VP, Corporate Strategy

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Emera Inc., Strategy & Growth
Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: November 10, 2025

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The opportunity:
Reporting to the Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, the VP, Corporate Strategy will play a pivotal role in shaping Emera's long-term growth vision. Partnering closely with stakeholders, senior executives, and the Board, the VP will define strategic priorities, drive execution, and identify key market, industry, and economic opportunities to create sustainable business value while managing risk. The successful candidate will provide critical insight into emerging strategic issues and contribute to business planning initiatives that position Emera for continued growth and success. .

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive conceptual and innovative thinking to both formulate and implement the company's overall strategy, ensuring that the requirements for sustained earnings growth are addressed. Maintain a practical, agile, and results-oriented approach throughout all phases of strategic development and execution.
• Act as a collaborative leader by fostering clarity and support for the overarching strategy across all affiliates. Play an active role in evaluating and supporting new growth opportunities, ensuring alignment and engagement across the organization.
• Oversee the internal strategy development process by continuously tracking and assessing progress towards established targets. Chair regular executive strategy meetings and ensure the Board is kept informed of any industry developments that may impact the corporate strategy. Maintain a disciplined approach to tracking key signposts and actively engage with affiliate companies regarding their strategic direction.
• Provide oversight and coordination for Emera's annual Board strategy meetings, ensuring these sessions are effectively structured to support strategic decision-making.
• Support and participate in strategy sessions with operating companies, contributing expertise and insight to the development of their business strategies.
• Play an integral role in shaping and advancing the company's overall growth strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives.
• Collaborate with key corporate teams including Communications, Human Resources, Finance, Investor Relations, Legal, and Sustainability—to monitor market and industry trends, establish strategic commitments, and achieve corporate objectives.

What skills will make you successful?

You recognize yourself in many of the skills listed below:

• The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in leading Corporate Strategy within a multi-national organization. With more than ten years of relevant leadership experience, they will have developed the skills necessary to drive strategic initiatives at an international scale.
• A graduate degree in Business, or an equivalent combination of other relevant education and experience, is required. The candidate must possess exceptional written and verbal communication abilities and be comfortable presenting to executive leadership, Board members, capital markets, and other key stakeholders.
• The role calls for a strategic thinker who can pay close attention to detail while influencing decision-making processes. The successful candidate will have a high level of collaborative and influencing skills, enabling them to balance the needs of diverse stakeholders within a large organization.
• Superior creative problem-solving abilities, as well as strong quantitative and analytical skills, are essential for success in this position.
• As the successful candidate you value a diverse workforce that is reflective of your community and support a workplace where everyone feels welcome, respected, and seen.

Why join Emera?

The perks of joining our team? We offer:

• Health & Wellbeing: ?A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our operating businesses, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching & volunteer programs, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: A comprehensive benefits plan, short-term and long-term incentive plan, and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Inclusion at Emera:

As one of Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy
The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values by our recruitment policy and values, we are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants.