Chief Strategy Officer

This senior leadership role is responsible for guiding the development, alignment, and ongoing refinement of the National Digital Masterplan and its strategic frameworks. The position requires translating national priorities into evidence-based decisions, coordinating sectoral plans, and ensuring measurable outcomes by collaborating across government entities, industry stakeholders, and executive functions within the PDA. The role demands a strategic mindset to drive digital transformation and economic planning at a national scale.

Key Responsibilities
Lead the formulation and periodic refresh of the National Digital Masterplan, ensuring coordination of sectoral and implementation plans through established governance and approval processes. Conduct strategic diagnostics and digital maturity assessments to identify capability gaps, dependencies, and opportunities across sectors and institutions. Develop policy and investment options grounded in economic analysis, feasibility of delivery, public value, and clear prioritization criteria. Coordinate efforts among federal, provincial, and local stakeholders, regulators, and industry partners to align priorities, responsibilities, and commitments for implementation. Lead strategic foresight and research activities by assessing emerging technologies and economic trends, translating insights into actionable recommendations. Define and oversee the strategic monitoring and evaluation framework, establishing baselines and outcome measures, while collaborating with Delivery Excellence teams to differentiate between implementation progress and realized impact. Build organizational strategy and research capabilities, prepare briefings for executive and governance forums, and recommend adjustments based on evolving evidence or shifts in national priorities.

Required Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Technology Management, Engineering, or a related field is required. A relevant master’s degree is preferred. All qualifications must meet the PDA’s recognition and equivalence standards. Candidates should have a minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in strategy, public policy, digital transformation, or economic planning, including senior leadership roles. Proven experience in developing and supporting the implementation of national, sectoral, or large-scale organizational transformation strategies with measurable outcomes is essential. Strong expertise in economic or business-case analysis, strategic prioritization, and negotiation across complex institutional stakeholders is required. A demonstrated understanding of digital technologies and their impact on public services, institutions, and economic development is critical.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
Experience leading strategy and transformation engagements within consulting, professional services, or technology advisory environments is desirable. Equivalent experience in government reform, corporate transformation, or specialist advisory programs of similar complexity will also be considered. Candidates with cross-government planning and public-sector implementation experience will have an advantage. Key competencies include strategic planning, public policy development, economic analysis, foresight, prioritization, monitoring and evaluation, institutional negotiation, and executive-level communication.

This position is classified as Grade-13, with one vacancy available. Candidates should have at least 15 years of relevant experience and must not exceed the age limit of 55 years. The application deadline for this role is November 9, 2026.