Program Manager, Research Partnerships & Innovation – Term

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Program Manager, Research (Term Full-Time)
Research Partnerships & Innovation

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time, Term Position Available (anticipated May 26, 2025 up to March 31, 2030)

SALARY: $91,520 – $128,980 per annum

POSITION LOCATION: Notre Dame Campus (Winnipeg, MB)

At RRC Polytech we aspire to have a workforce that is representative of the diversity within our communities. For this hiring process, a preference hiring practice will be applied. First consideration will be given to applicants who self-identify within their application as one or more of the following equity-deserving group(s): Women, Indigenous Peoples, Persons with Disabilities, Racialized Persons, Persons of the 2SLGBTQlA+ Community. First consideration will also be given to internal applicants. For more information about our hiring practices, please visit: www.rrc.ca/hr/work/hiring-process/.

Employment support is available to both internal and external candidates who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) seeking employment at Red River College Polytechnic. For guidance on the application process, interview preparation, or to discuss accommodation needs, applicants are invited to contact our Indigenous Recruitment Consultant at humanresources@rrc.ca.

ELIGIBILITY LIST: This competition may be used to establish a 6 month eligibility list of qualified candidates for future vacancies.

DUTIES
RRC Polytech is seeking a Program Manager, Lab to Market to lead the Manitoba regional Hub. The Program Manager will oversee program delivery, administrative leadership, financial and metrics reporting, and collaborate with post-secondary institutions and the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the Manitoba region. This role involves significant internal capacity building and external relationship development and ecosystem building in addition to research program administration.

Reporting to the Director, Lab to Market, and working in close collaboration with a national team of regional Program Managers, the Program Manager will contribute to the design and implementation of programming aligned with national entrepreneurship and research commercialization strategies.

The Program Manager will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing program success by facilitating regional entrepreneurship training, fostering ecosystem development, and ensuring alignment with federal funding requirements and budgets. The incumbent will collaborate with a team of eight Program Managers and Director, Lab to Market to deliver entrepreneurship training to students and researchers through 8 regional program delivery hubs and 3 Indigenous entrepreneurship hubs. The incumbent will execute program processes, protocols, and guidelines and ensuring adherence to Tri-council and applicant requirements, including overseeing financial reporting and deliverables, leading program development, engagement, promotion, and knowledge transfer, maintaining processes to track metrics and outcomes, implementing strategies to meet training and mentorship targets, producing high-quality reports for internal, external, and public use, and serve as a resource on program policies and procedures for learners, facilitators, and administrators.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate Degree in a related field of study such as Business, Innovation, Science or Engineering. Combination of education and experience may be considered
• Experience and familiarity with research management and program and policy development, particularly in the areas of research commercialization, entrepreneurship, or innovation
• Experience overseeing applied research proposals, and the development of applied research projects
• Demonstrated experience in applying for and managing research grants (i.e. Tri-Agency- NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR)
• Demonstrated excellent organizational, analytical and creative skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas and strategies clearly to diverse audiences
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
• Demonstrated strong financial management skills with the ability to oversee large budgets
• Demonstrated effective human resource management skills with the ability to manage decentralized teams, inspire collaboration, and lead diverse, cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Demonstrated skill in the development and management of effective data collection and reporting systems and processes with the ability to define, track, and report on program metrics, and outcomes
• Knowledge of intellectual property
• Demonstrated research dissemination planning and delivery skills
• Effective computer skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide variety of constituents and organizations including academic institutions, government agencies, industry partners, and Indigenous communities
• Experience building a respectful workplace culture that promotes diversity, learning and continuous improvement

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

• Formal training and/or certification in Project Management
• Experience with a relevant field of technology
• Experience working with Indigenous communities and understanding the unique challenges and opportunities in delivering programs tailored to Indigenous students

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• This position may be required to work evenings and/or weekends
• This position may be required to travel
• This position may be required to work overtime

Please note that applicants internal to Red River College Polytechnic must apply through My Portal on HRIS Unlimited.

RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anishininwak, Dakota Oyate, and Denésuline, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.