Are you passionate about the future of communications? Do you enjoy creating groundbreaking software? iotumâ„¢ is looking for an experienced, hands-on program manager to work with a strong team of developers creating the worlds first platform for intelligently assessing the relevance of communications.
We're iotum, an energetic new company with a unique personality.
We're shaping a world where devices and services work seamlessly together to let people talk to who they want, when they want, and on the device they want.
Our passion is to make “always-on” communication more simple and useful by making it more relevant.
You will drive product planning, technical vision, design and specification, scheduling, project management and release. Your outstanding customer focus and decision making skills will ensure that we deliver a product that delights our customers. You have a proven track record making third party technical relationships into home runs for both parties. You're a key player, contributing to the vision, strategy, and morale of the overall team.
You must have at least 5 years of software development/program management experience and an established track record of shipping world class software. You must also be familiar and comfortable with agile development processes. You're a team player, working with Software Design Engineers, Testers and Quality Assurance, to translate ideas into shipping features. You have a computer science background, and technical prowess is a must. Your technical expertise is blended with creativity, evangelism, empathy, persuasion and negotiation skills, and a passion for driving projects through to completion.
You're also a talented communicator. From requirements you gather, you'll author technical specifications that include functional descriptions of the technologies, envisaged usage cases, customer scenarios, and detailed prioritized requirements lists. You are experienced at writing proposals for research grants, including distinguishing research from development activities.
In summary, exceptional organizational, communication, motivational and decision making skills are required,. Top candidates will have proven experience applying sound business judgment with a knack for weighing and communicating macro risk/reward. A BA/BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering is preferred as is familiarity with development tools, SIP, python, C/C++, MySQL, agile development methodologies, Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Location: Ottawa.
Start Date: Immediately.
Interested in throwing your hat into the ring? Visit www.iotum.com/about_careers.html to apply.
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