Creative director Jobs in St. John's, NL

Venor is proud to partner with our client, a globally recognized ocean technology company in their search for a Director, Engineering. The successful candidate will be a core member of the engineering and project management team, overseeing robust project management and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities :

• Take ownership of all engineering activities including design, development, production, and testing.
• Implement and maintain overall engineering objectives and initiatives. Conduct research and solve performance / operational issues to improve development efficiency.
• Build and lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Manage alignment of engineering and project priorities to company objectives.
• Partner closely with Product Management and other business departments to co-develop the product roadmap and ensure tight alignment and partnership between Engineering and Product.
• Develop and implement engineering strategies to drive product innovation and quality improvement.
• Support and enable engineering leads in maintaining or accelerating project timelines and resource management, ensuring projects are completed on time and budget.
• Provide ongoing performance feedback to maximize employee growth and assist employees in developing their career path / development goals.
• Drive daily objectives with engineering teams, identifying and mitigating roadblocks with Engineering Leads.
• Take ownership of the entire engineering organization, driving the evolution of the technology stack and overall platform architecture, ensuring scalability and extensibility.
• Lead, mentor, and elevate the skills and capabilities of the team, ensuring retention of resources and adequate resource levels to meet current and anticipated workloads.
• Work closely with the senior leadership team to ensure that development plans, resources, and strategies are coordinated across all departments in a cohesive and collaborative fashion.
• Flawless execution; optimize and drive efficiency in the engineering organization. Ensure visibility and predictability around engineering processes and systems.
• Identify and establish useful metrics and KPIs for the organization, measuring Engineering’s impact on the business and connecting Engineering goals with business goals.
• Reinforce a “customer first” mentality and culture within the Engineering teams.
• Spearhead, develop, and maintain processes and procedures needed to ensure stable and dependable growth of the function to meet the ever-growing demands of the business and its customers.
• Foster a team culture of high performance, transparency, and accountability; drive the team with positive energy and encourage pushing beyond comfort zones.
• Act as the Engineering organization’s “mission driven leader”; bring high energy, enthusiasm, and a positive, can-do attitude to the team.

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Our client and Venor strive to achieve a workplace where opportunities are based on skills and abilities and recognize the value that diversity brings. Applications from all qualified candidates, including those who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, women in underrepresented roles, persons with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged. If you require any accommodation in the application and interview process, please let us know. Interested candidates are asked to please forward their resumes to Cherie Taylor @ [email protected] or Ryan Thistle at [email protected] .

Venor is an Atlantic Canadian recruiting firm specializing in recruitment solutions, executive search, career transition & outplacement services.

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