QNX Ecosystem Program Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Execute ecosystem initiatives from approval through completion and serve as the operational contact for partners and strategic organizations.
• Lead the QNX Everywhere Enablement Program and help partners integrate QNX offerings, resources, and assets.
• Develop program plans, milestones, dependencies, dashboards, KPIs, and executive status reports.
• Coordinate internal teams across engineering, marketing, developer relations, product, sales, legal, and finance.
• Manage partner relationships, incubators, accelerators, consortiums, working groups, sponsorships, contracts, procurement, and purchasing.
• Track engagement outcomes, program effectiveness, investments, renewals, commitments, and budget utilization.
• Develop repeatable frameworks for onboarding, sponsorship evaluation, investment reviews, success metrics, quarterly reviews, renewals, and exits.
• Coordinate QNX participation in hackathons, workshops, conferences, demo days, job fairs, and other community events.
• Partner with marketing to promote ecosystem programs and use AI tools responsibly to streamline operations and reporting.
• Travel as needed to support partners, events, workshops, and strategic engagements.

What you bring

• Experience managing technology programs, partnerships, strategic relationships, or ecosystem initiatives.
• Strong project and program management skills, organization, attention to detail, communication, analytical problem-solving, and follow-through.
• Ability to work with executives, engineers, academics, developers, startups, and industry partners, including on technical topics.
• Cross-functional experience in a technology-driven organization and understanding of software development concepts such as embedded systems, operating systems, or developer platforms.
• Experience managing external vendors, contracts, partnerships, or business relationships.
• Fluency in English.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in Developer Relations, Product Management, Technical Program Management, Technical Marketing, Partner Management, or Engineering.
• PMP certification or formal project/program management training is a plus.
• Startup, incubator, accelerator, open-source, developer ecosystem, university, or research organization experience is advantageous.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, RTOS, IoT, edge computing, AI productivity tools, workflow automation, procurement, sponsorship, or contract administration is beneficial.
• Event organization, dashboard, KPI, Salesforce reporting, or ecosystem analytics experience is beneficial.
• Additional languages including French, German, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, or Mandarin are a plus.

Compensation and benefits

• Hiring base salary range is CAD 90,000 to CAD 126,000; salary cadence is not specified in the posting.
• Eligible full-time employees may participate in the company variable incentive program.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase, and paid time off, subject to eligibility.

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours are 40.

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