Director, Program Development – Impact

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🔥 9 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $126.7k - $160.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Mitacs

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1999

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 $1.4M Grant on 2023-04

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

Mitacs is a research services organization committed to bringing innovation to more people in more places across Canada and globally. By facilitating access to top researchers and co-investment in talent, Mitacs makes it easier for businesses, researchers, and governments to collaborate on projects that lead to advancements in safer cities, healthcare, improved products, a cleaner environment, and a more diverse economy. They support startups and SMEs through internships, grants, and work-integrated learning, focusing on various areas such as quantum technology, AI, and cleantech.

📋 Description

• Lead program development, design, strategy, and continuous improvement aligned with organizational strategy and stakeholder priorities • Translate strategic objectives, government priorities, and ecosystem needs into effective program models • Identify emerging opportunities for new programs, partnerships, and funding models • Establish program development standards, processes, and governance frameworks • Lead the organization’s evaluation function and oversee evaluation frameworks measuring program performance, outcomes, effectiveness, and return on investment • Develop program frameworks, theories of change, logic models, implementation plans, and performance expectations • Lead economic impact assessments covering economic growth, productivity, commercialization, talent outcomes, and ecosystem benefits • Oversee impact reports, performance dashboards, and evidence-based narratives for executives, Board members, government partners, and stakeholders • Build organizational capacity to use data and evidence for continuous improvement • Manage the full lifecycle from strategic need and policy challenge through program design, implementation, outcomes, evaluation, and improvement • Monitor the performance, strategic alignment, effectiveness, relevance, and value creation of the program portfolio • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team responsible for program development, evaluation, and economic impact analysis • Establish priorities, operating plans, and performance objectives • Foster collaboration across program, evaluation, policy, and operational teams • Report to the Vice President, Policy, Program Development and Government Relations

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Economics, Business, Public Policy, Statistics, Evaluation, or a related field • Graduate degree or equivalent experience is an asset • Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in program development, strategy, evaluation, performance measurement, economic impact, preferably within research, innovation, or economic development • Experience designing, developing, and improving programs and translating evidence, data, and analysis into strategic recommendations and decisions • Strong understanding of program evaluation, performance measurement, economic impact assessment, and the Canadian research and innovation ecosystem • Experience managing complex program portfolios and balancing strategic priorities, resources, performance, and impact • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders and stakeholders • Knowledge of written and spoken English is required • Bilingualism (English/French) is an asset • Lived experience or perspectives connected to Indigenous worldviews are strong assets

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity, diversity, and inclusion commitment • Reconciliation with Indigenous communities commitment • Recruitment-process accommodations available • Human review of AI-enabled recruitment tools and human hiring decisions