Manager, Strategy

6 months ago

Toronto, Canada MaRS Discovery District Full time

**About MaRS**:
MaRS supports promising high-growth companies to scale their businesses globally, while tackling key societal challenges in areas such as Health, Cleantech, Finance, Transportation, AI, and others. In addition to helping start-ups launch, grow and scale, the MaRS community is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration, commercialization of discoveries, and driving ideas to impact.

MaRS is the place where you can play a meaningful role in our innovation economy.

We understand qualifications on a job posting can be daunting. If you're passionate about the role and believe you can make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you, even if you don't meet every listed qualification. We're always looking for great talent to join our team on planet MaRS.

**About MaRS Innovation Hubs**:
As the operators behind Canada's leading innovation hub campus, the MaRS Innovation Hubs business is foundational to supporting the overall MaRS mission of helping innovators create a better world. Through developing, curating, operating and programming world-class properties, our work brings together active communities that converge sectors and disciplines to propel Toronto and Canada's innovation economy. The Innovation Hubs business offers a dynamic, multi-faceted work environment with over 1.5 million square feet of purpose-built real estate under active management that includes a unique mix of offices, labs and research facilities, event spaces and retail space, with a tenant roster that includes start-ups, global tech companies, internationally recognized research institutions, capital providers and non-profit organizations.

**About the role**:
This role reports directly to the SVP, Innovation Hubs and provides a broad range of strategic and operational support while also acting as the representative of the SVP on a number of matters as needed. This role provides support on a wide range of research, analysis, specialized projects and initiatives of sensitive or confidential nature.

This role is an individual contributor, but may oversee team or administrative support roles where required.

**Key **Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Support**:

- Conduct research and or analysis, prepare and organize communication efforts - presentations, market trend reports, board related materials and reporting for the MIH group.
- Ensure the SVP is briefed and prepared in advance of meetings and presentations. Where needed, agendas and invitees created, pre-read materials prepared and distributed and minutes completed.
- Provide the SVP with an overview of key management information, discussions and / or business issues in advance of business meetings and events, and coordinate follow-up on outstanding issues as required.
- Provide expertise, support the planning and the decision making process for a broad range of activities, coordinating with internal stakeholders on behalf of the SVP.
- Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, tenants, and partners across the MaRS ecosystem.

**Team Support**:

- Work closely with the SVP to support internal Hubs cross-functional delivery activities.
- Organize and participate in leadership team meetings. Provide support in the planning of team meetings including identifying agenda items, key messages and preparing presentations/materials.
- Support development and measurement of performance management processes/metrics.
- Manage communication requirements for internal MaRS communications - such as employee newsletter, All-Staff meetings, etc.
- Partner with Hubs leadership team to streamline business processes to improve team collaboration and create efficiencies.

**Hubs Business Support**:

- Lead site visits and venue tours for existing and prospective tenants, clients, stakeholders and partners.
- Act as representative for SVP's clients and guests, both virtually and onsite. Partner with internal Hubs teams to ensure required services are provided.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary degree, diploma or certificate.
- 5+ years experience in a business administration or operations role.
- Experience as an Executive Assistant or similar role, preferably in the real estate industry.
- Experience working directly with C-Suite/SVPs, an asset
- Previous high-level experience supporting a senior leader and working cross-functionally.
- Hands-on, practical experience with project management, staff management, communications, contracting, budgets, data analysis.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A high level of organizational maturity and result orientation
- Knowledge of real estate and property management terminology and processes
- Awareness and ability to handle highly sensitive information with confidentiality and discretion.
- Proven ability to deal with multiple stakeholders (internal or external).
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite.

**Salary Range**:$80,000 - $90,000, up t

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