Job Description

At Ice River Sustainable Solutions, we're a Canadian, family-owned company turning 100% recycled plastic into sustainable products and leading the way in innovation. Recognized as one of Canada's Top Greenest Employers, we're driven by creativity, passion, and the belief that together, we can build a cleaner future. We're looking for self-motivated, hands-on doers who love to learn, work hard, and get shit done--if that's you, you belong on our team.



We are looking for a leader who is driven, enthusiastic, and innovative to lead our software development team to deliver initiatives to support our manufacturing related technologies.

You are passionate about building scalable enterprise software with high quality. You are a strategic thinker and a proven development leader delivering complex software integrated with enterprise services to provide a high-level user experience aligned with the best industry standards. You are always ready to roll-up your sleeves and dive into technical and architectural challenges helping your team make the right, forward-thinking decisions for our business stakeholders and the organization.

Responsibilities

Develop productive an engaged software development team, fostering the development of personal and technical skills, as well as collaboration. Manage projects by understanding the business partner's strategies, priorities and challenges. Assess capabilities to come up with appropriate solutions and deliver the expected value. Manage stakeholders and maintain good relationships with internal and external collaborators. Divide the project into achievable tasks and establish a functional organization chart with roles and responsibilities. Develop strategic requests and keep them up to date by identifying deliverables and dependencies, estimating duration and associated costs and helping to assign resources to activities. Write reports on the entire project (progress, issues, costs, closing, etc.) while respecting the key performance indicators established. Lead project risk management. Effectively manage project delivery. Maintain the dashboards periodically and progressively throughout the program/projects. Maintain proficient knowledge of industry trends and technology innovation, identifying opportunities and suggesting solutions as appropriate. Collaborate with other Software Development Managers and Project Managers to ensure all initiatives have appropriate staffing, balancing business needs with the individual's experience and career aspirations. Anticipate problems and difficult situations and take necessary measures to resolve them. Manage ongoing relationships and expectations of stakeholders and senior management. Maintain a strong business focus with an understanding of the current and strategic direction of our client technologies. As we strive for continuous improvement, develop our agile practices based on learning throughout the end-to-end development lifecycle. Master all the facets of software development. Remain on the lookout for new technologies and question the status quo.


Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in Information Technology/Software Engineering or any combination of equivalent education and experience. Solid understanding and experience with web application technologies (Java, JavaScript, Angular, Application Frameworks, CSS, HTML, REST, JSON) Experience with integration tools such as Boomi an asset Experience in continuous delivery management Experience with object-oriented development and software debugging Experience in change management and transformation within a project/program context Experience managing teams Experience in project management skills including planning, budget and timeline management, scope management, risk management, timely decision-making, effective team building


Please let Ice River Sustainable Solutions know if you require accommodation during the hiring and selection process and we will work with you to make appropriate arrangements. Ice River Sustainable Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.



We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, we welcome applications from women, racially visible individuals, people with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ2S+ persons.



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