Product Manager, Langley, BC, CFADT-193000 *** Completed ***

Product Manager, Langley, BC, CFADT-193000

Overview

You are the driving force behind the development of new products. As Product Manager, MDE & Smart Home, your mandate is to ensure business success through the entire product lifecycle (product conception, development, roll-out, field deployment, market penetration and phase out).  

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Product Manager MDE & Smart Home will identify new products to be designed and built, specifically Media Distribution Enclosures, related accessories and parts suitable to be used in Smart Home environments. He/she is responsible to validate the product specification and sales outlook with sales, marketing, distributors and customers and support the Product Solution Development Process.

You will work in collaboration with the engineering team to coordinate the technical aspects of product development projects and to successfully establish new products, features and applications in the Telecommunication, Connected Home, A/V and Home Security markets. In this role, the PM represents the vital and business relevant connection between sales, customers, the market in general, and engineering.

As Product Manager you will explore new product opportunities in the marketplace and contribute to the business strategy of the company. A unique combination of technical and business skill set coupled with excellent communication skills and the ability to develop close relationships to internal and external customers are required to excel in this role.

Responsibilities:

·       Determine customers' needs and desires by specifying and executing the research needed to obtain market information.

·       Recommend the nature and scope of present and future products by reviewing and validating product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas or product changes; evaluate feasibility, cost and maintenance requirements of design requests.

·       Deliver and own a forward-looking product roadmap that considers the market, competition and technology advancements and compliments the overall business strategy.

·       Advocate new product ideas within the product development process, backed by a strong business case and value proposition. Take responsibility specifically for the research phase of the process and constructively contribute to all later phases. Maintain a high level of communication with all stakeholders involved.

·       Bring new products to market in collaboration with all internal stakeholders.

·       Moderate New Product Development meetings.

·       Assess market competition, create reports comparing Primex’ products with competitors' products.

·       Assess customer network specifications and assist in procuring specified components and work towards value engineering part substitutions where possible to increase value.

·       Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.

·       Provide documentation, detailed instructions, drawings or specifications to illustrate how devices, parts, equipment or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained or used.

·       Develop and coordinate aspects of production, of manufacturing methods, assembly, fabrication and operation of product designs.

·       Coordinate with onshore and offshore vendors for component parts. Some travel may be required.

·       Investigate product failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations to improve performance.

·       Support Sales by providing technical information to develop product sales strategies.

·       Create feedback and product market data by close collaboration with sales and attending customer and trade show visits.

·       Provide information for management by preparing product reports and analyses, answering questions and requests.

·       Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and trade shows; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks.

·       Support Management in the maintenance and development of Engineering procedures.

Skills & Qualifications:

·       This role will require someone knowledgeable in product management best practices and experience managing a physical manufactured product(s).

·       Strong technical ability and 5+ years relevant product management working experience.

·       The ability to research and anticipate technology trends is essential in addition to understanding competitors and their ‘roadmaps’.

·       Strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with excellent English verbal and written communication skills.

·       Effective stakeholder management

·       Intellectual curiosity, creativity and a passion for technology would be advantageous.

·       Project management skills demonstrated through a PMP designation or work experience would be an asset.

·       Demonstrated ability to understand and develop plans and strategies to clearly communicate complex business issues and technological solutions.

·       Ability to effectively work with cross-functional teams and various geographical locations.

·       An academic background in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or product design would be an asset.

·       Knowledge and experience in the following would be considered an asset:

-         Solid understanding of the telecommunications market and specifically the role of fiber optics in relation to FTTx market, structured wiring and Smart Home technologies.

-         Last mile equipment, termination and technologies – Fiber and Copper.

-         Understanding of role and evolution of both active Ethernet and PON networking systems as well as working familiarity with RFoG systems and new triple play technology developments.

-         Patents and IP strategies

-         Familiarity with compliance engineering, UL, CSA and/or Bellcore/Telecordia.

Other:

·         Competitive base salary, profit sharing

·         Comprehensive health benefits plan - medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D

·         MSP coverage, RRSP matching program 

·         Family-feel, team-oriented, collaborative environment

Contact:

Amanda Du Toit, 604-639-9570 / amanda@corporate.bc.ca or Colin Farrell, 604-639-9563 / colin@corporate.bc.ca and reference CFADT-193000.

Director of Sales, Vancouver, BC, CF-193400 *** Completed ***

Position Description

Due to continued growth, Nanozen needs an experienced and successful Director of Sales to manage and grow their direct sales and distributor channel.  To be considered for this role you have previous experience building a sales team to cover North American and International sales.  This is a hands-on hunter field sales role and only “do’ers” should apply.  You bring experience in lower unit sales as well as orchestrating large six figure deals.

You have experience selling instrumentation equipment, or similar, and have negotiated agreements with large distributors in the past.  Experience selling into heavy industries such as mining, pharmaceuticals, construction, oil & gas, aerospace, etc. will be a definite asset. 

This role comes with a competitive salary and strong incentivized variable compensation package.  There is a Healthcare benefits package and stock options.  There will be travel up to 40%, to the USA and globally, as required.  This is a Vancouver-based role, but Calgary will be considered

The Director of Sales reports to the CEO.

Position Responsibilities

·         Develop and present a thorough account and territory plan within your first 60 days

·         Manage direct and indirect sales

·         Build, manage and grow a professional sales team over time

·         Aggressively build sales and sales pipeline

·         Generate leads and build your sales funnel via prospecting (Email, Phone, LinkedIn, Conferences, etc.) jointly with marketing

·         Respond to, and qualify, incoming leads

·         Attainment of sales quota, pipeline targets, and accurate sales forecasting

·         Create RFP’s, as required, and negotiate favourable pricing and business terms

·         Understand the competitive landscape and customer needs

·         Work closely with marketing to define campaigns, follow-up, and reporting

·         Represent the organization in a professional manner and maintain strong client relationships

·         Maintain and grow relationships with you partner network

·         Develop a comprehensive strategy for identifying new high-value channel partners

·         Vet and qualify all prospective partners and establish strong relationships with each channel partner

·         Negotiate contracts with prospective partners

·         Support partners by participating in high-value sales conversations with clients, remotely or in person, as required

·         Continuously update the partners to new functionality and how best to deliver Nanozen’s value proposition to prospective customers

·         Manage channel conflicts

·         Provide feedback to Nanozen management and PLM on industry, market and competitive trends and feature requirements and assist PLM to define new product requirements

Qualifications

·         Great people skills, including the ability to build rapport and lasting relationships with new and existing clients and partners

·         Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

·         Ability to lead negotiation of distributor channel contracts

·         Detail-oriented personality who is organized and methodical

·         5+ years’ experience in product sales

·         Proven success carrying, meeting, and exceeding quota

·         Previous experience hiring, building and managing a small sales team

·         Previous experience working in a small, entrepreneurial fast growing start-up

·         Familiarity with Industrial Instrumentation is a definite asset

·         Experience with MS Office and CRM applications

·         Science degree (BSc, physics, chemistry, etc.)

·         Successfully completed at least one professional sales training course (Holden, etc.)

About the Company

Nanozen, was founded in 2007 and is a leader in innovative approaches to aerosol exposure analysis for industrial workplace environments.  Their mission is to design, build, and deliver leading edge technologies that drive new, emerging standards for workplace analysis and worker protection.

Did you know Nanozen:

·         was a top 10 finalist in the 2014 New Ventures BC Competition;

·         won the Vancity Social Venture Prize; and,

·         won the City Innovation Prize

Know the air you breathe!

For more information about this opportunity, please contact: Colin Farrell at colin@corporate.bc.ca or 604-639-9563 and reference CF-193400.

Director of Marketing, Vancouver, BC, CF-193300 *** Completed ***

About the Company:

InvestX Capital Ltd. is a disrupter. A young fast-moving company launched in March 2014, to take advantage of the changing securities regulations to disrupt the $30 trillion dollar wealth management industry. They provide investors access to pre-IPO investments in retail size allotments. InvestX has invested in more than 20 of the world’s leading private companies including:  Spotify, Dropbox, DocuSign, Lyft, Uber, Pinterest, and many others.

Position Description & Key Qualifications:

InvestX is seeking a highly motivated Director of Marketing to be the maestro of building their brand and telling their story and unique offering.  This is your opportunity to build a marketing function the way you know it will work -- to catapult InvestX.  An opportunity to bring your great ideas, execution capabilities, and passion for growth.

Build and execute a marketing strategy to position InvestX as the thought leader in their market segments, build the InvestX brand, and drive the marketing function to support sales.  You know how to connect humans to brands.  This role reports directly to the CEO.

Responsibilities:

·         Understand who your customers are, define your target markets and personas

·         Target, position, and activate your prospects

·         Build and execute social media and influencer strategy

·         Generate PR in social, financial media and conference speaking opportunities for InvestX

·         Build and write stories, PR, and marketing copy

·         Generate inbound leads for the sales team. 

·         Develop marketing campaigns, online lead generation, collateral, white papers, webinars, promotions, etc. 

• Work with an associate who reports to you to build capability in the highest payoff areas

·         Co-manage campaigns with external marketing partners

·         Inbound marketing:  manage and optimize social media channels

·         Work with sales, investments, distribution, and compliance

Qualifications:

·         10+ years’ experience in progressive marketing roles

·         You have a deep understanding of the digital eco-system – PR, content, social, influencers, etc.

·         You’re entrepreneurial and a strategic thinker

·         You are a hands-on generalist who knows how to leverage internal and external resources to execute at the highest levels

·         You demonstrate high intellectual maturity, you are self-motivated, exhibit high energy/desire and are extremely passionate about what you do

·         Your scrappy with money, independent, and results orientated

·         Strong writer with ability to produce copy appropriate to the communication piece and its audience

·         Flexible and adaptable

·         Effective communicator (written and verbal) with sound interpersonal and team building skills

·         Solid knowledge of capital markets industry a strong asset

·         High skilled ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and work under pressure in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

Other:

·         The company culture is based on transparency, teamwork, a value-based approach, and an entrepreneurial spirit

·         Competitive compensation package and the opportunity to earn equity

·         This is a Vancouver-based role, there is a relocation allowance available.

Contact:

For more information about this opportunity, please contact: Colin Farrell at colin@corporate.bc.ca or 604-639-9563 and reference CF-193300

Head of Engineering ***Completed***

The Opportunity:

Our Client is a profitable, fast-growing advanced technology manufacturing company and after year on year double-digit growth, we are seeking to engage a Head of Engineering to lead a multidisciplinary team of 10 engineers, and technicians, practicing electronics engineering, power engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, and test engineering. Under the leadership of the Head of Engineering, the Engineering Department conducts the product development, and engineering support for all products throughout the product life cycle. The Head of Engineering will bring energy, vision, leadership and continuous improvement strategies to drive product development from the design team to the market.  As a member of the leadership team she/he will demonstrate a willingness and ability to represent the company among customers and partners and other key stakeholders. The role involves defining corporate goals and roadmap, establishing engineering strategies and resources, and guiding product and technology development to meet company objectives.

This position reports to the CEO and is based at company headquarters in Burnaby, BC.

The ideal candidate will be a P.Eng with experience collaborating in a multi-national technology company and will possess 15+ years of leadership experience in negotiating and creating effective alliances with strategic partners, customers and parent divisions, and representing the company with clarity and drive/passion/strength.   

Position Overview:

The Engineering Department consists of a multidisciplinary team of 10 engineers, and technicians, practicing electronics engineering, power engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering, and test engineering. Under the leadership of the VPE, the Engineering Department conducts the product development, and engineering support for all products throughout the product life cycle.

The Head of Engineering will bring energy, vision, leadership and continuous improvement strategies to drive product development from the design team to the market.

The Head of Engineering will be a member of the leadership team, defining corporate goals and roadmap, establishing engineering strategies and resources, and guiding product and technology development to meet company objectives. This position reports to the CEO and is based at company headquarters in Burnaby, BC.

The Head of Engineering will be responsible for developing a Roadmap for growing and optimizing the engineering capabilities of the company, and by leveraging global teams in Canada, Holland and USA. The team includes product innovation and development, testing, CAD design (Solidworks) and product support.

As the senior technical leader within the company, the Head of Engineering will demonstrate a willingness and ability to represent the company among customers and partners and other key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience collaborating in a multi-national technology company and will possess 15+ years of leadership experience in negotiating and creating effective alliances with strategic partners, customers and parent divisions, and representing the company with clarity and drive/passion/strength.   

Key Responsibilities:

As the leader of technology innovation, development and implementation, the VPE will provide engineering vision and leadership to the Engineering Department. Ensure the optimal application of technology and engineering resources to meet product development and customer requirements and develop and adhere to the Engineering Department’s annual budget. This role requires excellent communications skills, a strong background in multi-disciplinary engineering management, an attention to quality and an ability to focus efforts to complete hard objectives.

 With the CEO, creation of the product roadmap, develop and maintain the IP strategy

• Own execution of the product/technology roadmap and have full schedule responsibility for ensuring its delivery on time and on specification.

• Develop and implement engineering processes to improve project execution, efficiency, and quality of development teams.

• Monitor development performance with the goal of building a world-class engineering organization.

• Maintain an environment of technical excellence and innovation while providing personal leadership and inspiration to the entire engineering team

• Work closely with marketing in the investigation, definition, and development of new product opportunities

• Work with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to deliver low cost, reliable and simple to manufacture products.

• Ensure the shipment of well-engineered products, which meet or exceed customer expectations for functionality, pricing and quality.

• Grow the company’s product line into a source of sustainable competitive advantage by developing and protecting core proprietary technologies and by exploring 3rd-party technologies.

• Drive all engineering programs from concept & product design to development & manufacturing.

• Maintain formal processes to support new product introduction, product strategy, and sustaining engineering.

• Analyze resource needs to plan and assess the feasibility of new products or features

• Ensure effective and safe operation of facilities.

• Oversee the product development methodology and communicating it to the team,

• Work with the management team to define resource levels, risk, quality, cost, and product scope management plans;

• Determine delivery schedules and post-implementation plans, define quality controls for each product development phase.

• Create KPI’s for the Engineering Department.

Qualifications:

• Degree or Advanced Degree in Engineering; Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing with a P. Eng

• 15+ years of leadership experience in leading, coaching, mentoring and developing multi-disciplinary engineering development teams internally and within parent company and partners located in Canada, USA and Holland.

• Cross-functional experience working with marketing, business development, finance and research to develop corporate goals as a member of the leadership team.

• Proven experience in delivering commercially engineered products.

• Understands Lean Manufacturing and Product Development concepts, has a strong continuous improvement mindset, has implemented design libraries and best practices to improve time to market of new products, understands and uses cross functional teams to deliver products to market

• A track record in a variety of industrial electronics development and manufacturing environments.

• Strong program management background; skilled at meeting or exceeding aggressive product delivery date milestones.

• Vision and leadership to anticipate the future requirements of the engineering team to meet the corporate goals and to proactively propose/manage the team evolution to keep pace with the company Has effectively developed, hired, and retained highly qualified engineering with skills in the relevant technology areas.

• An expert in NPI and dedicated to building great technology products within a light industrial company.

 Personal Attributes:

• An open, results-oriented team player that can quickly adapt and interrelate with colleagues at all levels.

• A proponent of straightforward communications and constructive confrontation

• A bias for action and results; an energetic, resourceful, and hands-on manager

• A good listener and communicator with a strong personal image and recognized for being honest, up-front and direct with subordinates and peers

• Highly curious and a life-long-learner

If you are interested please contact kim@corporate.bc.ca

Software Manager/Lead, Finance Industry (Downtown Vancouver) AD_SML***Completed***

Our client is looking for a Software Developer Manager to lead a team of software developers. They build and maintain exciting experiences for their customers that differentiate them in the online financial services marketing and collaboration space.

 You thrive in a fast-paced environment with experience scaling an on-line community. You should have an understanding of cloud commerce and a passion for financial services and changing the way individuals invest.

 The successful candidate will be a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.

 Requirements:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. ·

• Experience managing high performing software development team, building processes, project management, and release schedules Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis ·

• Ability to work well with people and be both highly motivated and motivating ·

• Operational support and passion, with experience in establishing, measuring, and meeting service level agreements, improving the availability, performance, and quality of systems

• Strong focus on customers and operational excellence

• 7-10+ years of software development experience

• 2-5+ years of management experience leading a development team.

• BS/BA degree in a technical field

 Professional traits that will ensure success:

• Exhibits excellent judgment and able to hire and develop great people ·

• Ability to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology ·

• Expects and requires innovation of her/his team ·

• Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others ·

• Strong results orientation.

 The company offers competitive compensation and a healthy and growth-oriented culture.

 Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca

Channel Partner Manager, Vancouver, BC, CF-193200 *** Completed ***

Overview

Fatigue Science is the leader in fatigue prediction. They combine their proprietary biomathematical science software with a wearable to gain insights into sleep and its impact on fatigue to assist their clients in maximizing performance and minimizing risk. 

They are in need of an experienced and successful Channel Partner Manager to collaborate with the leadership team to lead and execute their Global Partner Program.

Their rapidly growing program consists of a set of existing referral, VAR, and reseller partners around the world.  They continue to receive strong interest from prospective partners.  The goal is to rapidly grow, and evolve, the partner program ecosystem to extend their customer reach to a number of vertical markets around the world.

This Channel Partner Manager reports to the SVP, Sales and Marketing and will play a key role in helping Fatigue grow its brand, establish a broad and diverse ecosystem, and accelerate its revenue.  You will be expected to achieve a defined set of sales and partner recruitment objectives and drive substantial revenue for the business.

Responsibilities 

As Channel Partner Manager, your key responsibilities consist of: evolving the program design; proactive recruitment of new high-value partners; training and enablement of new and existing partners; and, ongoing support of partner’s sales operations & quota management.

Program Design

·         Work closely with the leadership and sales team to ensure program design and partner incentives enables the success of the partner program and Fatigue in general

·         Specifically address referral, VAR, and reseller streams to ensure strategies enable overall success

Partner Recruitment

·         Develop a comprehensive strategy for identifying high-value partners, and initiate contact to forge new relationships among them

·         Vet prospective partners, including those originating from both inbound and outbound efforts

·         Negotiate contracts with prospective partners according to the VAR, reseller and referral frameworks

Partner Training & Sales Enablement

·         Establish highly-engaged relationships with each partner, based on a combination of personal relationships, structural incentives, and ongoing education

·         Develop and implement a structured Partner Onboarding Program, which comprehensively educates partners as to the: science and functionality of our product; best practices for selling effectively; and, leveraging of operational resources such as sales collateral and tracking tools

·         Support partners with participation in high-value sales conversations with clients remotely, and when required, in person

·         Continuously orient partners to new functionality in our product and newly learned lessons on how best to convey the value of our product to prospects

·         Coordinate the involvement of internal resources as required to service partners’ needs, including, but not limited to, our Technical Support and Customer Success teams

·         Proactively assess and clarify partner needs and blockers on an ongoing basis, via a well-defined and systematic feedback process, which you will then aggregate and present to management

Sales Operations & Quota Management

·         Vet and qualify all potential partners

·         Proactively lead a joint planning process to develop performance objectives, sales targets, and milestones for each partner

·         Engage and communicate with the sales and marketing teams, as required, to coordinate activities and ultimately enable the success of the partner program

·         Be accountable for the sales quota associated with the channel

·         Review partner pipelines and forecasts on a regular basis, ensuring partners are well equipped to meet defined objectives

·         Manage potential channel conflict by fostering clear communication internally and externally, and by enforcing strict adherence to channel rules of engagement

·         Facilitate day-to-day support needs of partners, including assistance with proposal writing and other various requests

Qualifications

·         Great people skills, including the ability to build excitement, rapport, and lasting relationships with new and existing partners

·         Excellent communication skills, including the ability to educate others on complex scientific, technological, and organizational concepts, in a simple and concise manner

·         Ability to lead negotiation of partner contracts (with support from legal counsel and the leadership team)

·         Detail-oriented personality, with the ability to handle and triage a large influx of partner requests with a reasonable response time

·         5+ years experience in a partner management role involving sales enablement

·         Experience with SaaS technology and recurring revenue business

·         Proven success carrying, meeting, and exceeding a quota

·         Previous experience training salespeople

·         Previous experience working in an entrepreneurial fast growing start-up

·         Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.  An MBA is an asset

·         Experience working in organizational change management is an asset

·         A passion for technology, including wearables and data-driven insights is an asset

Other

·         Competitive salary and variable compensation package

·         Healthcare benefits, stock options

·         Travel of up to 40% as required (USA, Europe, Australia)

·         This is a Vancouver-based role

Contact

·         Colin Farrell at colin@corporate.bc.ca /  604-639-9563 and reference CF-193200

Software Lead - Burnaby (AD-SL) ***Completed***

Our client is passionate about data! Modern communication infrastructure companies lack real-time and on-target information to facilitate effective decision making and reduced expenditures. We build proprietary cloud based mobile mapping and process management software tools to correct and verify existing records, which allow these companies serve us better.

About the Role:

If you value entrepreneurial passion, an environment focused on performance with no company politics to divert attention from what needs to be done, and want to participate with a team that has found and exploited a must-have niche in big company operations – please read on. The company has grown exponentially since founded in 2012 and is now at a critical stage of growth requiring an insightful problem solver with broad and deep tech experience. Their focus is on cloud based mobile mapping and collaborative process management software. Only bright, focused and self-motivated people need to respond.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelors/Masters in CompSci and/or solid experience to reflect methodical and commercial software coding and design experience

• At least 5 years’ experience building enterprise caliber software or software as a service products for medium to large customers, with 2+ at leadership level

• Confidence to develop software that is critical to operations and achieves required service up-time levels

• Proven ability to design and build full stack applications

• Current technologies are PHP, Angular and PostgreSQL – these need to be reviewed and replaced should better technologies to reach their growing demand be defined

• Focus on scalability, automation and full work delivery software is the focus

• Some experience in networking/telecommunications or related will be an advantage

• Ability to provide thoughtful but inspiring leadership to a small group of passionate and smart developers, with the ability to grow the team as needed

• Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability and willingness to deal with clients as required

• Appreciation for small company culture, where even the senior and executive folks have a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude.

What is offered:

• Growing leadership opportunity and working with a great team

• Executive and team support in a healthy work environment and culture of support and respect

• Tons of opportunity to have fun!

• Competitive salary plus benefits

• An equity participation plan (and you’ll be getting in early), so the company’s success becomes your personal success.

Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca

Java Developer (Full Stack) – Vancouver (AD_JFS) ***Completed***

This position is a meaningful role with a company that’s making a real difference. They are involved in one of the most important resource areas in the world today and have an energetic and growing team to revolutionize their industry.

Founded in 2003, the company provides software solutions that address critical data management, analytics, and compliance challenges for their rapidly growing industry. They are headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and has offices in the US and Australia and is one of the fastest growing clean technology companies in Canada. They value independent thinking, initiative, teamwork, a relentless pursuit of quality, a playful spirit, and a sense of humour. They like smart people – IQ and EQ – who care about the environment and want to do good in the world.

About You

You are looking to do something meaningful and fulfilling with the software skills you have developed over the years. Previous roles have made you wonder if you’re actually making a difference, and you swore the next job would be different. You’re an exceptional developer with the ability to pick things up quickly and lives for writing solid code. You keep up to date with the latest software development practices, you care about writing good code to solve customers’ problems, and you continually improve your skills in the craft of software development. You thrive in a dynamic environment while maintaining a quality approach to software development. 

About the Opportunity

Our client is looking for strong Java Developers to join their Vancouver office. In this role you will be expected to exercise your vision and technical background to help design and build enterprise-level software. You will continue to monitor the latest trends and technologies in software and help us employ best practices and efficient processes, and you will be part of making our company a magnet for great talent. It will be challenging and fun.

Other responsibilities include:

• Participate in the development of our software products.

• Key contributing member within an Agile team.

• Perform architectural and object-oriented design, review, and implementation of production-quality features and tests.

• Participate in effort and complexity estimation for new/proposed product features and tasks.

• Continuous research to keep up with new technologies and best practices.

• Assist in effectively diagnosing and troubleshooting problems with the product.

 Requirements

• Post-secondary degree/diploma in Computer Science or equivalent combination of education & experience.

• Real experience (at least 5 years) building and maintaining large, enterprise, and/or Internet applications.

• Java and JVM based application development.

• AngularJS based application development.

• Agile and Test Driven Development.

• Cloud computing environments (preferably AWS) and continuous cloud delivery.

• Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven and related development and build automation tools.

• Design and development with structured and unstructured data storage technologies.

• Experience building, deploying, and managing applications on Amazon’s cloud (i.e. AWS).

Skills/Assets

• Self-starter with excellent design and analysis skills.

• Ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of an agile team.

• Outstanding English communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Ability to establish work priorities, effectively multi-task and balance varying demands.

• Dedication to keeping up to date with current technology trends and development best practices.

 The company offers a competitive compensation package including extended health benefits, an RRSP program, MSP, fitness subsidy and career development opportunities.

Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca

Business Development Lead, CF-198000R ***Completed***

Overview

Have you successfully sold large digital product development engagements?  Do you have experience working with a wide variety of companies from startups to F500 organizations?  Do you want to work for one of the coolest product companies in BC?  A company whose superpower is taking an idea and turning it into a winning product for their clients.

Our client, NEON, makes products that matter. They respect a triple bottom line and partner for the long term with great people and companies. The NEON team can take a rough idea and ship a game-changing product. Their goal is to create products that people love. They have assembled an awesome team who have created products for Amazon, Google, Slack and Facebook, just to name a few.

NEON is growing quickly and needs an experienced Business Development Lead.   As the Business Development Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Neon’s direction by leveraging your extensive network of Fortune 500 companies and well-funded start-ups. Working closely with the CEO, you’ll develop strategic relationships with potential partners and be responsible for the generation of new business opportunities. Your confident and persuasive personality guides your process towards the goal of identifying and cultivating new prospects with a consultative selling approach. You are adept at navigating the politics of a sale, finding the key players and utilizing your skill set to win. You are broadly focused, quick-paced, and able to manage multiple clients and competing priorities. You’ll oversee partner relationships from the opportunity through to the contract phase and collaborate with the Director of Partnerships to ensure a seamless handover.

Your experience with digital product offerings and emerging technology helps you to identify untapped market opportunities looking to build innovative, forward-thinking solutions. Your passion and drive push you to pursue these opportunities with determination and the ability to read between the lines, taking advantage of all areas of potential revenue. 

If you think you have the background, experience and what it takes to be a star, then keep reading.

Responsibilities

·         Source new business opportunities and contracts

·         Create and maintain strong relationships within multiple levels of partner organizations

·         Exercise a consultative approach to lead or develop solution services for potential partners

·         Form compelling strategies for partner contracts and assist in long-term strategic planning, opportunity tiering, and budgeting

·         Manage and accurately forecast the sales pipeline

·         Maintain accurate records of leads, progress, and outcomes, providing learnings to the team to continue improving the business development process

·         Develop proposals, deliver presentations, and gain consensus of contract terms

·         Liaise with project teams towards successful submission of proposal

Qualifications

·         10+ years of experience, excelling as an active hunter in the product, digital agency, or management/tech consulting space

·         A polished professional with high degree of business acumen and negotiation skills

·         A high degree of resiliency with an entrepreneurial approach

·         Superior relationship management skills at the Board and C-suite level

·         Great presentation skills that allow you to speak to the functional areas of our business, including product strategy, design, and development

·         Comfortable with the ambiguity of new product concepts and experiences, but with the strategic clarity for building new products and services

·         A proven ability to identify and close long-term, highly complex, multi-million dollar engagements

·         Experience launching a digital product from inception to launch

·         Comfortable and accomplished in creating the link and aligning user needs with business goals

·         A natural relationship builder who connects quickly, builds rapport, and collaborates across all teams communicating ideas, and getting people on board

Other

·         Competitive base salary, variable compensation, health benefits program, RRSP matching

·         Health Care Spending Account and Wellness program

·         Partnerships with interesting and engaging clients who align with our values

·         Fun and collaborative work environment with a focus on growth

·         North America travel to visit prospective partners, delivering compelling presentations, and building healthy relationships

·         This is a home-based role

Contact

•       Colin Farrell at 604-639-9563 or colin@corporate.bc.ca and reference CF-198000R

Cleantech CEO ***Completed***

Our client is a Vancouver, CSE listed technology company that is commercializing an Artificial Intelligence enabled Energy Management system for batteries, electric motors, and generators. The technology can be deployed in electric motors and generators to improve performance, efficiency and battery life. The company have established beachhead partnerships with large multinationals customers and are in the process of launching a pilot program with a fleet of electric delivery vehicles.

We are seeking a high-calibre CEO with experience in the electric motor and battery industry to power this growth. This is a great opportunity to be a catalyst and have a global impact on the adoption of clean energy and to build a highly profitable company. The CEO will be responsible for the overall leadership and management of the company and for the conduct of its business.

The ideal candidate will have experience as a CEO, COO or CRO with responsibility for executing a strategy of engaging strategic industrial partners, creating alliances, licensing agreements and distributions networks that drive revenue growth.  

Experience and Qualifications include:

• Defining, articulating and driving clear vision and objectives internally to the team and externally to the customers, partners and investors

• Extensive industrial experience working with global suppliers of electric motors, batteries or industries that are ripe for electrification

• Commercializing novel technology

• Managing a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment

• Scaling a company rapidly

• Building high performing teams

• Engineering degree with an MBA is preferred or a business degree and the technical chops to engage with partners, customers and technology leaders

• Public company experience is highly desirable

For more information, please contact:

Kim Brooks kim@corporate.bc.ca
Tim Swanson tim@corporate.bc.ca

VP Engineering *** Completed***

About the Company

Bit Quill is a world class developer of data connectivity software, in both the relational and multidimensional spaces. BC owned and operated, the executive team has deep domain knowledge and customer relationships spanning decades, which they are able to leverage to build a world class team of 25 top professionals, offering the tools training and opportunities to match.  Since their inception 2 years ago they have already achieved profitability and are proud to be an employee owned organization.

Their unique ‘secret sauce’ is that they develop complex technical solutions for engineering teams within large multinational software companies. Their specialization is primarily around back-end and mobile; SDKs that are licensed by leading ISVs including Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.  With technology and experience is data connectivity standards such as ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, ODBO, and XMLA as well as deep knowledge of database query languages such as SQL and MDX, Bit Quill is unique in the world. 

Position Description

Bit Quill has rapidly built a team of software development experts and established a solid reputation for delivering high quality products on tight development timelines.  To further growth, we seek a seasoned Head of Engineering to lead the development team and realize synergies through developing streamlined processes and mentorship. Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Engineering will act as the chief technology and engineering representative to executive level customers. An engineer by passion as well as education, the Head of Engineering will thrive on staying close to the team of 20+ engineers, participating in the design and project delivery process.

The varied responsibilities include:

• Supervise, mentor and manage (including recruiting, hiring, performance appraisal, motivating) Bit Quill’s high-energy and multi-disciplinary engineering team.

• Be the key point of contact for statements of work, project plans and RFPs.

• Work closely and collaboratively with Business Development and Product Management teams

• Develop procedures and processes to enhance the team’s effectiveness and quality of results

• Provide long term vision and structural planning to maintain productivity and efficiencies

• Represent engineering best practices regarding the quality of projects and project plans

• Support, challenge and mentor the development teams to enhance their business acumen regarding good development practices and project estimation and delivery

• Maintain a highly effective and collaborative working environment

• Continuously strive to enhance productivity and represent the value of near-shore development over off-shore out-sourcing to the market

• Successfully manage SR&ED and IRAP Canadian Government grant/subsidy programs.

Key Qualifications

• Experience in developing products and services on a wide range of technology platforms.

• Good depth of knowledge in database and connectivity solutions

• Passionate about technology staying close to new technical developments, trends and the latest in software development tools

• Strategic technical vision to continuously assess market trends to keep the teams’ development skills sets ahead of the curve

• Highly developed engineering skills to translate concepts into timelines, milestones and budgets

• Highly developed problem-solving skills

• Experienced in all phases of the systems development lifecycle

• Experienced with both agile and traditional development methodologies given the range of clients

• Extensive project management experience, including knowledge and experience with PMI.

Business Skills:

• Able to successfully nurture and manage customer relationships

• Clear understanding of the costs of business, training and internal investments

• Ability to assess and develop and manage within aggressive time/resource budgets and implement cost controls

• Exceptional business communication skills and business acumen to identify on-going opportunities with current customers

• Develop persuasive development proposals and execution plans

Personal Attributes:

• Strong hands-on leadership skills

• Extraordinary communicator, facilitator and motivator - able to be concise and thrifty with words

• Ability to listen, advise, mentor and lead as a peer as well as a Head of Engineering.

• Extensive customer facing experience as a service provider, engineer and business development executive - ideally this would include systems analysis, design and development experience using a variety of methodologies.

The ideal candidate will have:

• MBA and a 4-year university degree in computer science or equivalent

• 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership

• PMP/PMI designation

• Experience supervising technical teams of 15 or more

• Experience in database and data connectivity software

• Be tech-agnostic with solid knowledge in a breadth of current technologies, including Node.js and Big Data, SaaS and cloud deployments as well as a variety of RDBMS’

• Some exposure to a professional service environment will be an advantage

• An entrepreneurial spirit which may or may not include experience within a startup environment.

Please contact

Kim@corporate.bc.ca or Amanda@corporate.bc.ca

Director of Engineering, Burnaby ***Completed***

The Opportunity: 

Our client engineers and manufacturers custom and off-the-shelf converters for the satellite communications industry. Founded in 2003, the company has risen to success by engineering proven products for satellite systems and next generation earth terminals. Their converters form critical components of systems for High Throughput Satellites, communications on the move, earth observation, military, remote worksite communications and telecommunications backhaul.

This stable, profitable company is poised for significant growth, and they are seeking a Director of Engineering to untie the CEO’s hands so he can steer the company towards a successful outcome.

About the Role:

The Director of Manufacturing Engineering oversees management of the research and development division of the company. In conjunction with the CEO, s/he will identify, develop and execute the strategy for both new and existing products within the organization. S/he will develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of direct and indirect competing technologies and track their relationships. The Director of Engineering will drive the designs through to manufactuing readiness, in collaboration with the Director of Operations.

You are an experienced leader in RF electronics manufacturing, with skills in market trend identification, product development, and commercial deployment, and excellent leadership skills to pull it all together.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership to the engineering team:

  • Process design and optimization

  • Strategic framework design and implementation for optimization, test plans, and data collection

  • Core data analysis

  • Team building, communication, decision making

  • Establishment of key partner relationships

  • Project management – cost, resources, & fulfilment/schedule management

  • Optimization of procurement

• Organizational Development

  • Lead R&D capabilities and activities that will ensure organization maintains and grows market position in their space

  • Working closely with CEO, develop comprehensive strategy to identify & explore next generation technologies

  • Build out a world class team with high retention and energy

  • Develop and implement an appropriate IP strategy around the company’s current and future technology platforms

• Commercial Deployment

  • Lead the development of internal and external capabilities

  • Determine appropriate strategies to maintain and improve skillset of core engineering design services

Experience & Qualifications:

• BEng in Electrical Engineering

• Previous experience in RF design

• 10+ years in a leadership role in an electronic design facility

• In-depth knowledge of the engineering, materials, and quality functions

• Experience in a small/medium sized organization during growth phase.

• Exceptional internal and external communication and motivational skills

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work activities for self and your team, and allocate scarce resources.

• High performing engineer with ability to synthesize complex information and concepts into a coherent plan

• Highly effective at design of experiment to maximize outputs

• Possess strong hands-on skills in an industrial engineering environment

• Problem-solving personality - can solve even the toughest and most complex of problems

• Skilled at getting individuals and teams to perform at a higher level and to embrace change:

  • negotiates skillfully to achieve a fair outcome or promote a common cause

  • communicates a compelling vision and is committed to what needs to be done

  • inspires others; builds motivated, high-performing teams; understands what motivates different personality types

Contact:

Kim Brooks          kim@corporate.bc.ca

Alannah Safnuk  alannah@corporate.bc.ca

Director of Engineering - Primex (CFADT-192000) ***Completed***

Background:

The Director of Engineering (DoE) is the visionary responsible for executing the development of new products, tracking and improvement of procedures and all engineering initiatives of Primex. The mandate is to ensure business success through the development of the engineering team and external resources in a complex, diverse manufacturing operation.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing & Engineering and supported by key engineering staff, the DoE will take ownership of the Engineering Department and be responsible for the design of new enclosures and accessories for the broadband connectivity infrastructure industry as well as HVAC venting products, including mold design, material selection, process improvements, testing and certification projects and part procurement as required.

The DoE is a key member of the management team, and should have proven ability to engage and motivate engineering talent, define and set deliverables, plan resources, improve processes and achieve desired results.

Responsibilities:  

Lead and manage all facets of the Engineering Department, to design and build market ready optical fiber, copper, wireless and OEM network termination, demarcation and connection enclosures within feasible plastic manufacturing realities. The DoE is the technical lead on many company projects and works together with operational departments to contribute to the continuous improvement of Primex.

Detailed responsibilities will include:

• Recruit and manage employees; assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.

• Develop team members’ capabilities in support of individual career goals and team objectives

• Be a proponent of product management within our offices, establish and champion formal product development processes and policies.

• Assign work to engineering team and stewards the transition from one resource to another as required throughout the product development process.

• Meet financial objectives by forecasting engineering department requirements and manage the budget from start to finish.

• Develop and implement policies, standards and procedures for the engineering and technical work performed in the department, service, laboratory or firm.

• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, and making decisions about the purchase of materials or services.

• Plan and direct the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment.

• Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities.

• Confer with management, production, and marketing staff to discuss project specifications and procedures.

• Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications and other data to evaluate the feasibility, cost and maintenance requirements of designs or applications.

• Establish collaborative relationships built on trust and commitment and develop relationships at multiple levels within customer accounts and business partners.

• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.

• Develop and coordinate aspects of production, of manufacturing methods, assembly, fabrication and operation of product designs.

• Investigate product failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation, and to make recommendations.

• Monitor and approve requests for customer-focused, pre-sales and post sales resources.

Requirements:

• This position will appeal to someone with a passion for technology and strong people leadership skills.

• This role will require someone with extraordinary technical abilities. An academic background in Mechanical Engineering is required (P.Eng. will be an asset).

• 15+ years of experience as a working engineer, at least 10 of which are in a manufacturing environment.

• 7+ years of progressive management experience, with demonstrated ability to lead diverse, multi-disciplinary team.

• The ability to research and anticipate technology trends is essential in addition to understanding competitors and their ‘roadmaps’.

• Strong problem-solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Intellectual curiosity, creativity and a passion for technology would be advantageous.

• Experience managing multiple simultaneous projects and priorities.

• Project management skills demonstrated through a PMP designation or work experience.

• Demonstrated ability to understand and develop plans and strategies to clearly communicate complex business issues and technological solutions.

• Ability to effectively work with cross-functional teams and various geographical locations.

• Periodic travel within North America and internationally is required in this role (Max. 10% to 20%).

• Experience within the telecommunications industry will be a strong asset:

  • Direct multi-year OSP experience in the telecommunications, fiber optics and cable television market space would be a strong asset.

  • Understanding of the telecommunications market and specifically the role of fiber optics in relation to FTTx market, specially, the last mile of deployment.

  • Understanding of role and evolution of both active Ethernet and PON networking systems as well as working familiarity with RFoG systems and new triple play technology developments.

  • Familiarity with compliance engineering, UL, CSA and/or Bellcore/Telecordia.

The company offers a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation and focus on innovation.

Contact:
Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca
Colin Farrell colin@corporate.bc.ca

Director of Product Strategy, Vancouver, CF-197000 ***Completed***

Overview:

Our client, NEON, makes products that matter. They respect a triple bottom line and partner for the long term with great people and companies. Their team can take a rough idea and ship a game-changing product. Their goal is to create products that people love.

They are growing and actively looking for amazing people to join their team. If you’re great at what you do, want to work with the best, and care deeply about making products that matter, then we should talk.

You are a product strategist with deep experience in creating first of its kind products and solving for compelling future state visions and complex problems. You lead the team that has the innate ability to ask the right questions to the right people, and land on a brilliant product strategy. Your team can seamlessly navigate ideas from 100K feet to 30K feet to six feet in order to bring our partners’ vision to reality, sometimes in a way they hadn’t even thought of yet. What sets you apart is your ability to not only formulate big picture ideas but deliver a product roadmap anchored in data and testing that can win in the market. You are a detective leading a team who creates new and exciting products that matter and creatively bridges the gap between innovation and action.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and manage the Product Strategy team

• Coach and mentor the Product Strategy team to ensure A+ work and contribute to a collaborative work environment focused on idea meritocracy

• Lead partner engagements to define whitespace, opportunities, user insights, market research, product roadmap, and ultimately a winning product strategy

• Select appropriate frameworks, tools, and approaches to use in solving partner problems

• Work closely with other functional teams within the organization to promote a strategy that is well-rounded and considerate of the entire product offering

• Define the KPI’s that matter to optimize financial health and wellbeing of the product

Qualifications:

• You have created and shipped a wide variety of diverse and complex B2C, B2B, B2D and/or B2E products

• You are endlessly curious - uncovering complex problems and opportunities

• You are wildly creative, coming up with a variety of directions before settling on one that sticks

• You are flexible and collaborative; open and excited to hear different perspectives, ideas and ways of doing things

• You have a deep understanding of both business and product strategy

• You consider, and have a strong understanding of, all functional areas of business including design, engineering, finance and marketing

• You are constantly learning and prioritize staying on top of new products, designs, trends, technology, business and strategy

Other:

• Competitive base salary, bonus, profit sharing, health benefits program, RRSP matching

• Health Care Spending Account and Wellness program

• Partnerships with interesting and engaging clients who align with our values

• Fun and collaborative work environment with a focus on growth

• Offices are based in downtown Vancouver, featuring bright, open-plan workspaces

Contact:

• Colin Farrell at 604-639-9563 or colin@corporate.bc.ca, and reference CF-197000

Director of Digital Products Design. ***Completed***

Our client is a very cool startup in Gastown that makes products that matter. 

Neon respects a triple bottom line and they partner for the long term with great people and companies. Our team can take a rough idea and ship a game-changing product. The goal is to create products that people love.

Neon is growing and we’re looking for amazing people to join our team. If you’re great at what you do, want to work with the best, and care deeply about making products that matter, we’d love to meet you.

You are the creative driving force behind the design of our diverse range of products. You lead the team that delivers designs that have the ability to satisfy a true need or problem. Highly collaborative in nature, you work closely with our partners and internal teams to understand the unique idea and product to be shipped. You are an advocate for the user and creating joyful product experiences that are loved and admired. Ultimately, you are an expert in your craft and consistently find ways to bring to life a product that satisfies our partner's vision and wins in the market.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead and manage the Product Design team

• Lead engagements with partners to research and design the user interface, user experience, design language, prototypes and other key deliverables

• Act as an advocate for users at every stage of the product life cycle

• Coach and mentor the Product Design team to ensure A+ work and contribute to a collaborative work environment that is an idea meritocracy

• Work closely with cross-functional teams within Neon to ensure the product ships on budget and on time

Skills and Competencies:

• You are an expert in UX/UI best practices, interaction design and user-centred design

• You have shipped a wide variety of diverse and complex B2C, B2B, B2D and/or B2E products that have scaled and won in market

• You have a history of building and growing successful design teams

• You ensure creative concepts are consistently carried through all aspects of the project and the end product meets partner requirements

• You are meticulous, holding yourself and your team to the highest standards and quality of work

• You value collaboration and expansive thinking that contributes to shipping products that are different and special

• You are personable and communicate clearly, able to fully understand our partner’s vision and deliver in a way that not only aligns with the vision and strategy but results in an engaging customer experience

• You are always in the know about new products, designs, trends, and technology

For More Information, Please Contact:
Tim Swanson 
tim@corporate.bc.ca

Director of Digital Products Optimization ****Completed****

Our client is a very cool startup in Gastown that makes products that matter. 

Neon respects a triple bottom line and they partner for the long term with great people and companies. Our team can take a rough idea and ship a game-changing product. The goal is to create products that people love.

Neon is growing and we’re looking for amazing people to join our team. If you’re great at what you do, want to work with the best, and care deeply about making products that matter, we’d love to meet you.

Part quant, social scientist and detective, you lead a team that are our human reality check, providing data and insights to drive strategic decision making. With an ability to move beyond the numbers, your team can vet ideas and provide insights and inferences that will make the difference between landing on the right idea and shipping it successfully. You create clarity within ambiguous situations and hone in on where business opportunities lie. Further, you are constantly on the lookout for ways to unlock more acquisition funnels, and ultimately better ways to sell and drive the cost of acquisition down.

Responsibilities:

• Build, lead, and manage the Product Optimization team

• Direct qualitative and quantitative research projects to qualify demand signal for products and go-to-market strategies

• Interrogate data to understand findings from every angle

• Work with other teams at Neon to coordinate delivery of services, share inputs and work product from optimization engagements

Skills and Competencies:

• You are factual and transparent, presenting data and action items that are based on validation, not speculation

• You are highly inquisitive, constantly in pursuit of using data to solve complex mysteries

• You believe aspects of the product can be viewed under two perspectives: knowns and unknowns.

• You move at a fast pace and delegate effectively, all while maintaining an impressive eye for detail

• You are flexible and adaptive, constantly changing course based upon feedback and your findings

• You have a diverse toolkit and a variety of ways to solve complex problems and
  opportunities

• You are an expert in building acquisition funnels that are durable and cost-effective

• You approach results from a strategic lens, with an ability to understand when there is signal versus noise

For More Information, Please Contact:
Tim Swanson 
tim@corporate.bc.ca

Senior Leader, Environmental, Health and Safety ****Completed****

(EHS) who is operationally minded to provide strategic direction and leadership for the corporate program. This role involves the continuing development of EHS programs and initiatives, the role out of corporate safety standards to global offices and effective integration of safety into management and quality systems.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for the leadership oversight and strategic direction of the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) functions, teams and activities.

• Lead and manage all aspects of the corporate EHS program. Ensure compliance with all EHS standards regulated by local laws in the global operating regions.

• Obtain Safety Program Recognition Certifications.

• Design, implement, and continuously improve company-wide EHS strategy, programs, processes and data tracking platform consistent with industry best practices and company culture. Ensure effective oversight, review, management and execution.

• Partner with the business and technical teams to implement regulatory compliance and risk management for the relevant EHS areas, including but not limited to: i) Occupational Safety and Health Compliance, per jurisdiction; ii) Industrial and Chemical Hygiene Program; iii) Biosafety Program; iv) Workplace ergonomics and injury minimization programs and policies; v) Process Safety and Risk Management; vi) Environmental compliance management, hazardous waste management and regulatory reporting; vii) disaster recovery.

• Develop EHS initiatives that reflect a thorough knowledge and understanding of laboratory, manufacturing and production operations. Contribute to the overall viability of these operational areas by developing and executing processes that support the recognition, measurement and control of actual and potential hazards.

• Define short and long term EHS objectives for the regional EHS teams and provide tactical plans to reach team goals. Develop and coach the EHS teams with the goal of increasing individual and team bench strength.

• Contribute to the budget process to ensure that EHS program strategies are implemented throughout the business.

• Drive EHS policy and program safety performance by identifying safety trends and data company-wide and by region; implement strategies to effectively prevent and/or resolve actual or perceived safety issues. Introduce new approaches to significantly improve safety performance methods/techniques.

• Provide regular reports and/or presentations to senior leadership on the corporate EHS program’s successes and challenges with a focus on leading indicators.

Technical Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Environmental, Safety, Engineering or related field. Professional certification in Safety, Environmental and/or Industrial Hygiene is preferred.

• 12 to 15 years’ experience in a senior management role within an EHS-related function for pharmaceutical/healthcare, life sciences or manufacturing environment; global experience is preferred.

• Experience with establishing a Quality Management System (QMS) for Safety.

• Demonstrated expertise and working knowledge of biological and chemical safety regulation in laboratory and manufacturing facilities.

• Proven ability to establish, implement and manage EHS programs.

• Ability to analyze, interpret and report on EHS performance, data, issues and trends.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex regulations to determine the impact on company operations, directives and procedures and to develop action plans to optimize compliance.

• Comprehensive understanding of global regulatory requirements is an asset.

Leadership / Personal Attributes:

• A recognized leader able to drive change at a senior level in educating and influencing a highly talented management team and with all employees globally.

• A relationship builder effective at relationship management with senior leaders up to C-level through trust, credibility, technical knowledge and negotiation skills to reach consensus/buy-in.

• Strong analytical skills, capable of problem-solving and troubleshooting operational issues.

• Highly flexible, good tolerance for ambiguity and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities.

• Strong intellectual curiosity, appetite for exploring new and previously un-chartered processes, protocols, structures and programs to evolve the organization.

• Business acumen and strategic thinking, yet able to execute tactically.

• Excellent interpersonal communications skills to effectively interact, exercise discretion, judgment, tact and diplomacy when dealing with internal and external stakeholders, as well as executive management, including the ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy with multiple stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to take initiative, be accountable for individual and team results, and motivate self and others to set and achieve very high-performance standards. Has relentlessly high standards, confident and results-oriented.

For More information please contact

Alannah at alannah@corporate.bc.ca

Senior Web Developer – Health Industry (Downtown Vancouver) AD_SWD ***Completed***

Our client is a leader in the predictive analysis of specific health indicators. Their business combines SaaS based mobile and web applications based on their proprietary biomathematical model with wearable technology to provide actionable insights

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Web Developer to work as an integral part of a small and passionate engineering team - the ideal candidate will embrace collaborative innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Working on different aspects of the core product will involve a mix of front-end, back-end, database and infrastructure activities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement web application features

• Stay up to date with the latest front-end and fullstack development principles

• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices, and standards

• Collaborate with product management and engineering team to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience

• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks

• Present and defend designs, key milestones, and deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders

• Participate in engineering discussions and activities relating to database and cloud infrastructure

Skills and Qualifications

• B.Sc Computing Science, B.Eng Software Engineering, or equivalent

• At least 4 years experience in developing web applications

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model

• Thorough understanding of Bootstrap.js and its core principles

• Good knowledge and understanding of user-centred design techniques and principles and being able to design web and desktop applications that achieve their goals and deliver the intended user experience

• Hands-on experience managing databases – MySQL or otherwise

• Strong familiarity with Ruby on Rails will be an advantage

• Being proactive and able to work independently on a project

• Highly desirable experiences: Experience managing Linux based infrastructure, CentOS or otherwise.

A flexible and cohesive work environment is offered. You will work with a dedicated team who thrive on learning from and mentoring each other.

Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca

Inside Sales Representative, Vancouver, BC, CF-196000 ***Completed***

The Opportunity: 

Our client is a small, profitable, Lower Mainland-based software company that has been in business for more than 20 years. They sell turnkey solutions into the hospitality industry. Sales are up, and they are looking to add a motivated, successful, inside salesperson to their organization.   

About the Role:

To be successful you comfortable with, and practice, solution selling.  You have a professional demeanor and know how to sell over the phone.  You are a problem solver.  You love identifying opportunities within an organization and managing the sales cycle from beginning to close.  You know how to sell back office software solutions.

This is a small, family type business with an amenable owner who cares about his employees.  If you are looking to work for a company who openly cares about its staff and customers, this is the place.

Key Responsibilities:

• Qualify warm leads and then take the prospect through the sales process to close

• Upsell existing clients

• Ongoing prospecting, hunting, qualifying, and closing

• Design and execute outbound email and call campaigns

• Respond to, and qualify incoming leads

• Design and deliver tailored product demos to clients

Experience & Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of Solution Selling experience in a B2B environment

• Proven ability to qualify and close leads

• Experienced and comfortable communicating with senior management and owners

• Solution selling training and skills

• Polished demeanor and professional selling style

• Excellent interpersonal, written and presentation skills

• Experience with CRM solutions

• Experience in the hospitality industry is a definite asset

• Understanding back office integration is a definite asset

Other:

• Good base salary, motivating commission structure, and health benefits program

Contact:

Colin Farrellat 604-639-9563 or colin@corporate.bc.ca  and reference CF-196000

Full Stack .NET Developer (Financial) – Downtown Vancouver (AD_FinSW) ***Completed***

Our client is a global leader in providing treasury management software and services. They are supporting over 22,000 companies and focus on the commercial side of business. Their web-based software serves all corporate treasury functions. 

Responsibilities:

As a Full Stack Software Developer you will have the opportunity to provide us and our customers with innovative solutions to uncommon problems. You will be contributing to the further development of our flagship product and extending our portfolio of satellite products, working with distributed development teams in an Agile Scrum/SAFE environment. Our mission is to delight multinational organizations with the most innovative treasury solutions.

Requirements: 

• Understanding of OOP, familiarity with TDD/BDD/SOLID principles, design and architectural patterns, passion to write clean, readable and maintainable code

• Strong knowledge of .NET Framework, proficiency in C#

• You should be well-versed in building and supporting solutions based on the .NET stack: working knowledge of .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, IIS, MS SQL T-SQL

• You are a professional ultra-sharp developer, with a very high attention to detail

• Impeccable written and verbal communication skills in English

• Bonus points for a working knowledge and experience with VB.NET, Classic ASP, SSIS, SSRS, XML, XSLT, XPath, Windows services, PowerShell, Git, BitBucket, Jira, Confluence, Docker, CI/CD with Jenkins

The company offers a bright work environment with healthy snacks and drinks. Their compensation is market competitive and benefits include RSP matching as well as fitness membership. They are based at the core of Downtown Vancouver with easy access to transit.

Contact: Amanda Du Toit amanda@corporate.bc.ca