Director leading sales strategy, negotiations, and growth for Apotex’s largest corporate accounts. Driving profitable pharmaceutical partnerships and account performance from North York.
About the role
- Director advising the University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy Dean on governance, policy, and executive operations. Coordinating academic approvals, quality assurance, strategic planning, and confidential institutional initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Advance the Dean's institutional mandate by facilitating, implementing and coordinating Faculty-wide academic, governance and strategic priorities
- Provide leadership for academic lifecycle activities, governance, strategic planning, executive operations and special institutional initiatives
- Serve as the Dean's principal advisor on governance, institutional policy and executive decision-making
- Advise senior leaders on academic initiatives requiring Faculty and University approval
- Support undergraduate and graduate program reviews, new program approvals and quality assurance processes under UTQAP
- Advise the Dean and Chair of Faculty Council on complex, sensitive or politically significant matters
- Coordinate initiatives requiring Faculty Council, Provostial and Governing Council approvals
- Develop, implement and evaluate governance frameworks, administrative policies, operational processes and institutional initiatives
- Ensure compliance with University policies, accreditation standards and Faculty governance
- Manage highly confidential matters requiring judgment, diplomacy, political acuity and discretion
- Provide direct executive administrative support to the Dean and Associate Deans when requested
- Liaise with senior administrators and manage complex, confidential and sensitive matters
Requirements
- University degree in a related field required
- Advanced degree an asset or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum five years of progressive experience in academic administration, governance, policy development, quality assurance, accreditation, strategic planning, executive advisory, and executive support within a post-secondary environment
- Demonstrated leadership, exceptional written and verbal communication skills, political acuity, project leadership and management expertise
- Committee management experience
- Ability to manage highly confidential matters
- Experience liaising with senior administrators and handling complex, confidential and highly sensitive matters
- Superior oral and written communication skills
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Experience managing multiple complex projects to completion
- Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks and responsibilities
- Ability to assimilate and interpret significant amounts of information
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and various scheduling software products
- Self-starter; detail-oriented; responsive; flexible in a consensus-driven environment
- Ability to work effectively with high-level staff across the University system and outside organizations
- Keen understanding of governance policies and procedures
- Strong integrative, negotiation, confidentiality, tact, diplomacy, influence, relationship-building and cross-functional skills
- Cover letter required with application
Benefits
- Term position for 6 months
- Full-Time schedule
- Diversity and inclusion commitment
- Accessibility accommodations during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes
- Voluntary Diversity Survey with confidential information handling
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