Manager, Innovation Talent Pathways

Employment Status: Full-time
- Permanent

Location:
Edmonton or Calgary Work Model: Hybrid About the Opportunity The Manager, Innovation Talent Pathways is an opportunity to be part of a professional, purpose-driven team that values collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Most importantly, your work will contribute to meaningful outcomes that make a difference for Albertans and help shape the future of our province.

Key responsibilities
in the role of Manager, Innovation Talent Pathways include: Talent Framework Leadership
- Lead the implementation, evolution, and continuous improvement of Alberta Innovates' Commercialization Talent Framework, ensuring alignment with corporate priorities and innovation outcomes.
- Lead the implementation and ongoing enhancement of talent pathways and programs spanning student engagement, graduate training, work-integrated learning, entrepreneurial development, commercialization skills development, and industry talent attraction and retention.
- Develop and recommend investment priorities, funding models, and performance measures that support commercialization and innovation ecosystem objectives.
- Manage portfolio planning activities and develop investment and resource allocation recommendations.
- Develop evidence-based recommendations for leadership regarding new programming, policy development, program redesign, and investment opportunities.
- Use market intelligence, labour market trends, ecosystem data, and stakeholder insights to identify emerging talent gaps and opportunities.
- Support the development of business cases, strategic plans, briefing materials, and recommendations for leadership and government stakeholders.
- Implements performance measurement processes and monitors portfolio outcomes. Ecosystem & System Leadership
- Coordinate and facilitate engagement across Alberta’s innovation ecosystem to identify talent challenges, opportunities, and system-level solutions.
- Convene and facilitate collaborations among post-secondary institutions, industry partners, government agencies, funders, investors, and ecosystem organizations.
- Contribute subject matter expertise to provincial talent strategies and related planning activities.
- Support ecosystem alignment and collaboration around talent development, workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, research commercialization, and innovation capacity building.
- Represent Alberta Innovates on provincial, national, and sector-specific committees, advisory groups, and working groups.
- Monitor and assess emerging trends related to innovation talent, workforce development, commercialization, and research translation. Client and Stakeholder Management
- Build and sustain relationships with leaders and key decision-makers across government, academia, industry, investment organizations, Indigenous communities, and ecosystem partners.
- Lead consultations and co-development processes to ensure programming reflects stakeholder needs and market realities.
- Influence decision-makers and partners to achieve alignment around talent investment priorities, commercialization objectives, and ecosystem development initiatives.
- Facilitate collaboration across Alberta Innovates portfolios to support integrated client pathways and coordinated ecosystem investments. Partnership and Growth
- Identify, develop, and negotiate partnerships that enhance talent development outcomes and expand Alberta's commercialization capacity.
- Support partnership development with post-secondary institutions, federal funding agencies, industry associations, innovation organizations, foundations, and private-sector partners.
- Support the development of partnership and investment approaches that leverage external funding and resources.
- Evaluate opportunities for program expansion, new funding mechanisms, and collaborative initiatives that strengthen provincial talent pathways.
- Assess partnership opportunities and provide recommendations to executive leadership regarding priorities and investments. Leadership
- Provide leadership, set clear goals,monitorperformance, and drive professional development.
- Offer ongoing feedback, mentorship, and training to build team capability and high performance.
- Define project scopes,objectives, andsuccessfulcriteria for programs and initiatives.
- Create and deliver project plans, status reports, and presentations to stakeholders and senior leadership within the organization.
- Ensure adherence to organizational policies, practice standards, and change management processes.
- Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship to program managers and project teams.
- Establish performance measures, goals, objectives and priorities in collaboration with Executive Director.
- Assign and review work completed by direct staff. What You Need to Thrive in This Role
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Public Policy, Innovation, Science, En