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Vice-President
R&D
(Product Development & Program Management)
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Responsibilities
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In your role as a key member of the
executive team you will use your strong business sense, solid
technology start-up experience and seasoned professionalism
to manage product development and customer programs:
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Business
Intelligence & Technology Alliances: You are at
the bleeding edge of telecommunications, networking and/or
web based technologies, products and markets in the US
and worldwide and will identify and enter into technology
and product alliances to maintain the company’s position
as the world leader in their industry. |
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Product
& Market Positioning:: Your vision will drive product
and market positioning based on customer requirements,
technology advances and business intelligence. |
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Customers:
You love satisfying customers and participating in the
sales process including evaluating customer requirements,
preparing the technical, product & program management
portion of bids and participating in the closing of sales.
You also love to interface with customers at major trade
shows. |
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Team
Management: You will guide, coach and inspire your
product development team and create a high speed silicon valley type culture. |
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Product
Development & Program Management: You will ‘own’
the product development process from specification, to
securing pedigree clients for alpha and beta testing from
your network of contacts, to being responsible for the
on time and in budget delivery of all product development
and customer commitments. Your strength is in structuring
the development process as well as identifying, quantifying
and managing risks. You will also put in place a sound
project management process to support the development
cycles, resource assignment and R&D tax credit documentation. |
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Technology:
You have strength in managing diverse technologies and
have technical expertise in: telecommunications, networking
and /or web based applications. |
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On-line
Documentation: You will ensure that your technical
writing team has adequate information to produce digital
documentation including specifications and interactive
guides, while meeting format and quality standards as
provided by Marketing. |
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Testing
& Quality Assurance: Staffing for a ratio of 2
developers to 1 tester, you will ensure that testing and
QA are fully integrated in the entire product development
process. |
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Intellectual
Property Protection: You will be responsible for
protecting the corporation’s intellectual property, including
non-disclosure, non-compete and invention agreements and
patent and copyright registration. |
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Contracts
& R&D Funding: You will negotiate contracts with
product and technology alliance partners including government
funding. You will support R&D tax credit reporting and
participate in negotiating claims with government auditors.
You will also secure R&D funding from governments and
customers. |
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Analysts:
In collaboration with Marketing, you will deal with leading
international industry analyst, press and industry influencers.
You will write compelling technology, executive and analyst
white papers for their use. |
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Qualifications
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You are a highly focused, web addicted
professional with a get it done yesterday mentality who is
capable of setting priorities and delivering results quickly.
Your 10+ years of experience, includes at least one successful
pedigree technology company known to US investors. Your track
record confirms your strong business sense and shows that
you:
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are a people
magnet – developers love to work with you |
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understand
the role and importance of business intelligence
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are on top
of key trends in the internet, networking and telecommunications
markets |
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have
delivered reliable and high quality product on time and
within budget
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can evaluate
and clearly communicate potential technology strategy
changes in terms of opportunities and risks |
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understand
the product management process
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don’t
suffer from the NIH (not invented here) syndrome and have
integrated other company’s technologies within your
product offering
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do not defocus
your R&D team with the latest bleeding edge technologies |
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have established
a network of alpha and beta testing with pedigree companies
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know your way
around the trade show floor
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have participated
in successful negotiations of R&D tax credit claims
with tax auditors
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have concluded
contracts with technology and product alliance partners
including government
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Constantly focused on learning, you
work at high speed, make decisions quickly and challenge your
President on technology and market issues. You are always
thinking in the background and planning the next step. As
a people person you are recognized for your ability to build
relationships based on trust with customers, government agencies,
marketing and sales departments and developers. Ideally, you
are fluent in French and English.
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If you are interested in leading
a dynamic, professional and people-focused team, e your
Resume to eResume@TechnoCap.com
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