth, attract investment, advance strategic initiatives, and contribute to a strong and prosperous future for Thunder Bay.

Apply today and become part of a team committed to creating opportunities, fostering innovation, and helping businesses and communities succeed.

To learn more about the CEDC's vision for economic growth through 2030, visit the Thunder Bay Forward Strategic Plan: Thunder Bay Forward: Strategic Plan 2030