Strategic Partnership Manager - Canada# Ipas Careers## Strategic Partnership Manager - CanadaApply: US, NC, Chapel Hill: Full time: Posted 8 Days Ago: R1454This is a remote position. Compensation for this position will be determined by the prevailing market rate in the employee's country in addition to Ipas's own pay philosophy and other factors, such as the employee's experience level and expertise. The manager will identify, cultivate, and expand a pipeline of institutional donors, foundations, corporate partners, and strategic collaborators whose priorities align with Ipas's mission and values. The role will provide targeted business development support for high-value funding opportunities, deepen engagement with priority donors and partners, and contribute to compelling donor-facing materials, including expressions of interest, concept notes, proposals, budgets, presentations, results frameworks, and partnership strategies. The Strategic Partnership Manager will demonstrate a strong commitment to reproductive justice, including human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The role will collaborate across the Ipas Network and promote shared leadership, trust, and inclusive, non-hierarchical approaches to learning and collaboration, while supporting effective stewardship of donor resources and adherence to Ipas's mission, values, and standards.Opportunity Pipeline Development and Donor/Partner Intelligence** * Map priority foundations, institutional funders, corporate partners, and strategic implementing partners aligned with Ipas's mission and work.* Identify and track requests for proposals, calls for proposals, invitations, and relationship-led opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline tracker.* Support go/no-go decisions through fit assessments, competitiveness analysis,



and risk and feasibility review, including deadlines, staffing, partnership needs, cost share, and indirect rate constraints.**Draft and refine positioning materials, including capability statements, one-pagers, brief slide decks, project summaries, and boilerplate language.* Build Ipas Network intelligence on key trends and opportunities in Canada.* Work with the Communications Service Node to contribute to external communications through the Ipas website, newsletters, and social media.* Advise on partnership strategy, including lead versus sub-award roles, consortium roles, negotiation points, partner mapping, and outreach.* Proposal Development, Review, and Quality Assurance*** Support donor-facing submissions, including expressions of interest, concept notes, and full proposals, in coordination with internal teams and partners.* Develop and review technical narratives for compliance, clarity, and responsiveness to donor evaluation criteria.* Support required annexes, including results frameworks or log frames, workplans, monitoring, evaluation and learning plans, risk matrices,



and staffing plans.* Coordinate with finance counterparts to develop and quality-check budgets and budget narratives for alignment with the technical approach and donor cost rules.* Minimum Requirements:* Ten or more years’ work experience managing programs and projects with increasing complexity and responsibility* Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field* Demonstrated experience in business development, fundraising, and/or proposal development for NGOs, social enterprises, or mission-driven organizations.* Strong understanding of institutional donor environments, including bilateral and multilateral agencies, foundations, and partnership or consortium approaches.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French.* Ability to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate across teams, and deliver high-quality products with minimal supervision.* Proven record of developing competitive proposals and donor-facing products, including complex budgets and results frameworks or log frames.* Deep commitment to reproductive justice, human rights, abortion rights, gender equity, diversity, equity, and inclusion.* Travel & Work Setting* Regular travel within Canada and to strategic hubs, in accordance with Ipas travel policies.* Virtual collaboration with colleagues across the Ipas Network and across time zones.* Weekly written progress updates and biweekly virtual check-ins with the Director of Development and relevant staff.* Deliverables submitted electronically in editable formats, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, unless otherwise agreed.We recruit, employ, train, promote, and compensate our personnel without regard to race, age, sex, religion, national origin, color, creed, ancestry, citizenship, caste, ethnicity, regional identity, tribal identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy. Ipas acknowledges that these personal characteristics may differ in different contexts.

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📌 Full-time Partnerships Manager (REMOTE) (Montreal)
🏢 IPAS
📍 Montreal