Director, Mental Health - Canada | 2 Year Contract

Movember•Toronto, ON

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

This senior leadership role is for the Director, Mental Health in Canada, a 2-year contract position. Movember is making a significant investment in the Canadian market to address the critical juncture of young men's mental health. The role will lead Movember's strategy, design, implementation, and stewardship of its Mental Health portfolio, with a focus on young men aged 12 to 35, covering promotion, prevention, and early intervention. This includes co-leading global initiatives and leading market-specific programs like Breaking the Ice with the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League. The role will also focus on growing esports and gaming work, and driving research on the online environment, AI, and social connection in partnership with young men. The Director will lead programmatic design from needs assessment to evaluation, embedding clinical governance, safeguarding, and lived experience. They will collaborate with Canada-based income, Marketing and Communications, and Policy and Advocacy teams. As part of the Canadian leadership team, the Director will contribute to country strategy in a matrix relationship with the Country Director, Canada, and will lead a team, fostering a learning culture.

Requirements

Deep expertise in mental health and/or community development, with a strong understanding of evidence-based approaches to promotion, prevention, and early intervention.
Proven ability to lead within matrix organisations, bringing clarity to roles, accountabilities, and ways of working across distributed teams.
Demonstrated experience in strategising, influencing, advocating, and building coalitions of internal and external stakeholders.
A proven track record of translating strategy into action, including leading the implementation of a portfolio of impact initiatives to measurable outcomes.
Proven ability to achieve impact through cross-sector collaboration, including with community organisations, researchers, funders, and delivery partners.
A change agent mindset: comfortable challenging norms, leading disruption, and operating at pace.
Strong understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, and participant safety in the delivery of mental health programming.

Nice To Haves

Experience with collective impact models, fund stewardship, and scaling evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

Lead the in-market strategy, design, implementation, and stewardship of Movember's Mental Health portfolio in Canada, with a focus on young men aged 12 to 35.
Co-lead the Canadian delivery of global initiatives such as the Community Men's Health Research Program and Inclusivity in Sport.
Lead market-specific programs, including Breaking the Ice, Movember's partnership with the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League.
Grow esports and gaming work to reach young men and drive cross-cutting research on the online environment, AI, and social connection.
Lead programmatic design end-to-end, from needs assessment and planning through to implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Embed clinical governance, safeguarding, and lived experience into all program delivery.
Work closely with Canada-based income teams, Marketing and Communications, and Policy and Advocacy.
Contribute to country strategy, planning, and prioritization as a member of the Canadian leadership team.
Lead a team with clarity on roles, accountabilities, and ways of working that foster a genuine learning culture.