Product Manager / Account Development Lead

Contract | Commission-Based | Hybrid / Remote Canada ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for someone who wants to help build something with us. This role sits at the intersection of product management, client relationships, and business development. You’ll work with prospective clients coming through Thrive, understand their business, help shape the right software engagement, and build the relationship from the first conversation through delivery and ongoing account growth. Once a client comes onboard, you stay involved. You become the person who understands their business, helps guide what gets built, keeps our team aligned with what matters, and looks for ways Thrive can continue creating value for them. We’re looking for someone who is business-minded, product-minded, good with people, and excited by the idea of building a portfolio of strong client relationships alongside us. WHO THRIVE IS

Thrive Creative is a Calgary-based software development company. We embed as our clients’ software department through our Development Department as a Service model. Clients get access to product strategy, design, development, QA, infrastructure, and technical leadership without having to build an entire internal software department themselves. We work alongside our clients and become part of how they build, improve, and evolve their technology. WHAT YOU’LL DO

Client Relationships You’ll be one of the first people prospective clients meet when they engage with Thrive. You’ll take inbound opportunities and relationships generated through Thrive and develop them. You’ll ask the right questions, understand the business behind the request, earn trust, and help the client determine the right next step. You’ll continue owning that relationship after they become a client. Product Direction You’ll work closely with our Product Engineers, designers, developers, QA, and technical leadership to turn business needs into clear product priorities. You’ll help guide: Scope Roadmaps Priorities Requirements Delivery communication Business outcomes You don’t need to be the most technical person in the room. You need to understand the business well enough to make sure the technical team is solving the right problem. Account Development As you get closer to a client’s business, you’ll start seeing opportunities that weren’t obvious in the first conversation. That could mean: Expanding an existing product Automating another workflow Improving an internal system Solving a new operational problem Bringing additional Thrive capabilities into the account Account growth should come from understanding the client well, not constantly trying to sell them something. The goal is to become the person they call when they have a business problem they think technology could help solve. BUILDING WITH THRIVE

We’re still building Thrive too. We want someone who is interested in helping shape how we develop accounts, approach new markets, and identify new opportunities. You won’t be expected to build a marketing engine or spend your day cold prospecting. Thrive invests in generating inbound opportunities and opening doors. Your job is to build the relationship from there. We also want your ideas. If you see an industry we should pursue, a partnership we should explore, a different way to approach a market, or a strategy that could create new opportunities, we want you to bring it forward. You’ll have room to help shape how Thrive grows. COMPENSATION

This is a commission-based contract role. Compensation is connected to the clients and revenue you help create and grow. Thrive supports the front end of the process through our marketing, inbound lead generation, brand, technical team, and delivery capability. You’re not being asked to build everything from scratch. Your opportunity is to take those conversations, turn them into strong client relationships, and participate directly in the value those relationships create. We’re open to discussing the exact structure with the right person, including how compensation works across new clients, ongoing accounts, and account growth. We want the model to reward long‑term relationship building, not just closing a transaction. WHO YOU ARE

You might be a Product Manager, Technical PM, Account Lead, Consultant, or commercially minded operator. Your exact title matters less than how you think. You’re someone who: Understands businesses, not just software Builds trust quickly with clients Can ask good questions and uncover the real problem Is comfortable talking with business owners and leadership teams Can work effectively with technical teams Thinks commercially Sees opportunities and acts on them Wants ownership Is comfortable with a high degree of autonomy You should be interested in why a company works the way it does, not just what feature they want built next. WHAT YOU’LL HAVE BEHIND YOU

You won’t be doing this alone. You’ll have an experienced software department behind you, including product, design, engineering, QA, infrastructure, and technical leadership. You’ll also have support from Thrive in generating opportunities and getting conversations started. When deeper technical conversations are required, our team joins you. When an opportunity needs scoping, we work through it together. When a client comes onboard, you have an experienced delivery team capable of executing what was discussed. Your role is to connect those pieces and build the relationship around them. WHY THRIVE

This is an opportunity to build something rather than simply inherit a job description. You’ll have the chance to develop your own portfolio of client relationships while helping shape how Thrive grows. You’ll work across different companies, industries, products, and business problems. You’ll have experienced technical people behind you. You’ll have meaningful influence over the accounts you own and the direction we take. And as the relationships you build grow, your opportunity grows with them. LOGISTICS

Location: Canada Calgary-based candidates can work in a hybrid capacity. Employment Type: Contract Compensation: Commission-Based Approach: High autonomy with close collaboration across the Thrive team

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