csmc
Director, Western Operations & Growth
Edmonton, Alberta · Director
No sponsorshipDetected 20 days ago
CybersecurityProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementBusiness DevelopmentNegotiationResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- CSMC is seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial leader to establish and grow our Alberta presence.
- This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing company at an early stage and help shape how transformative technologies are delivered across Canada's energy, defence, and space sectors.
- This role offers an opportunity to help shape technologies and partnerships that strengthen Canada's security, economy, energy independence, and strategic capabilities while delivering meaningful impact for Canada and its allies.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day coordination and execution of CSMC's Alberta-based projects and strategic initiatives.
- Maintain oversight of project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, and partner commitments, ensuring successful execution across all workstreams.
- Build and strengthen relationships with the University of Alberta and other strategic research and commercialization partners.
- Support business development activities, including opportunity development, stakeholder engagement, partnership formation, proposal development, and funding applications.
- Recruit, mentor, and help build future Alberta-based team capabilities as the business grows.
- CSMC is building technologies that will shape Canada's future in energy, space, and national security.
- We move quickly, support each other, and take pride in doing work that has real impact.
- These conditions are mandatory Bona Fide Occupational Requirements and reflect the need to securely develop and protect nationally significant capabilities.
Requirements
- 5-10+ years of experience in program management, project delivery, business development, strategic partnerships, operations, engineering, technology commercialization, or a related field.
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Experience supporting commercialization, technology adoption, market development, or go-to-market activities is considered an asset.
- Familiarity with Canada's energy, nuclear, defence, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, or innovation sectors is considered an asset.
- Experience working with research institutions, government-funded programs, or technology development initiatives is considered an asset.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout Alberta, Western Canada, Northern Canada, and periodically to Waterloo and Toronto as required.
- Must be located in or willing to relocate to Edmonton, Alberta.
- Support special projects and strategic initiatives as required in a fast-moving and evolving environment.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, Business, Public Policy, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada, able to obtain and maintain Government of Canada security clearance, and eligible to meet foreign affiliation and export control requirements.
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, Business, Public Policy, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated success working across academia, industry, government, or innovation ecosystems.
- Experience building and maintaining trusted relationships with external partners and customers.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Comfortable operating independently in a highly dynamic startup environment with evolving priorities.
- Strong business judgment and ability to identify opportunities that create long-term strategic value.
- Why Join CSMC
Compensation
- Along the way, you'll have access to competitive compensation, benefits, and equity, and the chance to grow with a company that values ownership, curiosity, and technical excellence.
Benefits
- Along the way, you'll have access to competitive compensation, benefits, and equity, and the chance to grow with a company that values ownership, curiosity, and technical excellence.
Company info
- As the company grows, the scope of the role will evolve alongside the business and may include team building, operational leadership, customer engagement, and expansion of CSMC's regional footprint.
- Serve as the primary interface between CSMC and key Alberta stakeholders, including universities, government agencies, industry partners, investors, and customers.
- Support commercialization and go-to-market activities for CSMC technologies, identifying pathways for adoption by research institutions, government organizations, and commercial customers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada, able to obtain and maintain Government of Canada security clearance, and eligible to meet foreign affiliation and export control requirements.
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