Strategic Partnerships Senior Advisor - National Quantum Sector Lead

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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.

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Position Summary

Reporting to the Director, Strategic Partnerships, the National Quantum Sector Lead is responsible for leading Mitacs Quantum Sector strategy, including defining and implementing sector strategy, developing relationships with key sector industry and research centre accounts and partners, ensuring that Mitacs contributions to national innovation priorities, talent development, and research are achieved, directly delivering to Mitacs assigned program target, as well as indirectly ensuring that Mitacs Quantum sector targets are achieved nationally.

Key Responsibilities

Sector Leadership

• Serve as the Mitacs national sector lead for Quantum, becoming the “face” of Mitacs in this sector
• 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 to deliver Mitacs programs to target levels as assigned
• Directly hold key ecosystem accounts and deliver Mitacs programs to target levels as assigned
• 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 overall Mitacs national strategies while recognizing and supporting the unique Quantum sector needs.  Help 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
• Develop and consummate key MOUs and Umbrella projects with key ecosystem partners

 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 

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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.