Director, Engineering Research Partnerships

Location: Whitby

## Director, Engineering Research Partnerships Apply:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada:
Full time:
Posted Today:
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** Job

Requisition :
**** Time Type:
** Full time
** Employee Group:
** Staff
* * Job Category:
** Research and Innovation
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* Employment Type:

** Permanent
* * Department:
** Faculty of Engineering
- Dean of Engineering Office
- Research and External Partnerships
** Hiring Range:**$ - $
** Posting Information:
** This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The internal posting deadline for this position is September 24, 2026, at11:59PM.
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* Job Description:

**** Primary Purpose
** The primary objective of the position is to promote engineering innovation and entrepreneurship growth to exceed Faculty targets by raising the profile of research, initiating, developing, and maintaining industry relationships, and ensuring more research funding, in part by focusing on industry collaborations and partnership grant opportunities. The Director serves a vital end-to-end function in the growth, promotion, advancement, and management of engineering innovation and entrepreneurship activity on and off-campus and within the local and international entrepreneurship ecosystem, encompassing five key accountabilities:
* Planning and implementing new and ongoing innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives as part of the Engineering Research Office team.
* Participating directly in envisioning, initiating, and developing successful proposals for major research partnerships and initiatives, usually involving teams in collaboration with industry partners and other external stakeholders.
* Facilitating the establishment and success of research entities and strategic networks and supporting their growth through industry partnerships and interdisciplinary research.
* Developing industry relationships and successfully completing agreements for industry funding, in collaboration with the Office of Research, or building on opportunities arising from the efforts of Advancement and Development Officers within the Faculty and centrally, as part of large grant initiatives in strategic research areas.
* Provide leadership and direction in strategic planning to advance Engineering research as a top prospect at organizations that support commercialization and entrepreneurship, both within the University of Waterloo (UW) and outside and facilitate researchers’ access to such organizations.
** Key Accountabilities
**** Guide and support research, innovation and entrepreneurship growth and raise the
**** Faculty of Engineering profile to advance the faculty’s strategic research agenda, including but not limited to:
*** Provide leadership and direction in strategic planning activities to increase research, with a focus on highlighting its relevance to industry, and to advance innovation and entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Engineering in the short- and long-term. Work closely with the Associate Dean, Research and External Partnerships (ADR) and the Office of Research  to define and advance faculty research goals; in this capacity, the director monitors and evaluates progress against proposed objectives, identifies gaps in performance and capacity, and develops strategies to align Faculty priorities and exceed Faculty targets.
* Develop and oversee implementation of faculty- and department-level strategic…