Job Summary:

We’re recruiting a Business Development Manager, Events to help deliver the Mattamy Homes Bike for Brain Health event, Canada’s largest cycling fundraiser, and Scotiabank Pro-Am for Alzheimer’s.

You’ll be the heart and soul of each of these events, ensuring a remarkable experience for the Bike for Brain Health and Pro Am community, stewarding and driving forward business development opportunities, while we deliver another world class event taking over parts of the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway in Toronto every June and the Scotiabank Pro-Am event weekend every May.

Is this you?

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• The main purpose of this position is to serve as a fearless business development specialist building, managing and leveraging relationships that are built on trust and respect.
• Executing sales activities, including demonstrating a “hunter” mentality, meeting/exceeding targets while actively prospecting and recruiting new teams, sponsors, participants and supporters is paramount for this role.
• Building on the success of our programs and helping create new business opportunities, you will be primarily tasked with increasing team and participant numbers in addition to supporting the on-going development, management and stewarding of existing supporters.
• You will be driven to exceed event participation goals and form key relationships with a multitude of corporate and community “prospects” to engage them with Baycrest and confirm their support of the Baycrest Foundation’s vision to: “Defeat dementia”.
• You will project, manage and function as the key point person in liaising with multiple stakeholder audiences including key corporate partners, team leaders/participants, and internal stakeholders in order to ensure the financial success of the various fundraising campaigns.
• You are a self-starter, never hesitate to pick up the phone, a team player, and don’t watch the clock. You thrive on being ‘out there’ pitching to potential supporters. When tedious administrative tasks are assigned, you don’t complain and understand “other duties as required” is part of life.

Qualifications include but are not limited to:
• A proven track record of business development success with a strong rolodex of prospects
• Ability to conceptualize and build compelling pitch and stewardship presentations for sponsors, teams and event participants.
• A strong “ask” orientation as demonstrated by experience in sales, account management and marketing
• A strong sense of initiative combined with an appropriate level of assertiveness so as to proactively reach out to others on behalf of the Foundation
• An entrepreneurial mindset and belief in our mission
• Business maturity and strong emotional intelligence
• Flexible, adaptable and able to speak to diverse audiences in a multitude of forums
• Strong presence, poise, persuasiveness, and the self-confidence to earn credibility with senior management and to earn the support of volunteers at all organizational levels
• Strong business acumen, results-driven and metrics focused with strong analytical evaluation and assessment skills- you “get” the whole picture
• Experience developing and implementing business processes with excellent follow-through skills & diplomacy
• Excellent organizational and project management skills – the ability to take a project from conception to successful completion
• Experience in working and managing relationships with agencies, internal/external stakeholders
• A total team player who is individually accountable

Additional Benefits:
• Competitive Salary and Vacation
• Opportunity to enroll in the Dental and Extended Healthcare Benefit Plan
• Opportunity to enroll in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Thank you for your interest in joining Baycrest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

To Apply: Interested candidates can apply via our website on this link.

Please note that Baycrest has implemented mandatory vaccination for all employees. It is a condition of employment that new employees provide proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date of employment. This means that all new employees must have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada at least 14 days prior to their start date. In addition, it is a condition of employment that all new hires obtain and submit proof of all booster vaccines as approved and recommended by Health Canada.

Baycrest is committed to fostering a climate of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community, and we support an inclusive culture for our clients, families, research scientists, staff, and participants, trainees, volunteers, trustees, and partners. We welcome applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2SA+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas within our community. We are committed to fair assessment of a candidate’s abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience, including non- traditional career paths. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process where needed.

Remarkable people of Baycrest Health Sciences are changing the future of brain health and aging.

Baycrest is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources at recruitment@baycrest.org or 416-785-2500, ext. 2961.

All successful candidates will be required to complete a police reference check/vulnerable sector screen and submit proof of two doses of vaccination against COVID-19, unless exempt. Such exemptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.