Program Manager, CDL-Toronto

Date Posted: 11/04/2024

Req ID: 40509

Faculty/Division: School of Management

Department: Joseph L. Rotman School of Management

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00053138

Description:

About us:

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and academic excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial and financial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. We make a fundamental promise – Here’s where it changes – to our students, our partners and the broader community. Everyone at Rotman, faculty and staff, plays a role in bringing that promise to life.

Your opportunity:

Creative Destruction Lab (“CDL”), originated at the Universityof Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, is one of the world’s premier seed stage programs for massively scalable science-based ventures. The program has created more than $35 billion in equity in less than twelve years targeting companies that have the potential to transform our social, industrial, and economic landscape. Its mission is to accelerate the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind. CDL is a global program with sites at Paris, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Halifax, Seattle, Wisconsin, Estonia, Melbourne and Berlin.

The program’s objective-setting process enhances the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, increasing their probability of success. Each stream within each CDL site hosts a series of 4 annual objective-setting sessions that are the primary mechanisms by which the program is delivered. CDL sessions are complex, full-day events that may be hosted virtually or in person andthat bring together participating startups, mentors, partners, and business students. At the end of each annual program cycle, CDL hosts an annual event called Super Session that brings together graduating startups as well as mentors, partners, and students from across the CDL network.

Reporting to the Managing Director, CDL-Toronto and Associate Director, Operations (CDL-Toronto), the Program Manager will be responsible for planning and overseeing CDL-Toronto’s academic courses including the CDL Scholars program, CDL Advanced course, and future related academic programming that may be launched. These courses are the core entrepreneurship education offerings hosted by CDL-Toronto and the Rotman School of Management and serve as the foundational models used by other CDL universities to develop their own academic coursework. The Program Manager will also provide support for the planning and execution of CDL-Toronto Sessions and CDL-Toronto’s Apprentice Program, a high-impact initiativeaimed at increasing diversity in the fields of entrepreneurship and STEM education.

The Program Manager will plan and oversee the complete annual cycle of CDL-Toronto’s academic course offerings including marketing, admissions processes, matching of students to CDL ventures, coordination with faculty on course content, communications and scheduling with students, and course outcomes evaluation. They will also work with the Associate Director, Operations on the design and implementation of CDL Sessions and the CDL-Toronto Apprentice Program including on logistics, communication, education session and ensuring student safety. The Program Manager will also support program design and delivery of new courses and educational programming.

The Program Manager supports the overall CDL-Toronto mandate to provide a high level of professional service to the University and business community including students, alumni, faculty members, academic administrators, administrative staff and representatives of partner institutions and sponsor organizations. The Program Manager works with team members to ensure smooth and effective delivery of programs.

The Program Manager works in a highly dynamic environment that requires a high degree of sensitivity, responsiveness and a need to maintain strict confidentiality. The Program Manager must present a professional image by interacting knowledgeably and courteously with all CDL-Toronto stakeholders including senior administrators, faculty, staff, and students, alumni locally, nationally and internationally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and executing initiatives to market and promote CDL-Toronto programs to increase applications andexpansion of programs
• Managing the review of applications, selection and communication to applicants
• Managing the planning and execution of CDL Scholars Program and CDL Advanced courses; including scheduling course lectures; evaluation and revisions of course content; ensuring completeness of information on the course management system (Quercus); selection and onboarding of Teaching Assistants
• Managing the course students and ventures matching process; developing and managing student programming
• Managing the workflow for the CDL Fellowship Program
• Supporting program design and delivery of new pedagogy courses and program initiatives
• Working with the Associate Director, Operations on the program design and implementation of CDL-Toronto’s Apprentice Program logistics, communication, education sessions, and responsibility for the students while participating in the program
• Supporting the planning and execution of CDL-Toronto Sessions including logistics, communication, onboarding, and delivery

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus Post Graduate Certificate or acceptable combination of equivalent education and experience
• Minimum five (5) years recent and related experience in program planning and execution
• Demonstrated experience managing the review of applications, selection and communication to program applicants
• Work or volunteer experience with students and young adults
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Passion to consistently meet or exceed performance objectives
• Strong team-oriented work ethic with a willingness to work independently and autonomously
• Highly organized with strong project management experience an asset

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience or education in fields related to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Familiarity with emerging communications technologies (i.e. Slack, Airtable, Salesforce) is preferred

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Organized
• Self-directed
• Tactful
• Team player

Notes:

This is a term to April 2026

Closing Date: 11/12/2024, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW 

Appointment Type: Budget – Term 

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: 

USW Pay Band 13 — $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 

Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

Recruiter: Jen Salerno

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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