Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships

Location:
Toronto, ON | Hybrid, minimum 3 days on-site, with occasional GTA travel
Language:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English required
Duration:
18–24 month contract
About the OpportunityAltis Recruitment is partnering with a leading Canadian organization with a diverse portfolio of strategic partnerships across financial services, retail, and entertainment to recruit an Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships. This high-impact leadership opportunity is ideal for a confident, commercially minded professional who excels at building executive relationships, delivering business results, and identifying opportunities for growth.
You'll join a collaborative, fast-paced environment where relationships matter, ideas are valued, and leaders are empowered to make decisions. Working closely with senior executives, external partners, and cross-functional teams, you'll strengthen an established partnership portfolio while helping build a more proactive, strategic approach to account management.
What's In It for You
High-impact leadership opportunity with exposure to C-suite executives and major Canadian organizations.
Opportunity to influence partnership strategy and leave a lasting impact.
Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where your expertise and initiative are valued.
Meaningful people leadership and professional growth.
Your Responsibilities
You'll oversee a portfolio of strategic partnerships, including financial services, retail, and entertainment, ensuring delivery of contractual commitments, commercial KPIs, and account plans.
You'll build trusted relationships with senior executives, proactively addressing risks, navigating complex challenges, and identifying growth opportunities.
You'll identify opportunities to strengthen partner value through customer acquisition, engagement, and integrated commercial initiatives.
You'll establish proactive account management practices, including executive relationship mapping, performance reviews, and opportunity tracking.
You'll lead and coach experienced team members, strengthening strategic thinking, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
You'll influence business priorities and confidently represent partnership performance, strategic recommendations, and key decisions in executive discussions.
Skills and Qualifications
10+ years of progressive experience in strategic partnerships, commercial relationship management, or strategic account leadership, with a strong preference for candidates with financial services experience.
Strong understanding of complex commercial partnerships, customer acquisition, engagement, and business growth.
Proven experience managing high-value commercial relationships, delivering measurable business outcomes, and influencing VP-level stakeholders.
Established people leadership experience, including direct people management and leading cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to independently present portfolio performance, strategic recommendations, and business priorities to executive leadership.
Excellent executive presence, commercial judgment, and strong relationship-building and communication skills.
Confident, quick-thinking, resilient, and proactive, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities in a hands-on environment.
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