Strategic Partnerships Manager

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Business Development, Level C

Job Title

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Department

School of Biomedical Engineering | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic

Compensation Range

$7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

February 3, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Strategic Partnerships Manager will build relationships and create opportunities between SBME stakeholders (faculty, student, staff and alumni) and external organizations (including industry, health care, government, and not-for-profits) and communities, across British Columbia, nationally and internationally. The incumbent will work with UBC partners at the Department, Faculty and Central levels (ex: Development, Co-op, Government Relations and Alumni UBC offices) as a connector to both SBME as well as current and potential external stakeholders. In addition, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will oversee the SBME Innovates incubator space. Finally, the Strategic Partnerships Manager will be expected to strengthen new and existing relationships with key contacts in academic institutions, health research organizations, industry sponsors, and funding agencies.

Organizational Status

The Strategic Partnerships Manager reports to the School Director. The incumbent will act as a key liaison with external partners and work collaboratively with other managers in SBME, including the Research Manager and the Manager, Communications, Culture & Engagement.

Work Performed- Leverages domain expertise in the SBME to lead the relationship building between SBME researchers and collaborators from industry, government and the not-for-profit sector.- Develops strategies for expanding the opportunities for SBME stakeholders via partnerships with other UBC units and external partners locally, nationally and internationally.- Initiates, leads and evolves studies to identify partnership opportunities will improve business effectiveness.- Proactively connects SBME faculty with other relevant resources within Innovation UBC, the broader VPRI Portfolio and other UBC departments, faculties and research centres.- Creates new and builds existing relationships with key local, national, and global organizations to increase awareness of opportunities for SBME researchers.- Prepares engaging slide decks for partnership presentations and pitches to current and new partners.- Forges relationships with companies and other partners that have research opportunities for SBME faculty; helps to maintain and build these relationships.- Supports the dialogue and decision making with SBME principal investigators that enables the prioritization, maintenance, growth of partnerships by understanding the strategic and tactical needs/expectations of both the School and the partner organization.- Leads and organizes quarterly meetings of SBME’s Industry Advisory committee and its three subcommittees (education, partnerships, and commercialization), and liaise regularly with the committee’s co-chairs.-
- Maintains relationships with business development directors and managers across the UBC campuses and at other top research institutions.- Supports the SBME Innovates offerings and policies, strategizing with Innovation UBC, HATCH Venture Builder, and other local, national and international stakeholders and attracting and interacting with industry partners.- Enhances educational programming with post-education skills and professional development (e.g. SBME Propels professional development series, Career Accelerator program, Amplitude Pre-Amp program, micro-certificates in the area of innovation leadership).- Collaborates with other SBME staff in planning annual events such as Innovation and Industry Breakfast and SBME Symposium to strengthen relationship between research activities and impact.- Develops and delivers programs that orient SBME researchers to leading practices in partnership development, in collaboration with other portfolios such as External Relations and Development & Alumni Engagement.- Develops and delivers p