Sustainability Lead, Funding & Partnerships
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Position Title: Sustainability Lead Funding & Partnerships
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID:44704
- Funding Financing & Capital Strategy
- Maintain a current view of the North American funding and financing landscape across agriculture regenerative agriculture research infrastructure resource efficiency and decarbonization.
- Build and prioritize a portfolio of public funding incentives rebates tax credits financing and blended-capital opportunities against NA Agriculture and REO priorities.
- Work with internal technical and business owners to translate priority projects into fundable and investable opportunities with clear scope economics outcomes timing and external value.
- Provide concise portfolio visibility to leadership: active awards funding flow pipeline value probability risks decisions and next actions.
- Strategic Partnerships & Stakeholder Leadership
- Develop and maintain trusted relationships with government agencies financial institutions customers universities nonprofits implementation partners and supply-chain collaborators.
- Lead strategic alignment with partners by understanding their priorities identifying shared value and shaping credible co-investment or collaboration pathways.
- Serve as McCains primary business relationship owner for funded programs and strategic funding partnerships with clear governance expectations scopes of work milestones and performance management.
- Partner closely with External Affairs Legal Finance Communications Sales and technical teams where policy contracting financial disclosure customer alignment or public communication is required.
- Program Development Proposals & Funded-Program Ownership
- Lead priority funding opportunities from initial qualification through submission: workback planning funder engagement concept development stakeholder mapping partner outreach proposal narrative budgets contribution strategy support letters approvals and submission.
- Build clear audience-specific materials concept notes strategic alignment maps partner decks executive briefs and funding presentations that connect McCain priorities with external stakeholder needs.
- Coordinate grant writers consultants and advisors where they add value while retaining internal ownership of strategy project design partner positioning and decision-making.
- Serve as overall program owner for major funded initiatives where McCain holds accountability maintaining the project plan partner governance contractual requirements reporting compliance and leadership visibility.
- Own reimbursement and payment-request processes and other funder-required business documentation ensuring submissions are accurate auditable and on time.
- Customer Partnership Co-Investment & Storytelling
- Lead project management for high-profile customer farm visits and agriculture engagements across North America from request through execution and follow-up.
- Coordinate Agriculture Sustainability Sales Communications and regional teams so each engagement is well prepared technically credible and tailored to the customers priorities.
- Translate McCains regenerative agriculture resilience and resource-efficiency work into clear customer narratives and materials that strengthen partnership and support co-investment where there is strategic fit.
- Build reusable visit briefing and engagement playbooks so recurring customer work becomes more efficient and consistent.
- Portfolio Systems Reporting & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain practical systems for opportunity tracking partner mapping project intake budgets proposal development funded-program governance and reporting.
- Create clear handoffs between the Funding & Partnerships Lead technical SMEs regional teams and external partners so strategic work is not lost to administrative churn.
- Use technology and AI responsibly to reduce repetitive work while preserving human judgment for strategy relationship management contracting compliance and external communication.
- Bachelors degree in Agriculture Sustainability Business Finance Economics Public Policy Communications or a related field.
- Advanced degree and/or relevant professional certification considered an asset.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex multi-stakeholder programs partnerships or strategic initiatives from concept through execution.
- Experience in external funding sustainable finance corporate finance public-private partnerships government programs infrastructure funding customer partnerships or related areas.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and external partners.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen including business cases ROI analysis funding structures budgeting and partner economics.
- Experience managing contracts agreements scopes of work compliance requirements and formal reporting processes.
- Excellent written verbal visual and presentation communication skills.
- Strong storytelling and customer engagement capabilities including experience developing executive presentations partner materials and funding proposals.
- Proven project management skills with the ability to manage multiple long-cycle initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to operate independently navigate ambiguity prioritize effectively and drive execution from strategy through implementation.
- Willingness and ability to travel periodically across North America and participate in farm field customer and grower site visits.
Compensation Package:$81600.00 -$108900.00 . CAD annually Bonus Eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education and training and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Benefits: At McCain were on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Well-being programsinclude vacation and holidays company-supported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resourcesto support you in being your best self at work and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family:Agriculture
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
About Company
McCain Foods | Our purpose - 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food'. We supply delicious frozen French fries, potato specialties, and appetizers to retail and foodservice customers around the globe.
