Director, Strategy & Execution

Fasken•Montreal, QC

4h•CA$150,000 - CA$195,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Fasken is seeking a Director, Strategy & Execution to serve as a strategic partner and internal consultant to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the Firm Managing Partner (FMP). This role is designed to add meaningful leverage to firm leadership by independently defining strategic frameworks and rapidly exploring emerging opportunities. The Director will operate with delegated authority to act as a primary sounding board for firm leadership, combining rigorous strategic analysis with the authoring of complex, cross-functional initiatives. This role requires high-level strategic gravitas, sound judgment, and the ability to hold productive tension with senior leaders and Board members when priorities compete, or alignment is not yet achieved. The individual will synthesize external consultant insights into Fasken-specific narratives, translate strategy into action, and ensure firmwide strategic initiatives are delivered with clarity and impact. This is a highly visible role that works closely with the Partnership Board, senior business executives, and stakeholders across the firm.

Requirements

8+ years (ideally 10-15 years) of progressive experience in strategy, management consulting, transformation, or strategy execution roles.
Deep experience in professional services, legal, consulting, or similarly complex matrixed environments.
Proven track record of operating with high autonomy and leading large, cross-functional initiatives with senior stakeholders.
A Director-level thinker with the strategic gravitas to move comfortably between ideation, high-level theory and enterprise-wide execution.
Someone who operates with significant independence, discretion, and delegated authority.
A practical, outcome-focused leader who thrives in a partnership-based environment and can influence at the C-Suite and Board levels.
An individual who independently identifies risks and helps senior leaders make and stand behind difficult decisions.
An individual who exercises leadership through influence, setting the standard for how cross-functional teams work together.
The successful candidate will be detail oriented, a team player and will have excellent organizational & communication skills, both written and oral and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced and superior client service environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree (MBA or equivalent) is a preferred requirement to exhibit strategic rigor and analytical depth.

Responsibilities

Independently define and author strategic analyses, research, and benchmarking to drive senior leadership decision-making.
Proactively identify enterprise-wide strategic gaps and structure complex or ambiguous issues into clear problem statements and recommendations.
Develop and propose business cases and implementation approaches for new or evolving strategic initiatives.
Synthesize and challenge insights from external management consultancies, translating high-level concepts into practical, decision-ready materials for executive audiences.
Own and lead a portfolio of firmwide strategic initiatives from concept through implementation.
Establish initiative charters, governance structures, milestones, and success metrics.
Exercise delegated decision-making authority on behalf of the CAO in steering committees and leadership forums to maintain momentum.
Own the development and maintenance of the Firm’s Strategy Dashboard and non-financial KPI reporting to the Partnership Board.
Drive follow-through and accountability across teams, navigating resistance and surfacing trade-offs at the highest levels of the partnership.
Act as a senior sounding board to Practice Group Leaders and Regional Managing Partners to align priorities.
Facilitate working sessions, steering committees, and decision forums with independent authority.
Act as a connector across functions and regions to reduce duplication and improve execution discipline.
Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics across leadership forums, balancing diverse perspectives while maintaining an enterprise-level focus.
Author high-impact presentations, updates, and briefing materials for Board-level and leadership forums.
Translate complex work into clear, authoritative narratives that support high-stakes decision-making.
Architect opportunities to strengthen strategy execution practices, governance, and ways of working.
Share leading practices to improve strategy and initiative delivery.