QNX Ecosystem Program Manager

Role overview

Program and partner operations

• Execute ecosystem initiatives from approval through completion and serve as the operational contact for partners, vendors, universities, consortiums, incubators, accelerators, and strategic organizations.
• Lead the QNX Everywhere Enablement Program, helping partners integrate QNX offerings, developer resources, and assets into their platforms and user experiences.
• Build partner relationships, increase engagement and adoption, and connect ecosystem participants with QNX resources and subject matter experts.
• Maintain program plans, milestones, dependencies, dashboards, KPIs, executive status reports, engagement plans, recurring meetings, and follow-through on commitments.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across engineering, marketing, developer relations, product management, sales, legal, and finance.
• Manage consortium and standards-body operations, working groups, action items, and organizational commitments.
• Manage sponsorships and associated contracts, including NDAs, SLAs, SOWs, sponsorship agreements, and academic framework agreements; coordinate procurement and purchasing.
• Track outcomes, effectiveness, investments, renewals, sponsorship commitments, and budget use; maintain partner inventory and identify ecosystem coverage opportunities.
• Build repeatable frameworks for onboarding, sponsorship evaluation, investment reviews, success metrics, quarterly business reviews, and renewal or exit decisions.
• Coordinate hackathons, workshops, conferences, demo days, job fairs, and other community events; work with marketing to promote ecosystem programs.
• Use modern AI tools responsibly to streamline ecosystem operations and reporting. Travel as needed for partners, events, workshops, and strategic engagements.

Required qualifications

• Experience managing programs, partnerships, strategic relationships, or ecosystem initiatives in the technology industry.
• Strong project and program management skills, including managing multiple priorities; strong organization and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with executives, engineers, academics, developers, startups, and industry partners and drive initiatives through influence, coordination, and follow-through.
• Comfort engaging technical audiences and understanding developer-focused tools, technologies, and platforms.
• Experience working cross-functionally in a technology-driven organization and managing external vendors, contracts, partnerships, or business relationships.
• Understanding of software development concepts, particularly embedded systems, operating systems, developer platforms, or related technical domains.
• 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.
• Experience with startups, incubators, accelerators, open-source communities, developer ecosystems, technical events, dashboards, KPIs, Salesforce reporting, procurement, sponsorships, contract administration, universities, or research organizations is advantageous.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, RTOS, IoT, edge computing, AI productivity tools, or workflow automation is advantageous. Additional languages such as French, German, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, or Mandarin are a plus.

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 40.

Compensation and benefits

• The stated hiring base salary range is $90,000 to $126,000; the actual offer depends on qualifications, experience, skills, and assessments.
• Eligible full-time employees may receive a variable incentive payment in addition to base salary.
• Benefits for eligible employees include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program, and paid time off.

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