Director, Partnership Agreements

FCC / FAC • Regina, SK

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Leverage your expertise in financial partnership development and operational risk management to identify, build, and sustain strategic partnerships that align with FCC’s organizational goals. Through strong collaboration and negotiation, you’ll help expand FCC’s role and impact across the agriculture sector. As Director, Partnership Agreements, you’ll work closely with internal teams, executive leadership and external partners to ensure partnerships are mutually beneficial and aligned with FCC’s mandate. You’ll oversee the full partnership lifecycle-from opportunity identification and agreement negotiation to implementation, performance monitoring and ongoing relationship management. You’ll also be responsible for the operational risk management of FCC’s third‑party financing programs, ensuring appropriate controls, risk measures and governance are in place to support sustainable growth. If you’re a relationship‑focused leader who enjoys strategic work, thrives in a collaborative, purpose‑driven environment and is motivated by creating long‑term value internally and externally, this role may be for you.

Requirements

• A degree in agriculture, technology, finance, business administration or commerce and at least 10 years of related experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Proven experience in operational risk and financial services risk management
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing strategic or financial partnerships.
• Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to develop and implement partnership strategies and frameworks
• Experience collaborating across internal teams and with external organizations
• Leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Strong strategic thinking, communication, judgement and adaptability
• Complex lending, partnerships, or regulated environments
• Strong understanding of third‑party risk, operational controls and governance frameworks
• Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Experience leading people or projects with accountability

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the agriculture and/or financial services sectors
• Experience leading teams responsible for partnership portfolios
• Experience leading teams in operational risk, audit, compliance, enterprise risk
• Executive‑level reporting experience
• Strong Excel and reporting capability
• Bilingualism (English and French) is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification, development, and management of strategic financial partnerships, ensuring strong alignment with organizational objectives
• Develop and deliver presentations to potential partners and provide regular updates to executive leadership on partnership activities, performance and outcomes
• Establish governance, risk, and compliance strategies for partnership agreements and contractual obligations, providing insight and clear, consistent reporting across all programs
• Lead a specialised team providing operational risk oversight for third‑party financing and accountable for risk and control effectiveness across all programs
• Collaborate with internal business leaders, risk and compliance teams and external partners to develop and monitor our partnership programs
• Lead performance management, coaching, mentoring, recruitment and succession planning activities while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and high performance within your team.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards packages: market-aligned and performance-based salary and incentive programs, flexible and comprehensive group benefit and savings plans, and well-being support through benefits and wellness programs
• Purpose-driven work: We build strong relationships, share knowledge and support the people who feed the world
• Growth: Learning and development opportunities to help you thrive
• Hybrid work options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director