Partnerships Lead – Weaver Bird Architect

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead the formulation of Canopy’s organization-wide partnership strategy.

• Identify and prioritize collaborations that enhance leverage, credibility, capacity, and scale.

• Evaluate the partnership landscape to uncover opportunities, gaps, and emerging players.

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with coalitions, alliances, NGOs, standard setters, technical partners, and various stakeholders.

• Represent Canopy at significant external forums and in strategic discussions.

• Assist leadership in negotiations and stewardship of high-value partnerships.

• Develop partnership frameworks that outline objectives, roles, governance, and success metrics.

• Convert relationships into tangible collaborations, joint initiatives, and ecosystem-building efforts.

• Ensure that partnerships align with Canopy’s strategic priorities and are integrated into campaigns and initiatives.

• Collaborate across functions to align partnerships with internal teams and priorities.

• Create systems and processes for tracking, prioritizing, and ensuring accountability in partnerships.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of experience in partnerships, strategy, external affairs, or relevant leadership positions.

• Demonstrated capability to establish and manage intricate, high-value partnerships across various sectors and stakeholder groups.

• Strong strategic judgment with the ability to pinpoint leverage points.

• Exceptional relationship management abilities, characterized by credibility, diplomacy, and a capacity to navigate complexities.

• Outstanding communication skills, including the capacity to craft persuasive partnership narratives and translate strategy into actionable steps.

• Experience in sustainability, nature, climate, forest conservation, supply chains, corporate engagement, or systems change is highly preferred.

• Ability to work cross-functionally and align diverse internal and external stakeholders towards common objectives.

• Comfort in a dynamic environment characterized by multiple moving parts and evolving opportunities.

• Experience with alliances, coalitions, standards bodies, or multi-stakeholder initiatives is a significant advantage.

• A strong passion for environmental conservation, social impact, or mission-driven work is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits packages.

• Professional development opportunities.

• Supportive workplace culture dedicated to environmental conservation.