Moonshot

Moonshot

Senior Manager, Canada Programs

Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 35 days ago
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About the role

  • The ideal candidate will bring strong program and portfolio management experience, government contracting expertise, strong people management capabilities, and experience navigating sensitive public safety or online harms environments.
  • Moonshot's offices are based in Toronto, Canada.
  • Provide strategic direction and operational oversight across multiple projects, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong client outcomes, and alignment with organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

  • The Senior Manager will provide strategic, operational, and people leadership across Moonshot's Canada portfolio, including oversight of program delivery, client and partner engagement, business development support, team management, and external representation.
  • The role will serve as Moonshot's Canada-based lead for program operations and stakeholder engagement, supporting the continued growth and development of Moonshot's work in Canada while contributing to broader organizational priorities and regional collaboration efforts.
  • The Senior Manager will directly manage and support staff based in Canada and help foster a collaborative, high-performing, and mission-driven team culture.
  • The role may also support violence prevention initiatives in Australia and New Zealand as organizational needs arise.
  • Program & Portfolio Leadership Serve as the operational lead for Moonshot's Canada programs portfolio, overseeing delivery of complex, multi-year public safety and online violence prevention initiatives.
  • Lead prioritization and operational decision-making across competing program needs and organizational objectives.
  • Maintain high standards of quality assurance, operational rigor, and client-facing deliverables.
  • Client & Stakeholder Management Serve as a relationship manager for Canadian clients, funders, partners, and external stakeholders.
  • Support strategic coordination across partners and stakeholders to ensure effective program implementation and collaboration.
  • Support workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, and professional development across the Canada team.

Requirements

  • Ability to operationalize strategy into effective systems, workflows, and delivery practices.
  • Strong judgment and ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and sensitive stakeholder environments.
  • Experience supporting business development, partnership development, grant funding, or government procurement processes.
  • Relevant professional or research experience in homeland security, public safety, countering violent extremism and/or targeted violence, or other online harms.
  • Experience collaborating with technology platforms, frontier AI companies, or Trust & Safety teams on issues related to online harms, platform integrity, or violence prevention.
  • While we are open to candidates from across Canada, candidates will be required to work primarily within Eastern Time Zone hours.
  • Proficiency in Google Suite.
  • Experience with project management tools such as Monday.com or Asana.
  • Candidates must be based in Ontario, Canada, due to employment and regulatory requirements.
  • Moonshot believes that marginalized people in society - including people of color, Indigenous people, people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, Disabled and LGBTQIA+ people - must be centered in the work we do.

Compensation

  • 115,000 CAD - 140,000 CAD Moonshot is recruiting a Senior Manager to lead delivery and growth of Moonshot's Canada programs portfolio.

Benefits

  • All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability or marital status.
  • 25 days paid vacation leave, plus Statutory Holiday Full private healthcare package, including coverage for partners and children.
  • Dental & Vision Insurance.

Equal opportunity

  • We know a diverse workforce will enable us to understand drivers behind violent extremism and online harms in an in-depth way and do better work to counter them.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Candidates will be expected to undertake any relevant security clearance procedures per the needs of clients
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