Director, Program Development – Impact

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Spearhead the development, design, strategy, and ongoing enhancement of programs in alignment with the organizational strategy and stakeholder needs.

• Convert strategic goals, governmental priorities, and ecosystem demands into impactful program models.

• Discover new opportunities for programs, partnerships, and funding avenues.

• Establish standards, processes, and governance frameworks for program development.

• Direct the organization’s evaluation function and supervise evaluation frameworks that assess program performance, outcomes, effectiveness, and return on investment.

• Create program frameworks, theories of change, logic models, implementation plans, and performance expectations.

• Conduct economic impact assessments focusing on economic growth, productivity, commercialization, talent outcomes, and ecosystem advantages.

• Oversee impact reports, performance dashboards, and evidence-based narratives for executives, Board members, government partners, and stakeholders.

• Enhance organizational capacity to leverage data and evidence for ongoing improvement.

• Manage the complete lifecycle from identifying strategic needs and policy challenges through to program design, implementation, outcomes, evaluation, and enhancement.

• Track the performance, strategic alignment, effectiveness, relevance, and value creation of the program portfolio.

• Lead and nurture a multidisciplinary team responsible for program development, evaluation, and economic impact analysis.

• Set priorities, operational plans, and performance objectives.

• Promote collaboration among program, evaluation, policy, and operational teams.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Policy, Program Development, and Government Relations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business, Public Policy, Statistics, Evaluation, or a related discipline.

• A graduate degree or equivalent experience is considered an asset.

• At least 10 years of progressive experience in program development, strategy, evaluation, performance measurement, and economic impact, ideally within research, innovation, or economic development sectors.

• Proven experience in designing, developing, and enhancing programs while translating evidence, data, and analysis into strategic insights and decisions.

• Strong comprehension of program evaluation, performance measurement, economic impact assessment, and the Canadian research and innovation landscape.

• Experience in managing intricate program portfolios while balancing strategic priorities, resources, performance, and impact.

• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and project management capabilities.

• Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex analyses into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders and stakeholders.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

• Bilingualism (English/French) is a valuable asset.

• Personal experience or perspectives aligned with Indigenous worldviews are significant advantages.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

• Commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous communities.

• Accommodations available during the recruitment process.

• Human review of AI-enabled recruitment tools and decision-making in hiring.