Manager, Ecosystem Engagement
About The Position
The Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), established in 1987, is a leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering industry-academia-government collaborations to translate cutting-edge research into economic benefits for Ontario. OCI supports the commercialization of intellectual property, industry-academic collaborations, and the development and adoption of emerging technologies. The organization also invests in early-stage projects, de-risks innovation to attract private investors, and contributes to talent development. OCI leads Ontario's Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) initiative, which leverages the province's strengths in automotive manufacturing, ICT, post-secondary institutions, and entrepreneurial infrastructure to drive innovation in automotive technology and smart mobility. OVIN provides resources such as R&D funding, talent development, technology acceleration, and business support to enhance the competitiveness of Ontario-based automotive and mobility companies.
Requirements
- Formal, specialized post-graduate education in Public or Business Administration, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy or another relevant area of study.
- 5-7 years experience in consulting, project management and/or communications and marketing.
- Proven leadership ability and management/coaching of a team with diverse skillsets and experience.
- Experience leading and managing high complexity programs with multiple partners and various types of stakeholders.
- Experience developing and managing partnerships, and defining and gaining stakeholder buy-in.
- Ability to respond to changing priorities of the day and thrives in a challenging and dynamic environment.
- Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal, written, presentation preparation and delivery).
- Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to complex problems.
- Strong business relationship management skills with diverse stakeholder groups such as industry, government and internal stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of industry and academia, policy and planning, government priorities, and commercial endeavours.
Nice To Haves
- Automotive and mobility industry knowledge is an asset.
- Lean, Six Sigma, Agile or other process methodologies are considered an asset.
Responsibilities
- Lead staff on planning and delivering strategic initiatives and activities, including providing guidance, coaching and alignment to overarching objectives of the portfolio.
- Manage and deliver key portfolio content and externally facing documents including presentations, proposals, program information, news releases, and website content.
- Lead team to develop and deliver marketing and promotional opportunities, events, workshops, stakeholder engagement and outreach.
- Collaborate with staff and ecosystem partners and provide project-focused support to advance strategic program goals and objectives.
- Support the identification of opportunities including the delivery of thought leadership and public education and awareness activities to support portfolio activities and to inform the key stakeholders across the province and globally.
- Identify opportunities, including advising on strategy, recommending solutions, fostering external partnerships, and responding to the objectives and priorities of the portfolio.
- Liaise with various stakeholder groups across key initiatives, including project partners, and government stakeholders for alignment with agreed upon deliverables and outcomes.
- Recommends priorities; advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.
- Support project team to deliver relevant project updates as required by key stakeholders, ensuring that deliverables are at a high-quality level, and to the satisfaction of project funders.
- Collaborate cross-departmentally including liaising with Business Development, Finance, and Marketing and Communications teams as required.
- Other tasks as required to support the organization and/or portfolio.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
