Partnerships Manager

Infrastructure Ontario; Toronto; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Defined Contribution Pension Plan (IO

Health, dental and vision coverage

Parental leave top-ups to 95% for 31/?

Healthcare Spending Account and other?

Public transit access at 1 Dundas St W

Job summary

Infrastructure Ontario is seeking a Partnerships Manager to advise on government-facing relationships and drive standardized client interactions. You will support IO teams from initial concepts through approvals and delivery, coordinating across ministries and agencies.

You will build consensus, provide strategic guidance, and champion best practices in government engagement, while managing competing priorities and adapting to evolving political and public sector needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in government or public sector required.
• Strong diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Ability to present to small and large groups.
• Ability to build consensus across teams.
• Adaptable to varying working styles and priorities under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead matters with ministries, agencies and stakeholders.
• Provide expert analysis and interpretation of directions from ministries/clients.
• Offer strategic advice to IO teams on government interactions.
• Coordinate IO teams to implement government direction.
• Identify and prepare new projects for the intake process.
• Ensure compliance with partnerships processes.
• Provide insights to leadership to inform partnerships and corporate strategies.
• Develop and manage relationships with government officials and political staff.
• Lead meetings to determine IO positions and build consensus.
• Identify and resolve issues at working level and escalate as needed.
• Provide training on IO tools and government relations etiquette.
• Support ongoing education and professional development for IO colleagues.

Skills

Diplomacy

Negotiation

Consensus-building

Public presentations

Adaptability

Prioritization under pressure

Job description

Position Purpose:

The Partnerships Manager works with the Partnerships Team at Infrastructure Ontario to support priority projects and opportunities across IO business lines. You will implement strategies to standardize and professionalize IO’s client relationships and provide hands on support and advice to IO teams providing informed and sound advice related to IO’s relationships with ministries, agencies, and other key stakeholders. The Partnerships Manager will provide advice at the earliest stages of a project through to supporting approvals, execution, and delivery.

What You Will Do:

Strategic Advisory Services:

• Coordinates and leads matters related ministries, agencies, and other stakeholders on initiatives
• Provides expert analysis and interpretation of direction given and requests received by ministries/clients
• Provides strategic advice in response to inquiries from IO teams on various interactions
• Coordinates IO teams in fulfilling requests and implementing direction from the government
• Engages with teams across IO to identify and prepare new projects for the Intake process
• Ensures compliance with partnerships processes
• Provides insights to leadership to inform partnerships and corporate strategies

Stakeholder Relations:

• Develops and manages relationships with government officials, political staff and other key stakeholders
• Maintains a robust network of contacts in client ministries and political offices
• Nurtures strong relationships across IO to create alignment and coordination between business units
• Leads meetings to determine IO positions and inputs, building consensus across business areas

Manage Issues:

• Identifies and executes solutions to challenges with government officials and political offices
• Leads early interventions to prevent escalations
• Provides expert and informed context to resolve issues at the working level
• Escalates issues to senior officials or political staff as IO’s representative

Training and Education:

• Presents government/client interactions and Partnerships tools and processes during internal training and education sessions
• Develops training and educational materials
• Provides ongoing education to IO teams on government relations etiquette

Who You Are:

• Experience working in the government (municipal or provincial or federal) or public sector agency coupled with in-depth knowledge of government decision-making processes.
• Level of political acumen is an asset.
• Well-developed skills in diplomacy, negotiation, consensus-building, and problem-solving.
• Ability to make presentations to small and large groups.
• Highly adaptable to different working styles.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.

What We Offer:

• Commitment to creating a diverse,equitableand inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging andrepresentsand reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
• A Defined Contribution Pension Plan, with Infrastructure Ontario contributing the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary and will also match any employee contribution up to anadditional5% of their annual salary. Toprovidefurther options for planning and saving for the future, IO offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account to eligible employees.
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
• A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for15 weeks.
• Access to our $1000 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutritioncounsellingor financial planning.
• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership andlicencefees per year for eligible colleagues ifdirectly relatedto the employee’s role.
• Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
• A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.

We offer a competitive salary range of $115,000 to $145,000 (P5 Level). Paywill align withskills,knowledgeand experience of the candidate.

Thispostingwill close on November 9,2026at11:59 pm.

Interviews will occur on a rolling basis until the role is filled.

Thispostingis for a current active vacancy. We are actively recruiting to fill this position.