Director, Market and Technical Intelligence

at  National Research Council Canada

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City: Ottawa
Organizational Unit: Industrial Research Assistance Program
Classification: MGT-1
Tenure: Continuing
Language Requirements: Bilingual Non-Imperative CBC/CBC

EDUCATION

A university degree, preferably in engineering, sciences, public or business administration, or other relevant fields.
Preference may be given to those with graduate studies in relevant fields.
For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

• Experience in assessing priorities, analyzing requirements, developing solutions and obtaining cooperation of other organizations to ensure the timely delivery of services.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships at a senior level with key stakeholders, both internally and externally with NRC Centres and Branches and with other government departments, agencies, and industry
• Experience in leadership, planning, monitoring and re-aligning studies, projects or strategic initiatives within a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Experience in managing financial, human and material resources.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, using practices related to business strategy, and program delivery to achieve organizational objectives.
• Experience in preparing reports, presentations and briefings on a variety of complex matters.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Bilingual Non-Imperative CBC/CBC
Note: In the event that no qualified bilingual candidates are identified, NRC may consider unilingual candidates who will be required to commit to achieving these levels within two years.
Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

Help bring research to life and drive your career forward with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada’s largest research and technology organization.
We are looking for a Director, Market and Technical Intelligence (MaTI) to support our Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP). Reporting to the Vice President IRAP , the Director would be someone who shares our core values of integrity, excellence, respect and creativity.

Regarded worldwide as one of the best programs of its kind, IRAP is Canada’s premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). IRAP operates at the intersection of technologies, the innovative capacity of firms that incorporate and advance them, and the policy objectives by which they are both sought and realized. Further, through its distinct role and design, IRAP generates novel perspectives on the state and evolution of technologies, technological industries, and ecosystems of firms. The new MaTI group within IRAP would exploit the novel administrative data, perspectives, and expertise to offer and respond to requests for insights and advice to shape IRAP’s program delivery strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for the following activities:

• Identification and analysis of technologies and related capabilities advanced by groups of IRAP supported firms and with IRAP support (e.g. ecosystems, clusters, value chains, etc.)
• Identification and tracking of emerging and prevailing trends in technological innovations and capabilities among IRAP supported firms, within Canadian industry, and the global state-of-the-art (e.g. tracking prevalence of additive manufacturing, identification of new topics such as block-chain, etc.)
• Identification of potential gaps and opportunities for technology-focused program strategy arising from economic and policy intelligence or in response to policy priorities (e.g. responding to opportunities and risks from: new trade opportunities, foreign investment and acquisition, international research priorities, domestic investment trends, domestic industrial capacity requirements, technologies of national interest, interference and espionage threats, etc.)
• Recommendations for development of program initiatives and focus of program resources, and supporting coordination of their implementation
• Assessing significant technological-based program impacts, which may include and extend beyond individual IRAP supported firms (e.g. technological spillovers and complementarities)