Blackberry

QNX Senior Technical Project Manager

Blackberry$108K — $158K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with Technical Project Management for software-driven products or Software Development.
  • Strong understanding of UNIX-based operating systems and embedded software environments.
  • Experience leading technical initiatives or teams.
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycles and governance processes.
  • Experience managing AGILE software implementation and deployment projects.
  • Familiarity with embedded platforms and OS microcontrollers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional teams across various departments and partners to deliver complex software programs.
  • Own end-to-end program execution, ensuring resource optimization within budget.
  • Build and maintain comprehensive project plans across multiple initiatives.
  • Identify and mitigate technical and program risks proactively.
  • Coordinate work distribution across internal and external teams, ensuring accountability.
  • Act as the central contact point for translating technical requirements into actionable plans.
  • Monitor project progress and resolve issues to meet delivery commitments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Retirement benefits and employee share purchase program.
  • Paid time off to support personal well-being.
Full Job Description
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular

Job Description:

Our Engineering Services team is seeking a Technical Project Manager with recent experience in Software Development and cross-functional project management, particularly as it pertains to product release management.

You will show your technical skills by assembling and re-flashing custom hardware; reproducing issues; collecting logs; debugging; sanity testing fixes and features. You will show your project management skills by planning software releases; responding quickly to customer requests; collecting and documenting customer requirements; coming to agreements on deliver content and schedules & managing the day-to-day project progression. You will have recent software development experience (ideally in the Embedded and RTOS Market), to direct, manage, and coordinate the delivery and implementation of major or complex projects within cost, schedule and contract limitations while ensuring total customer satisfaction.

This is a great opportunity to work with some of our highest profile automotive & GEM (general embedded) customers on ground-breaking technology that will impact millions of users and be essential to the success of QNX.

What you'll do:

  • Lead cross-functional, global teams across engineering, finance, sales, and external partners to deliver technically complex software programs.
  • Own end-to-end program execution-from planning and estimation through delivery-ensuring optimal use of shared engineering resources within time and budget constraints.
  • Build and maintain detailed project plans and schedules for large, multi-track initiatives, identifying dependencies and critical paths.
  • Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical and program risks to keep high-impact projects on track.
  • Coordinate the breakdown and distribution of work packages across internal teams and external contractors, ensuring clarity, accountability, and delivery alignment.
  • Act as a central point of contact between software developers, technical leads, contractors, and customers, translating requirements into executable plans.
  • Monitor progress across the full lifecycle, resolving issues quickly and effectively to meet delivery commitments.
  • Contribute to or lead the creation of contracts and statements of work with external partners (an asset).
  • Provide clear, data-driven status, schedule, budget, and technical reporting to stakeholders.
  • Collaborate closely with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and Engineering Services customers to align execution with business goals.

What we're looking for:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proven experience in one of the following:
  • Technical Program / Project Management for software-driven products, or
  • Software Development experience (C, C++, Java, or similar) with significant customer-facing exposure.
  • Strong understanding of UNIX-based operating systems and embedded software environments.
  • Experience leading people, projects, or complex technical initiatives.
  • Demonstrated strength in planning, prioritization, decision-making, and problem solving.
  • Solid knowledge of software development lifecycles, program governance, and contractual processes.
  • Experience managing software implementation and deployment projects in AGILE environments.
  • Familiarity with OS microcontrollers and embedded platforms.
  • Comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects with competing timelines and priorities.
  • Background in embedded software and RTOS development is highly desirable.

If you have experience with any of these, then great!
  • Experience delivering commercial software implementations in the Embedded or RTOS market.
  • Hands-on exposure to QNX.
  • Experience supporting or implementing quality and compliance standards such as:
  • ISO 9001
  • SEI-CMMI
  • IEC 61508 / IEC 62304
  • SPICE (ISO/IEC 15504)
  • Common Criteria (ISO 15408)
  • ISO 26262


Imagine what you could do at QNX!

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range:
$108,750.00 - $158,750.00

Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position. The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.

Bonus:
The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization-wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full-time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry's success. VIP payments are made in addition to base salary and factor in company's performance as a way for employees to share in BlackBerry's achievements.

Benefits:
The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical, financial and personal well-being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid-time-off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.

Disclosure of Position Status:
This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately

Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence:

We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.

About Blackberry

BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian technology company that provides enterprise software and services. The company is best known for its BlackBerry smartphones, which were popular in the early 2000s. Today, BlackBerry focuses on providing software solutions for businesses and governments, particularly in the areas of cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
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