Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships

Do you want to be part of our innovative and entrepreneurial team?

Do you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and enjoy working in a team atmosphere? Are you an “outside the box” thinker who strives to implement continuous improvements? Do you take a strategic approach to your work? Do you enjoy a fast-paced culture where your opinions are valued and respected? Do you enjoy building partnerships to solve mutually beneficial challenges?

Mitacs is a national not-for-profit that helps industry and non-profit partners solve strategic challenges by leveraging Canada’s world-class post-secondary talent and a global network of industry, academic, and government partnerships. Through these collaborations, Mitacs helps business and community partners succeed, improves students’ on-the-job skills development, and strengthens Canada’s world-class innovation ecosystem. At Mitacs, we strive to develop the next generation of innovators with vital research and business skills.

In partnership with domestic and international companies, governments, and academia, we support a new economy using Canada’s most valuable resource – its people.

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 achieve.

Successful Candidates will be assigned one or more of the following National or Regional sector(s):

• Quantum computing and telecommunicati
• ons Defense, Aerospace, Shipbuilding, and Cybersecur
• ity Social Innovation and Pol
• icy Housing, Construction, Municipalities, and Transport at
• ionFina
• nce Artificial Intellige
• nceLife Sciences including Biomanufacturing and Drug Developm
• ent Advanced Manufacturing, Auto, and Robot
• ics Agrifood and Aquacult
• ure Information and Communications technologies, including digital technolog

• rship
  
  Serve as the Mitacs national sector lead for assigned sect
• or(s)
  Develop and ensure implementation of overall Mitacs sector str
• ategy
  
  Develop and implement Federal and Provincial funding strategies in cooperation with Government Rela
• tions
  
  Work in cooperation with Regional Sector Lead team me
• mbers
  
  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 initia
• tives
  
  Ensure alignment with national strategies while recognizing and supporting the unique sector needs. Establish sector targets and monitor and support delivery against ta
• rgets
  
  Identify and pursue opportunities for partnership development aligned with organizational goals in key provincial and national se

• rience
  
  Exceptional relationship building and influence skills, with the ability to navigate complex, multi stakeholder environ
• ments.
  
  Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience engaging with industry partners delivering strategic partnerships, in business development, or industry stakeholder nga
• gement
  
  Proven track record initiating and negotiating complex agreements with private sector organizations and government-funded innovation/commercialization en
• tities
  
  Demonstrated experience working with academic-private sector collaboration eco
• system
  
  Familiarity with assigned sector ecosystem and potential pa
• rtners
  
  A widespread network of key players in the assigned sec
• tor(s)
  Knowledge of written and spoken French and English an asset. Knowledge of written and spoken English is required in this role as you will interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders located across C

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