Vice President, Business Development & Strategy

Company Overview

At CAE, we exist to make the world safer. We deliver cutting - edge training, simulation, and critical operations solutions to prepare aviation professionals and defense forces for the moments that matter. Every day, we empower pilots, cabin crew, maintenance technicians, airlines, business aviation operators, and defense and security personnel to perform at their best when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with approximately 13,000 employees at around 240 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. For nearly 80 years, CAE has been at the forefront of innovation, consistently seeking to set the standard by delivering excellence in high - fidelity flight simulators and training solutions, while embedding sustainability at the heart of everything we do. By harnessing technology and enhancing human performance, we strive to be the trusted partner in advancing safety and mission readiness — today and tomorrow. CAE continues to help define global training standards with its innovative virtual-to-live training solutions to make flying safer and maintain defense force readiness. Each year, the company trains more than 220,000 civil and defense crew members, including more than 135,000 pilots.

Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, CAE has built an excellent reputation and long-standing customer relationships based on experience, strong technical capabilities, a highly trained workforce, and global reach. CAE’s shares are traded on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges (TSX: CAE; NYSE: CAE). The company reported revenues of $4.7 billion for the year ending 31 March 2025, and has a market capitalization of more than $9.6 billion as of 5 March 2026.

Defense & Security

CAE’s Defense & Security business segment focuses on helping prepare its customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness. CAE is a world-class training systems integrator offering a comprehensive portfolio of training centers, training services and simulation products across the air, land, naval and public safety market segments. The D&S business unit serves its global defense and security customers through regional operations in Canada, the United States/Latin America, Europe/Africa, and Asia-Pacific/Middle East; all of which leverage the full breadth of CAE’s capabilities, technologies and solutions.

CAE is a global leader in the development and delivery of integrated live, virtual and constructive (LVC) training solutions for defense forces. Most militaries leverage a combination of live training on actual platforms, virtual training in simulators, and constructive training using computer-generated simulations. The solutions provided by CAE’s Defense and Security business unit typically include a combination of training services, simulation products and software tools designed to cost-effectively maintain and enhance safety, efficiency, mission readiness and decision-making capabilities.

CAE USA is the largest division of this segment. The Defense and Security segment accounted for $2 billion in revenue in 2025. CAE USA Inc. is the largest business unit of the Defense and Security segment, accounting for $1.3 billion in annual revenue and employing more than 2,500 personnel. Headquartered in Tampa, FL, CAE USA inc. operates under a Special Security Agreement (SSA) with the U.S. Department of Defense to mitigate foreign ownership. As a U.S. corporation operating under an SSA, CAE USA inc. has its own U.S. board of directors that monitors and oversees all company activities related to performance of classified programs and protection of export-controlled information, security procedures, and company management.

CAE USA Inc. delivers integrated training programs, comprehensive simulation systems, and instructional services and curricula designed to satisfy the training needs of military clients and original equipment manufacturers. CAE USA is dedicated to supporting military organizations in achieving and sustaining peak mission readiness. The organization draws upon CAE’s extensive portfolio of capabilities, technologies, and solutions to supply simulation systems, training services, and training centers that enhance the operational readiness of U.S. and allied forces.

Position Summary

The Vice President, Business Development & Strategy will lead through influence, and successfully partner with internal and external functional, industry and government stakeholders to ensure the achievement of business plans and accelerate the rate of change in how customers view training a