City : Toronto, ON, CA

Category : Software Development

Industry : Telecommunications

Employer : Rogers

We support and encourage employees to find long term success and explore opportunities that play to their individual strengths and passions. We value lateral moves as much as vertical promotions – we believe all roles should develop your skills, broaden your experience, and help you build a rewarding career at Rogers.

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Come play a key role in building the future of Digital products for Rogers! Everyone wants to be part of a transformational team – and that’s exactly what we’re building. A team that innovates and a team that wins.

At Rogers we are committed to creating and growing teams that are digital-first, fast-moving and bold-thinking and are focused on delivering impact with everything they do. Our impressive collection of assets includes media properties, sports teams, sports events & production, venues, e-commerce platforms and a close connection with our Connected Home and 5G Wireless team. Collectively, we touch 30-million of Canadians every month!

Not only is our business strong, but so is our culture. We genuinely care about each other and working in an environment that allows each of us to bring our best authentic selves to work. That starts with our firm commitment to a diverse, inclusive and safe workplace. We’re also dedicated to giving back by using our media megaphone to help Canadians who need it most. Our team is All IN on diversity and inclusion – find out more at www.allinforequity.ca.

As we grow our team, the well-being of our team members remains our top priority. To ensure the health and safety of our team members, including those in the recruitment process, our team members are working from home, and are equipped to do so safely and efficiently.

Are you up for the challenge and the fun?  If so, consider the following opportunity!

Manager – Digital Media Platform

We are looking for a strong leader to join the Digital Media team within Rogers as a Project Manager.  In this role, you will be responsible for delivering project management excellence on key strategic initiatives through disciplined execution.  The breadth and complexity of these projects cannot be understated.  The successful candidate should be able to oversee the impacts, interdependencies and timelines between functional teams and work to ensure project initiatives meet the goals and objectives set forth by the senior and executive leadership teams.

What you will do:

• Provide support to the teams developing Digital Media products
• Create a roadmap for the reusable components that ensures growing internal adoption while maintaining technical health
• Help scale the best practices around usage of the products through education and enablement.
• Provide System Design knowledge to ensure component stability across multiple products.
• Assess, estimate, and architect products and features from ideation to delivery. Keeping a keen eye on reusability, stability, and revenue opportunities
• Oversee the development and growth of the Digital Media Platform Enablement Team – Creating services, frameworks, and SDKs to enhance and optimize the developer footprint inside the department.
• Directly manage, hire, and oversee developers, and growing and mentoring these individuals in their career path.
• Work with a variety of software vendors to identify and implement key features and functionality that will add value to the department portfolio.

What you will bring:

• Proficient with the Agile framework and how teams should be working within it.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, software development life cycle, from concept to deployment and monitoring.
• Experience in multiple full stack domains including DevOps, backend, and frontend services.
• Knowledge of system design principles with understanding of vertical and horizontal scalability and architectural trade-off decisions.
• Proven ability to balance and reconcile the needs of product and business with the long-term vision of technology and software
• Track record of managing and mentoring technical teams and progressing the career trajectory of employees.
• Capability of breaking down large development projects and prioritizing work against aggressive timelines
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple business verticals
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and negotiation skills with ability to communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical professionals.

Here’s what you can expect in return:

• A competitive salary and benefits that include access to our Employee Share Accumulation Program, Retirement Benefits and a variety of other perks including 50% off Rogers services and Blue Jays tickets
• A manager who deeply cares about your development and long-term career at Rogers
• A team that trusts and wants to win together
• Smart and accomplished colleagues who are focused on both the “what” and the “how” 
• Flexibility to work from home even after the pandemic ends 
• Your choice of hardware and software (iPhone or Android/Mac or PC etc.) 
• As we grow our team, the well-being of our team members remains our top priority. To ensure the health and safety of our team members, including those in the recruitment process, our team members are working from home, and are equipped to do so safely and efficiently

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As a condition of hire, all new employees will be required to provide proof of vaccinations against COVID 19. Any request for an exception under Human Rights legislation must be supported by evidence to be considered by Rogers on a case by case basis.

Please click here to review conditions that may qualify for medical exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Schedule: Full time

Shift: Day

Length of Contract: Not Applicable (Regular Position)

Work Location: 1 Mount Pleasant (083), Toronto, ON 

Travel Requirements: Up to 10%

Posting Category/Function: Technology & Software Development

Requisition ID: 252396

At Rogers Digital, our team doesn’t shy away from big ideas – we bring them to life. We work tirelessly to deliver the best user experiences (period) and build amazing self-serve experiences that our customers want to use. We are customer-obsessed agents of change and are committed to innovation and creating effortless experiences for customers and frontline employees. We use cutting-edge tools and technologies to solve critical and complex problems with award-winning solutions. Our work impacts millions of customers everyday. At Rogers Digital, we’re looking for people who embrace change, take risks, and push boundaries. Learn more about our team and our work @ https://digital.rogers.com/

Together, we'll make more possible, and these six shared values guide and define our work:

1. Our people are at the heart of our success
2. Our customers come first. They inspire everything we do
3. We do what’s right, each and every day
4. We believe in the power of new ideas
5. We work as one team, with one vision
6. We give back to our communities and protect our environment

Posting Notes:  Digital & Technology