About the Role
As an Ocean Project Strategy Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of Pisces’ core strategic services: brand strategy, communications strategy, marketing strategy, storytelling strategy, and partnership strategy. You’ll work directly with clients across the ocean sector, producing polished, high-impact strategic deliverables while managing the full arc of each project with care and accountability.
This role sits at the intersection of strategic excellence and project ownership. You’ll think clearly, write compellingly, manage confidently, and show up as a trusted partner for the clients we serve.
This is a senior, delivery-focused role for a strategic thinker who owns their work from brief to final product, without needing close supervision to get there.
What You Will Do
You will independently lead and deliver Pisces’ strategic service offerings, including:
Brand Strategy: brand audits, foundations (mission/vision/values), audience development, competitor analysis, positioning, and brand story
Communications Strategy: market research, competitor analysis, USP development, key messaging, communications plans, and time-driven roadmaps
Marketing Strategy: needs and gap analysis, product/service positioning, distribution strategy, and full marketing plans
Storytelling Strategy: goal and audience mapping, StoryBrand frameworks, key messages, and storytelling tactics
Partnership Strategy: landscape analysis, network mapping, engagement tactics, and partnership roadmaps
Research & Information Strategy: literature reviews, data synthesis, end-user analysis, and actionable roadmaps
As a project owner, you will also:
Manage client engagements from scoping through delivery, maintaining clarity and confidence at every touchpoint
Contribute to work plans, timelines, and structured project documentation
Exercise judgment on priorities and tradeoffs when the path isn’t obvious
Support Pisces’ cross-pillar work by understanding how your strategic output connects to project management and communications deliverables
Contribute to Pisces’ own brand and business development strategy as the organization scales
What You Bring
We’re looking for someone whose experience demonstrates they can do this work well. That might be 4 years of intense, varied consultancy work, or 8 years of brand strategy in a focused sector. What matters is the quality of output, ownership of the process, and readiness to operate with a high degree of autonomy.
Must-haves:
Proven ability to independently develop and deliver strategic products: brand frameworks, audience personas, competitive audits, messaging hierarchies, communications plans, and marketing strategies
Exceptional writing: you produce polished, client-ready work that doesn’t require significant editing
Sound judgment under ambiguity: you make good decisions with incomplete information and know when to escalate
Strong client communication and relationship management: you earn trust through follow-through and transparency
Ability to manage multiple engagements simultaneously with strong organizational discipline
Comfort working independently in a remote, small-team environment with a high degree of self-direction
Assets that will strengthen your application:
Experience in a consultancy, NGO, academic institution, or other project-driven organization
Familiarity with project coordination, structured documentation, or operational planning
Experience in brand identity or visual strategy
Genuine interest in ocean science, conservation, or the environmental sector
French or fluency in a second language
Proficiency in Google Workspace, Monday.com, and Adobe Express or Creative Cloud
Why work for Pisces Oceans?
Salary starting at $65,000, commensurate with experience, with flexibility for candidates bringing advanced expertise or specialized ocean-sector knowledge, and a clear path to senior leadership as Pisces scales
Comprehensive health benefits
Generous vacation allotment
Remote-first work environment with flexible scheduling
Equipment and key software subscriptions provided
Work that contributes directly to ocean impact
A clear path toward increased responsibility and senior leadership as Pisces scales. We invest in the people who invest in us
How to Apply
Send your resume, a brief cover letter, and one or two examples of strategic work you’re proud of to careers@piscesoceans.ca. Tell us what drew you to Pisces, what kind of work energizes you most, and your favourite thing about the ocean.
Please note: Our interview process is intentionally rigorous. Pre-qualified candidates will be invited to a multi-stage process that includes a practical interview component designed to assess real strategic thinking and execution. Only candidates who are serious about the role and prepared to demonstrate their capabilities should apply. Pisces Oceans is under no obligation to respond personally to applications, and only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pisces Oceans is committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the ocean community we serve. We welcome applications from all qualified Canadian candidates, but preference will be given to candidates in Nova Scotia.
About Pisces Oceans
Pisces Oceans Inc. (Pisces) is an award-winning, WBE-certified, and 100% women owned ocean project consultancy founded on the belief that ambitious ocean work deserves infrastructure as strong as its ambition.
We partner with global ocean leaders, scientists, academics, not-for-profit directors, innovators, and Indigenous-led organizations to build the strategic, management, and communications infrastructure their projects need to restore clarity, expand capacity, and scale impact.
Our work is grounded in a unique trifecta of disciplines that most ocean project teams struggle to find in one place: Science, Strategy and Story.