Our Jobs of the Week column today highlights a couple of postings by iWave Information Systems, a P.E.I. company that helps non-profits with their fundraising efforts.
Based in Charlottetown, iWave has developed software that helps researchers, fundraisers and other development professionals learn more about their prospects and donors.The company is now looking for a sales manager and an acting marketing manager.
We also have two other postings this week: Dash Hudson, a Halifax company that helps clients analyze their Instagram data, is looking for an account executive; and Moncton-based Porpoise, whose mobile app helps companies to celebrate employees’ charitable work, has an opening for a mobile app developer.
The Jobs of the Week column features openings posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which focuses on jobs in technology, innovation and startups in Atlantic Canada. The Entrevestor Job Board helps match job openings and candidates in the tech and start-up communities and is operated by Entrevestor and Qimple.
Charlottetown
iWave
The sales manager will work with iWave’s team (now at 10 people) to coach and lead account executives and sales development representatives. The goal is to meet the team's new business acquisition and retention objectives. IWave is looking for an energetic self-starter with proactive management skills to achieve sales team quotas. The successful candidate will be responsible for pipeline planning and management to achieve win results and conversion rates. The company is looking for someone with three or more years of experience leading and building high performance sales teams, preferably in SaaS-type companies. Applicants should have a bachelor degree in business.
The acting marketing manager will work with the leadership team to coordinate company-wide marketing and communications initiatives for a 12-month period. This position could become a full-time position, depending on performance and organizational demands. The marketing manager must maintain iWave's marketing strategy and budget, with a focus on increasing inbound leads.
He or she must manage marketing automation strategy, including workflows, emails, lead generation, and SEO. IWave is looking for someone with strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and exceptional communication, writing, presentation, and editing skills. The successful candidate should have a bachelor or college degree and three to five years of experience in a similar role.
Halifax
Dash Hudson
Account executives work with Dash Hudson’s sales team to build business with some of the best marketers and companies in the world. It is looking for someone who wants the challenge of selling a leading product in a rapidly growing market. The company is looking for a diligent, creative individual with some analytical capabilities and a bit of swagger. The account executive will work with the sales team in the business development process. This includes lead generation, sales outreach, progress-tracking and closing with leading global brands. He or she must maintain active engagement with new and existing leads through creative outreach and follow-up communications designed to move leads through the sales funnel. The company is looking for someone with one to four years of experience in a similar role.
Moncton
Porpoise
Porpoise is looking for a mobile app developer who can work with the company’s new mobile app. This person should own the app – that is, improve it, fix bugs and add features that the company’s clients need. The company is looking for someone with two or more years of modern C# software development experience. It wants someone with a college or university degree in computer science or engineering, and who has worked on real world projects. He or she must have the ability to use Xamarin to code Android and iOS apps and experience developing APIs and working with backend developers. The complete list of technical requirements is available on the Porpoise job posting.
