Qnx- Academic Partnerships Manager

BlackBerry

Ottawa, Canada
Base: $96,000.00 - $135,000.00; bonus/equity: blac...
On-site
Manage academic partnerships
Technical engagement with universities
Integrate tools into curricula
BlackBerry is seeking an Academic Partnerships Manager to enhance engagement with universities and academic programs, focusing on integrating their embedded technologies into educational curricula. The role involves managing partnerships, supporting technical initiatives, and representing BlackBerry at academic events

Job Summary

  • The Academic Partnerships Manager drives technical engagement with universities and academic programs to expand hands-on use of our embedded technologies and strengthen the global developer ecosystem.
  • This role builds and manages partnerships that integrate our tools, platforms, and engineering practices directly into academic curricula, research labs, and student engineering initiatives.
  • QNX technology has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today.

Matching Summary

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BlackBerry is seeking an Academic Partnerships Manager to enhance engagement with universities and academic programs, focusing on integrating their embedded technologies into educational curricula. The role involves managing partnerships, supporting technical initiatives, and representing BlackBerry at academic events.

Salary

Base: $96,000.00 - $135,000.00; Bonus/Equity: BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program, paid-time-off

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • manage academic partnerships
  • technical engagement with universities
  • integrate tools into curricula
  • support student engineering initiatives
  • strong communication skills
  • project management skills

Nice-to-have

  • familiarity with embedded systems
  • experience with IOT Platforms
  • teaching or instructional experience
  • familiarity with open-source workflows
  • experience organizing hackathons

Key Requirements

  • Experience managing partnerships or programs
  • Technical background or familiarity with software development
  • Technical knowledge to discuss developer workflows
  • Ability to translate product features into academic use cases
  • Experience working cross-functionally
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Willingness to travel

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Not specified

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