Advisor, Business Development - Quebec City, Canada - Mitacs

Mitacs

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Quebec City, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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_This position is located in Quebec City_

Mitacs is a national notforprofit organization that helps industry and notforprofit partners solve strategic challenges by leveraging Canada's worldclass postsecondary talent and a global network of industry, academic, and government partnerships. Through these collaborations, Mitacs helps business and community partners succeed, improves students' onthejob skills development, and strengthens Canada's worldclass innovation ecosystem. At Mitacs, we strive to develop the next generation of innovators with vital research and business skills. In partnership with domestic and international companies, governments, and academia, we support a new economy using Canada's most valuable resource — its people._
To get a better understanding of Mitacs and read more about our values, please visit our _website_.

Key responsibilities:

Work closely with members of Mitacs Business Development, Research, and Programs teams to deliver high‐quality programming
Create and maintain a network of partners/clients in industry and academia
Introduce companies to various Mitacs events and programs
Introduce companies to various university researchers
Collaborate with Mitacs staff and/or university staff to organize scientific events including aspects related to networking with clients, scientific planning, logistics, and funding
Provide support to the Business Development team as needed
Provide business development support to all Mitacs programs as needed

Skills and qualifications:

Recent master's degree or PhD (one or two years)
Strong networking skills
Excellent communication skills
Enthusiastic and highenergy selfstarter
Team player
Ability to think creatively and innovate
Desire to pursue a career outside of research and academia
Active social network with proven ability to promote participation and sponsorship in programs or initiatives in the community
Knowledge of written and spoken English is required in this role as you will interact with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders located across Canada

Special consideration will be given to applicants with an active network from a university in the region of Quebec.