Director, Inclusion - External Partnerships

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; hybrid arrangement with 1–3 days per week on-site at Toronto-81 Bay

Company

hirify.global is a relationship-oriented bank focused on client ambitions, inclusion, and meaningful community and stakeholder impact.

What you will do

• Lead the development and execution of hirify.global’s external Inclusion partnership strategy.
• Build and manage relationships with external organizations, community partners, advocacy groups, and industry stakeholders.
• Develop partnership agreements and collaborate with internal teams on relationship management and renewal.
• Monitor external trends, emerging issues, leading practices, and benchmarking insights.
• Prepare agendas, briefing materials, speaking notes, and executive summaries for leadership participation in external forums.
• Evaluate partnership effectiveness and return on investment to improve strategic alignment and stakeholder value.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in external partnerships, stakeholder engagement, corporate affairs, community relations, or a related field.
• Experience building strategies that strengthen relationships, reputation, and business impact.
• Experience with partnership strategy, stakeholder management, benchmarking, environmental scanning, executive briefings, and presentation development.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders and external stakeholders and navigate complex environments with sound judgment.
• Degree or diploma in communications, business, public affairs, human resources, social sciences, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Legally eligible to work in Canada at the specified location; a valid work or study permit may be required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting external recognition opportunities, award submissions, or community-based partnership reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with flexibility to manage work activities.
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, and a benefits program.
• Defined benefit pension plan, employee share purchase plan, vacation offering, and wellbeing support.
• Paid Purpose Day dedicated to personal growth and development.
• Inclusive and accessible workplace with recognition programs and collaboration-focused tools and spaces.

Hiring process

• The process may include an attribute-based assessment and skills tests, including a French proficiency assessment where applicable.
• Artificial intelligence tools may be used during recruitment.