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Company Overview

BHive is a dynamic coworking and business incubation hub dedicated to empowering professionals,

startups, and businesses with exceptional spaces, services, and support. As Brampton's premier startup

incubator, BHive accelerates the expansion of international startups into the North American market through

its Global Entrepreneur Incubation Program. Situated in Canada's Innovation Corridor, BHive fosters a

vibrant and inclusive community, contributing to Brampton's status as one of Canada’s fastest-growing and

diverse cities.

Job Summary

The AI Program Lead is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of Brampton BHIVE’s AI Enablement

Program, ensuring strong execution discipline, alignment to program development objectives, and measurable

outcomes for participating SMEs. This role serves as the central orchestration point across program delivery,

stakeholder management, and impact reporting, translating strategy into structured, time bound execution. The

role also directly manages a large, cross-functional program team, setting priorities, overseeing

performance, and providing ongoing direction and day-to-day guidance to ensure consistent delivery

across the program.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

●Own end-to-end delivery of the AI Enablement Program, driving execution from cohort intake through

post-program impact reporting with minimal day-to-day oversight required

●Bring structure to ambiguity, translating strategic direction from the leadership and partners into

concrete plans, milestones, and accountability across a multi-partner initiative

●Build and continuously improve operations for the program (delivery frameworks, intake and

enrollment processes, program delivery, status reporting, escalation paths)

●Proactively identify risks and surface blockers early, and drive resolution across internal teams and

external partners before they affect cohort outcomes or participant experience.

●Facilitate awareness sessions, business seminars, enrollment activities, stakeholder meetings, and

program updates (note: curriculum design and workshop delivery is led separately by the Curriculum

Lead)

●Manage relationships with external partners, vendors, subject matter experts, and ecosystem

stakeholders, holding each accountable to delivery commitments and program standards

●Directly manage the program team, setting priorities, assigning and overseeing day-to-day work,

managing performance, and providing ongoing coaching and direction across a large,

cross-functional group spanning marketing, sales, technical delivery, and curriculum

●Oversee program budgets, resource allocation, vendor coordination, and operational processes,

maintaining fiscal accountability and operational efficiency at scale

●Review and enhance participant business cases, implementation roadmaps, and KPI definitions

●Monitor program performance, participant engagement, and measurable outcomes, synthesizing

insights into executive-level reporting for the CEO, COO, Board, and municipal and provincial funding

stakeholders

●Serve as the senior point of contact for participating businesses, providing direct guidance, issue

resolution, and escalation management throughout the engagement

Benefits

Qualifications:

• 5+ years leading complex, cross-functional, or multi-stakeholder programs in fast-moving environments
  
• such as startups, scale-ups, innovation hubs, management consulting, or comparable settings
  
• Track record of operating with high autonomy, taking ambiguous mandates and converting them into
  
• structured, measurable execution without heavy oversight
  
• Demonstrated cross-functional people leadership across marketing, sales, technical, and partnership
  
• functions, with proven ability to drive alignment among senior stakeholders and external partners
  
• Experience managing implementation-stage initiatives, with a builder mindset for the systems, tools, and
  
• frameworks that make a program repeatable and scalable
  
• Strong commercial and analytical orientation, modelling ROI, and using data to drive decisions
  
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, including comfort engaging at
  
• the C-suite, board, and government funder level
  
• Degree in Business, Engineering, Public Policy, or a related field; MBA or comparable graduate
  
• credential considered an asset
  
• Proficiency in Google Workspace and CRM tools (Zoho preferred); fluency with modern AI tools is
  
• strongly preferred
  
• Demonstrated interest in startups, innovation, and the Canadian entrepreneurship ecosystem
  

Equal Opportunity statement

TBDC is committed to building an inclusive organization that values the contributions of people with

disabilities. We provide an accessible environment where all employees and applicants can access our

services, facilities, and information in a way that meets their individual needs. TBDC is an equal opportunity

employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities.

Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure:

The company does not use AI tools to screen or evaluate candidate resumes. All applications are

reviewed directly by HR, recruiters, and hiring managers to ensure fairness and accuracy.