Department: Research & Development

Location: 419 Rennie St, Hamilton, ON L8H 3R7

Status: 12 Month Contract, full time onsite role

Summary

The Senior Manager, R&D; Capabilities and Excellence plays a pivotal role in shaping how the R&D; organization operates, grows, and delivers results. This role strengthens foundational capabilities, elevates execution discipline, and builds the systems, tools, and practices that enable efficient, scalable, and high‑quality innovation. As a trusted leadership partner to the Director of R&D;, the Senior Manager provides the expertise, reliability, strategic insight, and operational structure needed to translate vision into sustained, repeatable success. The successful candidate will help define and enhance the R&D; operating model, drive continuous improvement, and build a robust, capable and future‑ready R&D; team.

People Leadership & Team Growth

- Lead, mentor, and develop scientists, researchers, and technicians.
- Create a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Support career development and skill‑building to expand team capabilities.
- Promote flexibility of resources across categories to ensure exposure and growth.

R&D; Capabilities & Excellence Leadership





- Develop and implement the R&D; capability roadmap to strengthen long‑term technical depth and functional maturity.
- Build and enhance the R&D; operating model, including governance, workflows, documentation standards, and execution frameworks.
- Drive portfolio visibility and performance management using standardized tools, metrics, and reporting dashboards.
- Lead knowledge management discipline by ensuring consistent documentation, trial learnings capture, and process repeatability.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, technical rigor, and disciplined execution across the R&D; function.

Project Execution & Delivery

- Ensure project execution contributes to building the long‑term vision for the R&D; organization.
- Ensure timely and high‑quality execution of projects across the R&D; portfolio.
- Translate innovation project plans into actionable execution deliverables in partnership with cross‑functional teams.
- Oversee resource allocation and capacity planning to maximize team effectiveness.
- Monitor project progress, remove barriers, and manage risks to delivery.

Cross‑functional Collaboration

- Act as liaison between R&D; execution and Operations, ensuring smooth

📌 Senior Manager, R&D Capabilities and Excellence (Canada)
🏢 Gay Lea
📍 Canada