Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships

Mitacs; Toronto; Remote; CAD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A national innovation organization is seeking a Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships in Toronto, Ontario. This role involves leading sector strategies, developing key relationships, and ensuring contributions to national innovation. A successful candidate should have extensive experience in business development and stakeholder engagement with a focus on complex partnerships. The hiring range is competitive, and equity, diversity, and inclusion are core values of the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience engaging with industry partners.
• Proven track record of initiating complex agreements.
• Familiarity with assigned sector ecosystem and potential partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Mitacs national sector lead for assigned sector(s).
• Develop and ensure implementation of overall Mitacs sector strategy.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key industry stakeholders.

Skills

Relationship building

Business development

Industry engagement

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

Overview

Job Description

The Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships is responsible for leading Mitacs National Sector strategy and implementation in their respective assigned sectors, including defining and implementing sector strategy, developing relationships with key sector industry and research centre accounts and partners, and ensuring that Mitacs contributions to national innovation priorities, talent development, and research are achieved.

Successful Candidates will be assigned one or more of the following National or Regional sectors:

• Quantum computing and telecommunications
• Defense, Aerospace, Shipbuilding, and Cybersecurity
• Social Innovation and Policy
• Housing, Construction, Municipalities, and Transportation
• Finance
• Artificial Intelligence
• Life Sciences including Biomanufacturing and Drug Development
• Advanced Manufacturing, Auto, and Robotics
• Agrifood and Aquaculture
• Information and Communications technologies, including digital technologies

(There is a total of 4 roles available)

Responsibilities

Sector Leadership

• Serve as the Mitacs national sector lead for assigned sector(s)
• Develop and ensure implementation of overall Mitacs sector strategy
• Develop and implement Federal and Provincial funding strategies in cooperation with Government Relations
• Work in cooperation with Regional Sector Lead team members
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key industry and innovation ecosystem stakeholders within designated sector portfolios. Become highly visible within the designated sector ecosystem, ensuring that potential partners become familiar with Mitacs offerings and consider Mitacs as a funding source when initiating joint academic industry engagement projects and initiatives
• Ensure alignment with national strategies while recognizing and supporting the unique sector needs. Establish sector targets and monitor and support delivery against targets
• Identify and pursue opportunities for partnership development aligned with organizational goals in key provincial and national sectors

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Exceptional relationship building and influence skills, with the ability to navigate complex, multi stakeholder environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience engaging with industry partners delivering strategic partnerships, in business development, or industry stakeholder engagement
• Proven track record initiating and negotiating complex agreements with private sector organizations and government-funded innovation / commercialization entities
• Demonstrated experience working with academic-private sector collaboration ecosystem
• Familiarity with assigned sector ecosystem and potential partners
• A widespread network of key players in the assigned sector(s)

Hiring Range: $92,905 - $114,765

Hiring and Salary Range Transparency

Typically, employees are hired, transferred, or promoted within the salary range, specifically between the minimum and midpoint in the hiring range.

The salary range refers to the range of base salaries for a given position, encompassing the minimum and maximum amounts. The midpoint of the range is positioned approximately halfway between the minimum and maximum, indicating a fully qualified employee with comprehensive job knowledge and experience for the role.

Only in rare and exceptional circumstances, where a candidate has the experience, skills, and expertise that far exceed those required for the position, would we consider paying above the hiring range for this role.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and decolonization are core values at Mitacs: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - Mitacs. We believe a diverse workforce comprised of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and backgrounds (e.g., gender identities and expressions, Indigeneity, race, abilities, sexual orientation, and other identities) are crucial to our success. We welcome everyone to apply and encourage you to connect with us if you require accommodations during the recruitment process.

Remote work