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Head, Fundamental Research / Chef ou cheffe, Recherche fondamentale

$154.96k - $182.31k per year
Full-time

CIFAR

The Next Leap Starts Here. CIFAR doesn’t just solve complex challenges; it imagines new possibilities for humanity. CIFAR is a global catalyst for breakthroughs, mobilizing the world’s most brilliant minds to tackle the questions that define our future. Founded in Canada and connected to the world, CIFAR provides the platform for high-risk, high-reward research. For more information, please visit:

It is within this context that CIFAR welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its inaugural Head, Fundamental Research commencing Fall 2026, or soon thereafter.

The Head, Fundamental Research provides strategic leadership for CIFAR’s research portfolio, guiding activities that span early-stage discovery, horizon exploration, research programs, and impact clusters. Reporting to the Executive Director, Research, this role is responsible for shaping and stewarding a dynamic portfolio that advances CIFAR’s mission of driving transformative knowledge and global impact. As a senior leader within the Research Department and a member of CIFAR’s Leadership Team, the Head, Fundamental Research plays a critical role in ensuring CIFAR’s research initiatives are thoughtfully designed, effectively managed, and positioned to generate meaningful scientific and societal impact. This role oversees CIFAR’s research programs and impact clusters, while integrating foresight and discovery pipeline initiatives to support CIFAR’s long-term strategy. The Head, Fundamental Research also leads and supports a team of Research Program Directors and the Senior Director, Research & Strategic Initiatives and works closely with internal and external partners to ensure the portfolio remains innovative, rigorous, and globally relevant.

As the ideal candidate, you hold a PhD in a field of relevance to CIFAR’s work and have a demonstrated record of research contribution. You have a deep understanding of research principles, program design, and best practices in research management, and understand the global research landscape, including institutions, networks, and emerging areas of inquiry. You have experience working within a research-focused organization, in roles that include managing a team of highly engaged researchers, academics and scholarly experts. You have contributed to, and work to foster, a culture that with an interdisciplinary perspective; that is highly collaborative, inquisitive, innovative and curious. You are a strategic leader who has the ability to shape research agendas in complex and evolving environments, navigate ambiguity, convey complex ideas, and influence outcomes while building trust across a multitude of partners and stakeholders. Your exceptional verbal and written communications skills support this work and are viewed as being both credible and trustworthy. You have strong financial acumen, including experience managing large and complex budgets from a variety of funders, including philanthropic donors, governments, and institutions.

Use of AI: Griffith Group Executive Search does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for a position.

Reason for posting : New role

Salary Range and Compensation Package: $154, 964 – 182,310 – To ensure fair and equitable pay at CIFAR, placement on the salary range will be based on the successful candidate’s years of experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role. The total compensation package includes a comprehensive wellness and benefits package, professional development opportunities for learning and growth, and a defined benefits pension.

To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with CIFAR, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) and/or Caroline McLean ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) or visit: .

Location/WFH: CIFAR encourages a hybrid working model that includes work-from-home arrangements with a minimum of 3 days in the office and Focus Fridays (meeting-free Fridays every week).

CIFAR welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.

All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.

CIFAR and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

La prochaine avancée prend forme ici. Le CIFAR ne fait pas que relever des défis complexes : il imagine de nouvelles possibilités pour l’humanité. Le CIFAR est un catalyseur d’innovations majeures, qui mobilise les plus brillants cerveaux du monde pour s’attaquer aux grands enjeux de demain. Fondé au Canada et résolument tourné vers le monde, le CIFAR sert de tremplin aux projets de recherche les plus ambitieux. Pour plus de renseignements, visitez le .

C’est dans ce contexte que le CIFAR accepte les candidatures et les propositions de candidature pour pourvoir, pour la première fois, le poste de chef ou cheffe, Recherche fondamentale , dont la prise de fonction est prévue à l’automne 2026 ou peu après. 

À la tête de la recherche fondamentale, la personne en poste assure l’orientation stratégique du portefeuille de recherche et supervise les activités liées à la découverte préliminaire, au travail exploratoire, aux programmes de recherche et aux pôles d’impact. Relevant de la direction générale de la recherche, elle a pour mandat de définir et d’encadrer un portefeuille de projets dynamiques qui aident le CIFAR à remplir sa mission à titre de catalyseur de connaissances transformatrices et d’impact mondial. En tant que cadre supérieur au sein du Service de la recherche et membre de l’équipe de direction du CIFAR, la ou le titulaire du poste joue un rôle essentiel en veillant à ce que les initiatives de recherche du CIFAR soient conçues avec soin, gérées avec efficacité et aptes à produire des retombées scientifiques et sociétales concrètes. Ce poste consiste à superviser les programmes de recherche et les pôles d’impact du CIFAR, tout en veillant à intégrer les initiatives de prospective et de développement de projets au sein du portefeuille afin de soutenir la stratégie à long terme de l’organisation. La ou le titulaire du poste encadre et appuie également une équipe composée de responsables de programmes de recherche et de la direction principale de la recherche et des initiatives stratégiques. Cette personne travaille en étroite collaboration avec des partenaires internes et externes pour s’assurer que le portefeuille reste innovant, rigoureux et adapté au contexte mondial.

Vous êtes la personne idéale si vous détenez un doctorat dans une discipline liée au travail du CIFAR et possédez une expérience avérée en matière de contribution à la recherche. Vous avez une connaissance approfondie des principes de la recherche, de la conception de programmes et des meilleures pratiques en gestion de la recherche. De plus, vous comprenez le milieu mondial de la recherche, notamment les établissements, les réseaux et les nouveaux domaines d’étude. Vous justifiez d’une expérience au sein d’une organisation axée sur la recherche, où vous avez notamment assuré la gestion d’une équipe composée de chercheurs et de chercheuses, d’universitaires et de spécialistes à haut degré d’engagement. Vous avez contribué à instaurer, et vous vous efforcez de promouvoir, une culture fondée sur une approche interdisciplinaire, caractérisée par un esprit de collaboration, un goût pour la découverte, l’innovation et la curiosité. Vous faites preuve d’un leadership stratégique et êtes capable de définir des axes de recherche dans des environnements complexes et en constante évolution, de trouver vos repères dans un environnement incertain, de transmettre des idées complexes et d’influencer les résultats, tout en instaurant un climat de confiance auprès d’un grand nombre de partenaires et de parties prenantes. Vos compétences exceptionnelles en communication orale et écrite sont perçues comme crédibles et dignes de confiance et soutiennent ce travail. Vous possédez un sens aigu des finances, notamment une expérience dans la gestion de budgets importants et complexes provenant de divers bailleurs de fonds, notamment des donatrices et donateurs philanthropiques, des gouvernements et des institutions. 

Utilisation de l’IA : Griffith Group Executive Search n’utilise pas l’intelligence artificielle pour présélectionner, évaluer ou sélectionner les candidatures à un poste.

Raison de l’affichage : nouveau poste 

Fourchette salariale et rémunération globale : 154 964 $ à 182 310 $ – Dans un souci d’équité salariale, le CIFAR détermine le positionnement dans l’échelle de rémunération en fonction de l’expérience, des compétences et des qualifications liées au poste. La rémunération globale comprend un ensemble complet d’avantages sociaux et de prestations de bien-être, des occasions de développement professionnel favorisant l’apprentissage et l’épanouissement, ainsi qu’un régime de retraite à prestations déterminées. 

Pour en savoir plus sur ce poste de direction aux responsabilités importantes au sein du CIFAR, veuillez envoyer en toute confidentialité un CV détaillé accompagné d’une lettre de motivation à Jane Griffith ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) ou à Caroline McLean ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) ou visitez le (en anglais). 

Emplacement/télétravail : Le CIFAR favorise un modèle hybride alliant télétravail et présence minimale de trois jours au bureau, en plus d’offrir des vendredis sans réunions chaque semaine pour vous permettre de vous concentrer sur vos dossiers.

Le CIFAR encourage et accueille favorablement les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées, notamment des femmes, des personnes autochtones, des personnes issues de minorités ethniques, des personnes handicapées et des personnes de toutes orientations sexuelles ou identités de genre. 

Toutes les personnes candidates qualifiées sont invitées à postuler; toutefois, la priorité sera accordée aux personnes légalement autorisées à travailler au Canada.

Le CIFAR et le Griffith Group s’engagent à mettre en place un processus de recrutement inclusif, accessible et accueillant qui offre des aménagements raisonnables à toutes les personnes. Veuillez communiquer avec Jane Griffith ( View email address on jobs.sciencecareers.org ) si vous avez besoin d’aménagements particuliers pour participer aux processus de recrutement ou d’évaluation. 

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