Senior Program Manager, Cleantech Adoption Platform (Full-Time)
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre is a growing organization with an exciting mission: help the world do more with less, sustainably. We bring innovators together with industry, government, academia, and investors to address today’s most urgent climate issues. Join us!
The Senior Program Manager, Cleantech Adoption Platform is a strategic connector who will work alongside the Senior Director of Technology Adoption to launch and manage the Cleantech Adoption Platform, with the goal of increasing cleantech adoption across the public and private sectors.
The uptake of made-in-Canada cleantech solutions across Canada is lagging. This is primarily due to challenges in aligning sustainability and procurement goals with the right cleantech solutions. This project aims to increase adoption opportunities by sharing best practices and technical information amongst industry, municipalities, provinces, and Indigenous Communities across Canada.
Foresight’s Cleantech Adoption Platform (CAP) embodies an innovative, integrated strategy that mitigates risk in adopting cleantech. By galvanizing key stakeholders across various value chains, it empowers Canadian municipalities, Indigenous communities, and businesses with the essential expertise, connections, and capital networks required to attain their ambitious productively, sustainability and competitiveness goals. Moreover, it fosters the growth of Canadian scaleups, bolstering the nation's economy while propelling advancements in sustainable technology on a global scale.
As a member of the Foresight team, you will report to Foresight’s Senior Director, Technology Adoption.
Your personal goal is to understand the barriers faced by cleantech end-users and lead the development and implementation of Foresight’s platform to overcome those barriers. You will build and maintain strong relationships with public and private end-users, and work with internal and external collaborators to create and implement platform offerings.
This means that you are energized by building and maintaining relationships, understand private and public sector adoption needs and barriers, are comfortable working remotely and have strong time and project management skills.
Duties And Responsibilities:
Coordinate CAP platform development
Coordinate CAP MVP launch with internal and external stakeholders
With team support, establish a program advisory board, and lead ongoing engagement and management.
Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, particularly cleantech adopters to drive end-user adoption.
Support end-users in accessing the Foresight programming available via CAP to achieve their cleantech adoption goals.
Other duties as required
Experience:
Five to ten years of relevant experience.
Knowledge of, and experience within public or private procurement and adoption.
Undergraduate degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
Strong project and time management skills.
Strong program management and delivery experience.
Experience in the clean technology industry is an asset.
Ability to work in French is a strong asset.
Job Type: Full-Time
Rate: $75,000-$85,000 Base + benefits (key is best fit and experience for the role)
About Foresight
Foresight Canada is helping the world do more with less, sustainably. As Canada's largest cleantech innovation and adoption accelerator, we connect the public and private sector to the world’s best clean technologies, de-risking and simplifying innovative solutions that improve productivity, profitability, and economic competitiveness, all while addressing today’s most urgent climate challenges. We are well-positioned to lead this transition, having supported 1,200 companies to generate $500M in revenue and $1.8B in capital support, run 60 industry challenges, created 8,500+ green jobs, and reduced a projected 70+ Mt of GHG emissions.
Foresight recognizes that the best teams include diverse voices. We welcome all applicants with the requisite experience and skills for the position to apply, and invite interested individuals to reach out with any questions or requests for accommodation through the application or interview process.
The team at Foresight is passionate about solving pressing environmental problems and bringing transformative technologies to market. Apply today to join this dynamic team.