Future of Program Manager, Ovin

3 weeks ago

Kitchener, Canada Communitech Technology Association Full time

**Future of Program Manager, OVIN**
Contract position with FT benefits until March 31, 2025

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Communitech helps founders start, grow and succeed*
At Communitech, we’re all about the “F” word. Founders.
We were built by tech founders who saw the need for a community of support to help ensure the future prosperity of Canada. No other innovation hub can say that, which is pretty cool.
Established in 1997, our mission has been our guide ever since. We’re here to support the founder at every stage of their journey, providing accelerated opportunities to access talent, capital and sales.

As Canada’s tech supercharger, we help founders:

- Hire and retain the smartest, brightest and most experienced people
- Access growth financing at every stage
- Sell to the biggest customers at home and around the world
- Connect the right people at the right time - peers who have been there before, coaches who can guide them through the difficult spots and partners from all over Canada

Communitech is a hybrid organization headquartered in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. In-person connection is important to us, so we get together regularly for special events, collaboration days and team socials, and we ask our team members to work onsite from our Kitchener facility for a minimum of 60 hours per month, every Tuesday being our team-wide in person collaboration day. We are a flexible, people first environment and want to allow our people to make decisions and choices about where they work to support work life balance within clear guidelines.

We are seeking an experienced, self-directed, driven, and organized program management professional. Reporting to the Director, Advance Technology Platforms you will help us deliver the Future of X programming for participants of the Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN) initiative for the Waterloo Regional Technology Development Site (RTDS) throughout Waterloo Region and across Ontario.
**What you’ll be doing**:

- Own relationships with external stakeholders - start-up founders, government, private sector and academia.
- Support strategic initiatives and programs from development through to execution

collaboration with our internal and external stakeholders.
- Liaise between Founder Services, Marketing and other Communitech teams to ensure alignment and partnership on programs
- Facilitate the workflow of projects and/or initiatives end-to-end within the Future of X program working with our project management team.
- Work with the Director Data and Advanced Technologies to review and refine existing processes for intake, scheduling, and output across Founder Services/Business Development/Marketing/Communications/Events
- Establish and implement new processes as required
- Manage overall resourcing within the FoX program team to ensure the right people are assigned to the right projects at the right time.
- Clearly and consistently communicate goals, responsibilities, performance expectations and feedback positively and collaboratively.
- Be responsible for the planning, scheduling, and implementation of a wide range of FoX programs.
- Ensure each project is running smoothly by anticipating and effectively dealing with project issues and potential roadblocks.
- Lead the preparation of project documentation, schedules, and status reports, as well as provide project administrative support as required.

People Leadership
- Work with team members to support the day-to-day functional needs of Communitech and solve any issues that arise.
- Provide leadership, coaching, support, and feedback.
- Develop and manage team members and their professional development
- Manage team budget.
- Hire, mentor and advise employees.
- Assign and evaluate work and performance.

**Qualifications**:

- Must have 4+ years of event project management experience. Project management (PMP) certification is an asset.
- An aptitude for effective communication, collaboration, and a willingness to present others’ ideas.
- Experience facilitating collaborative partnerships and workshop sessions
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects involving cross-functional teams and third-party vendors within budgetary and schedule constraints.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience developing briefing documents, defining project goals and objectives, identifying project risks, developing project timelines and budgets, and managing multiple milestones and deliverables.
- You absolutely must be detail-oriented and possess excellent organizational skills.
- Hey, if you love Google Sheets and Gantt Charts, that's not a bad thing
- Understanding or experience working in an agile environment is a plus

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**Job Type**: Contract

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