Manager Strategic Partnerships Jobs

As the Manager, Strategic Partnerships, you will be accountable for managing the delivery of the Strategic Partnerships function, ensuring consistency with overall Strategy, Programs and Partnerships performance measures, standards, and best practices and integration with overall organizational directions.

In this pivotal role, you will be a member of a ground floor initiative ensuring the best possible combination of money spent and value received for Ontarians. Your expertise will play a key role in the oversight and implementation of Strategic Partnerships services and work areas, including operational processes and procedures to meet the overall operational plans and priorities of the Strategy, Programs and Partnerships department.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Leading and participating in projects.
• Providing strategic partnership development expertise and advice to management and staff in response to operational or program issues impacting the achievement of department directions.
• Managing the development and implementation of frameworks, guidelines, and standards to support partnerships and effective relationships with stakeholders and to facilitate an integrated and inclusive approach to fulfilling our mandate.
• Developing and managing stakeholder relationships
• Providing guidance, advice, and support to leadership in their partnership activities and outcome expectations, and in developing strategies and plans for collaborations to ensure a cohesive organizational strategy and approach.
• Supporting critical change and a new collaborative, forward thinking culture while supporting the implementation of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Managing employees while supporting an environment and culture of service excellence which respects diversity, encourages all employees to work together to achieve results and contribute to a healthy, rewarding, and productive working environment where personal and team accountability are key to meeting our mandate.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:

• Innovation and creativity to translate strategies into action plans and outputs and to generate new concepts in meeting stakeholder engagement and partnership needs.
• Strong negotiating skills and the ability to understand different perspectives and seek mutually beneficial solutions.
• Completion of a postsecondary degree in Public Administration, Business Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 8 or more years of experience in planning and managing the delivery of partnership development strategies, programs, or services for a large organization.
• Political acuity to recognize and respond to issues which may have impact on Supply Ontario.
• Strong knowledge of partnership development and relationship management theories, methods, and best practices.
• Understanding of partnering processes and mechanisms.
• Strong facilitation, project management and communication skills
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide team members to achieve success.
• Ability to cultivate and leverage strategic partnerships (internal and external).
• Relevant industry experience preferred.

Supply Ontario offers a competitive compensation package including benefits and defined benefit pension plan.

HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please click on the Apply button by September 13, 2023. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Supply Ontario is an inclusive employer which respects equity, inclusion, diversity and anti-racism. Accommodation, if required, will be provided throughout the hiring process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code.