Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Emerging Programs Responsable des initiatives stratégiques, programmes émergents
Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Emerging Programs Responsable des initiatives stratégiques, programmes émergents
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Full timeBUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU
At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better safer more sustainable place. Its been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919 to more than 3500 standards codes & related products today.
Headquartered in Canada with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe Asia and North America CSA Group tests inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety performance and environmental impact.
Our employees take pride in making a difference in peoples lives through the work that we do. Were looking for people like you to help make it happen.
Job Summary:
BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU
At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better safer more sustainable place. Its been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919 to more than 3500 standards codes & related products today.
Headquartered in Canada with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe Asia and North America CSA Group tests inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day household items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety performance and environmental impact.
Our employees take pride in making a difference in peoples lives through the work that we do. Were looking for people like you to help make it happen.
Job Summary:
CSA Group has an immediate opportunity for a Manager Strategic Initiatives (SIM) reporting to the Director Strategic and Cross-Sector Programs. The Manager of Strategic Initiatives will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to support CSA Groups work in its newest and recently established standardization area of agriculture and agrifood as well as additional emerging standard development programs. This includes activities across a broad range of technical areas such as agricultural data and automation food loss and waste reduction agricultural genomics precision agriculture ag safety regenerative agriculture and soil health. The SIM will support work across all of these current workstreams as well as future emerging sectors and sub-sectors as identified by CSA Groups Standards Development and Strategic Development teams.
The SIM will be responsible for advancing proactive leading-edge initiatives to support standard development activities and successfully identifying emerging trends and technologies. A highly creative individual with a strategic mindset the SIM will explore new areas of interest developing a strong understanding of the existing landscape key actors and roadblocks and will assess the potential need for standards-based solutions. The SIM will be able to build and nurture relationships with key public and private organizations identifying and pursuing unique opportunities for deeper collaboration. Working at the intersection of research and standardization the Manager Strategic Initiatives will also focus on addressing data gaps through CSA research-based initiatives and pursuing new standards-based opportunities to mobilize knowledge. Working with Technical Committees and cross-sectoral staff the Manager of Strategic Initiatives would help ensure internal coordination on standardization activities and close collaboration with the Director Strategic and Cross-Sector Programs the Strategic Development team and the Emerging Sectors team the SIM will directly contribute to the development of the sectors strategic plan and the strategic approach to the operationalization of additional future standards programs.
Responsibilities:
- Provide guidance and leadership outside of direct reporting relationships to motivate and focus staff to achieve strategic business objectives and as required building consensus obtaining buy-in and presenting recommendations in oral and written formats.
- As part of the management team participates in defining functional strategies and leading directly and indirectly aspects of strategy implementation. Monitor and provide ongoing review of active and planned initiatives against plan recommending adjustments as necessary.
- Identify development opportunities as they relate to new business new markets portfolio exits or enhancements to meet program divisional and cross-divisional goals
- Support market strategies with business development activities to achieve short-term and long-term revenue objectives. Activities include networking member and client liaison.
- Deliver excellence in stakeholder relationship management both with internal and external senior-level stakeholders to build support and buy-in for key business initiatives. This activity includes development and management of strategic alliances issues monitoring and management representation in external forums and determination of CSA Group positioning.
- Monitor external and internal environments for relevant opportunities.
- A key interface with CSA Group Government Relations and Policy to monitor relevant key policy developments in jurisdictions across North America and internationally. Provide policy/government relations support understand and/or respond to the needs of government officials/departments (e.g. consultations relationship building).
- Promote reference to CSA Group standards in legislation programs or through other channels as appropriate.
Education:
- An undergraduate or graduate degree in a science or engineering discipline or other related area of study. A PhD would be considered an asset.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years experience in relationship management business planning project management and budgeting with 3-5 years experience in Standards Development or Project Management.
- Minimum of 10 years experience in a Business Government or Not for Profit environment.
- Experience in standards development.
- Experience with business development and planning.
- Experience with delivering formal presentations to senior level management and large audiences.
- Strong understanding of funding and research opportunities.
- Working knowledge and understanding of federal/provincial/territorial government priorities and industry sector plans.
- Expertise in preparation of complex applications and proposals
Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to think creatively generate new ideas and take initiative.
- Proven ability to lead by influence.
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
- Ability to self-manage influence others without direct reporting authority and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficient with MS Word Excel PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative discretion and diplomacy.
- Ability to identify new initiatives for the success of the organization.
- Professional and interpersonal skills to work effectively with a wide range of individuals and stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven relationship building abilities.
- Excellent organizational planning and coordination skills.
- Research and analytical skills.
- Strong leadership decision-making and negotiation skills.
- Strong oral and written communication
Travel:
- Some travel will be required.
Le Groupe CSA est lun des plus grands organismes de normalisation en Amérique du Nord. Il mène des recherches et élabore des normes pour un large éventail de technologies et de domaines fonctionnels. Le Groupe CSA est également un fournisseur mondial de services dessai dinspection et de certification pour des produits dans de nombreux secteurs du marché et un chef de file en matière de certification de sécurité et denvironnement au Canada et aux États-Unis.
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Au cœur du Groupe CSA se trouve une vision : faire du monde un endroit meilleur plus sûr et plus durable. Cela fait partie de notre mission depuis près de cent ans : de la première norme technique pour les ponts ferroviaires élaborée en 1919 à plus de 3 500 normes codes et produits connexes aujourdhui.
- Fournir des conseils et assurer le leadership en dehors des relations hiérarchiques directes afin de motiver et de concentrer les efforts du personnel sur la réalisation des objectifs stratégiques de lentreprise et au besoin établir un consensus obtenir ladhésion et présenter des recommandations sous forme orale et écrite.
- En tant que membre de léquipe de direction participer à la définition des stratégies fonctionnelles et diriger directement et indirectement certains aspects de la mise en œuvre de la stratégie. Surveiller et examiner en permanence les initiatives en cours et prévues par rapport au plan en recommandant des ajustements si nécessaire.
- Identifier les opportunités de développement liées aux nouvelles activités aux nouveaux marchés aux sorties de portefeuille ou aux améliorations afin datteindre les objectifs du programme de la division et des divisions transversales.
- Soutenir les stratégies de marché par des activités de développement commercial afin datteindre les objectifs de revenus à court et à long terme. Les activités comprennent le réseautage la liaison avec les membres et les clients.
- Assurer lexcellence dans la gestion des relations avec les parties prenantes tant internes quexternes afin dobtenir leur soutien et leur adhésion aux initiatives commerciales clés. Cette activité comprend le développement et la gestion dalliances stratégiques le suivi et la gestion des problèmes la représentation dans des forums externes et la détermination du positionnement du Groupe CSA.
- Surveiller les environnements externes et internes afin de repérer les occasions pertinentes.
- Assurer une liaison clé avec le service des relations gouvernementales et des politiques du Groupe CSA afin de surveiller les développements politiques clés pertinents dans les juridictions dAmérique du Nord et à léchelle internationale. Fournir un soutien en matière de politiques et de relations gouvernementales comprendre et/ou répondre aux besoins des représentants et des ministères gouvernementaux (p. ex. consultations établissement de relations).
- Promouvoir la référence aux normes du Groupe CSA dans la législation les programmes ou par dautres moyens selon le cas.
- Diplôme de premier cycle ou de deuxième cycle dans une discipline scientifique ou technique ou dans un autre domaine détudes connexe. Un doctorat serait considéré comme un atout.
- Au moins 5 ans dexpérience dans la gestion des relations la planification commerciale la gestion de projets et la budgétisation dont 3 à 5 ans dans lélaboration de normes ou la gestion de projets.
- Au moins 10 ans dexpérience dans le secteur privé public ou à but non lucratif.
- Expérience dans lélaboration de normes.
- Expérience dans le développement et la planification commerciaux.
- Expérience dans la présentation officielle devant des cadres supérieurs et un large public.
- Excellente compréhension des possibilités de financement et de recherche.
- Connaissance pratique et compréhension des priorités des gouvernements fédéral provinciaux et territoriaux et des plans des secteurs industriels.
- Expertise dans la préparation de demandes et de propositions complexes.
- Capacité avérée à penser de manière créative à générer de nouvelles idées et à prendre des initiatives.
- Capacité avérée à diriger par linfluence.
- Solides capacités de facilitation et dengagement des parties prenantes.
- Capacité à sautogérer à influencer les autres sans autorité hiérarchique directe et à gérer plusieurs projets simultanément.
- Maîtrise de MS Word Excel et PowerPoint.
- Capacité avérée à faire preuve dinitiative de discrétion et de diplomatie.
- Capacité à identifier de nouvelles initiatives pour le succès de lorganisation.
- Compétences professionnelles et interpersonnelles permettant de travailler efficacement avec un large éventail de personnes et de parties prenantes.
- Excellentes compétences en matière danalyse et de résolution de problèmes.
- Capacité avérée à établir des relations.
- Excellentes compétences en matière dorganisation de planification et de coordination.
- Compétences en matière de recherche et danalyse.
- Solides compétences en matière de leadership de prise de décision et de négociation.
- Solides compétences en communication orale et écrite.
- Les candidats maîtrisant le français bénéficieront dune attention particulière.
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Manager
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