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February 22, 2007
VP Marketing & Business Dev For Live Internet TV Start-up In Palo Alto
Palo Alto's Veodia is looking for a VP of Marketing and BD at this pre-launch, angel-backed start-up.
Contact - jobs@veodia.com
Angel-backed start-up about to launch a unique live Internet TV service looking for a VP of Marketing and Business Development to join our management team. We’re based in downtown Palo Alto, a few blocks from the Caltrain station, and come from the MPEG-4 / h.264 streaming and open source worlds. We’ve been working on the product for over a year and are now looking for a talented, experienced and enthusiastic executive to help us launch and build a strong business.
You will be part of the executive team, in charge of:
- Developing and implementing a market strategy: go-to-market, sales model and pricing, channels
- Brand building and communication, management of product launch with PR agency
- Development and management of strategic partnerships.
This starts as a very hands-on job and as we grow you will be responsible for building and managing your own team.
Ideally, you have already played a major role in a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) company and are familiar with consumer, corporate and media markets. You also have experience building and managing a team. Above all, you are ready for the exciting challenge and potential upside of joining an early stage start-up with a very innovative technology.
Attractive salary/equity package depending on your background and experience. Director level candidates welcome to apply too.
Please contact us with your resume and pointers to relevant experience: jobs@veodia.com
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February 19, 2007
VP Engineering For Paranoid Mapping/Community In Fremont Area
"Non-disclosure agreement must be signed along with us photocopying your government issued ID for proof. "Spies" need not respond as we are very connected and will check your background and kick you out with fanfare!"
Chill guys, you're just a pre-funded map start-up. They also boast "It is currently funded by private investors, and continue to have private investors literally throwing money at the company! VCs are standing by as well as potential billion dollar acquirers."
Reply to: job-279135176@craigslist.org
An emerging startup with 13 people next to Fremont BART is now looking for hands-on experienced engineering managers. Founded by a visionary software architect and seasoned software executive who has taken companies public, he is now looking for a true highly technical hands-on natural leader to be part of the most advanced location-centric information systems for the enterprise and consumers.
Specifically, the qualified candidate must possess the following experience:
* Successfully managed teams and projects as Director of large company or VP level of medium to small companies.
* Specialized on large scale multi-tier systems supporting millions of users
* Information architect - understand large scale information management with database catalogs or XML schemas.
* Vector-based mapping server and client technology and GIS experience a major plus
* Java background is a major plus, Flash SWF expertise is awesome too!
* Database-like/mission critical file systems a major plus (e.g., Reiser4)
* Project management is essential
* Production/Operations background is a major plus
* Super high energy, positive attitude, and relentless drive for results
* Respectful and loyal to superiors
* Flexible in possibly running a team out of greater Los Angeles/OC if necessary
The company is current two months away from official public beta release on the website. It is currently funded by private investors, and continue to have private investors literally throwing money at the company! VCs are standing by as well as potential billion dollar acquirers. This is a rareopportunity for the super star engineering managers to take the advanced product to the next stage.
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CFO/Controller For NYC Financial Software Co. FTEN
NYC's FTEN is looking for its first Controller/CFO. FTEN claims its technology processes over 15% of the daily US Equities Volume.
FTEN is an independent non-broker dealer technology company. FTEN provides Access, Speed and Control via our VX™ latency sensitive black box trading gateway, our RX™ real-time intraday risk-management system which provides a dashboard view of all transactions, and our DX™ direct market access system. FTEN's technology processes over 15% of the daily US Equities Volume.
We are interested in exceptional candidates who believe they can contribute to FTEN’s executive management team as the company’s first Controller/CFO.
Working with FTEN’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operations Officer, the Controller would:
• Oversee accounting, treasury, payroll, systems and contract management.
• Manage, direct, and oversee special projects and assignments which impact financial reporting.
• Direct development, maintenance, and execution of fiscal policies, accounting, and internal financial controls.
• Oversee the preparation of required financial statements and reports for internal and external use as well as for audit purposes.
• Establish and implement short- and long-range organizational goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures; monitor and evaluate operational effectiveness; effect changes required for improvement.
• Develop and manage annual budgets for the company and perform periodic cost and productivity analyses.
• Develop and maintain a cash management investment program to ensure an adequate return on cash balances.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Experience working with international subsidiaries is desirable but not a requirement for the position.
• Knowledge of financial securities industry is desirable but not a requirement for the position.
Compensation:
Negotiable Salary and Excellent Fortune 500-level Benefits.
Email resume to HRCCONT@FTEN.com (no attachments will be opened – all information must be contained in the body of the email.) Include salary history and salary requirement with your submission.
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CEO For Un-named Financial Servcies Internet Startup
"We are looking for a CEO for a financial services Internet startup company. Experience in building successful Internet startups is a must."
The startup plans to appeal to young people, conservative/new investors, and parents who want to set up a long-term nest egg for their young children, and give them a web-based tool for investing in dividend stocks.
"Person must be able to build a solid team (CFO, etc.) around them and, using existing contacts and strong networking skills, assist in securing startup capital. Person must also be able to develop several financial models and options for the company."
Person should also have experience in overseeing marketing initiatives and must be a great deal maker. Experience in formulating strong business plans is also a must.
Person will also need to take an active role in helping to build a board of directors that will bring experience and value to the company.
Reply to: job-281198251@craigslist.org
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Online Enterprise Video Startup Avidence Needs BD VP In Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale's digital video software maker Avidence is in need of a VP for BD. It has just raised around $5M in Series A from ArrowPath Ventures and Red Rock Ventures.
The company remains in stealth mode. Its led by CEO Frank Bishop who was VP and GM at Siebel Systems and CMO Param Singh who was an entrepreneur in residence at Outlook Ventures VP and GM at Infoseek/Disney Internet Group.
Apply here
View - site
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February 14, 2007
SF-based, VC-backed Online Fashion House NextStyle Seeks Engineer
Your two founders don't know much about developing Web sites or technology but they do know their way around a clothes rack.
Next Style is an early-stage Internet fashion company started by Corina Nurimba (26) and Catherine Chow (24) and funded by Next Internet. The SF-based startup promises to launch the next generation Internet shopping experience that will be more personal and more convenient. The tagline is "your trusted online personal stylist".
For immediate consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@nextstylellc.com. Please put "Software Engineer" in the subject field.
Software Engineer
About Next Style:
Next Style is an early-stage Internet fashion company started by experienced entrepreneurs Corina Nurimba and Catherine Chow and funded by Next Internet LLC. We are creating the next generation Internet shopping experience that will be more personal, more convenient, and more fun than what is currently available. Our mission is to be "your trusted online personal stylist". Our corporate office is located in the South of Market district in San Francisco. Our customers are women and men with a keen appreciation for timeless style.
For more info about the savvy duo, Corina Nurimba and Catherine Chow, please visit www.azaleaonline.com/sfchma.html. For more info about Next Internet, please visit www.nextinternet.com.
Position Description:
We are seeking an outstanding Software Engineer to build out Next Style's technology platform. As one of the first technical hires, you will drive strategic technical initiatives, help shape the development culture, and own large sections of the codebase. This position will expose you to a wide range of challenges, with significant financial and career development upside.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter, have a good balance of technical and communication skills, and possess a flexible, positive attitude. You are expected to have substantial experience as a web application developer and/or tech lead, and you must be excited about building a new application, team, and company from the ground up.
Position Responsibilities:
* Work with the Product Manager and users to collect and digest requirements
* Design features with an emphasis on usability, elegance, and simplicity
* Iteratively develop and release features and enhancements at a rapid pace
* Write and maintain sufficient documentation, unit tests, and functional tests
* Work proficiently at all layers of the development stack, from SQL to AJAX
* Help define and enforce conventions, best practices, architecture, and team culture
Qualifications:
* BS/BA in CS or equivalent
* 3+ years work experience in web application development; startup experience is preferred
* Experience with at least one of the following: Ruby, Java, Python, PHP; preferably using a modern object-relational mapping tool (e.g., Rails ActiveRecord, Hibernate) and an MVC framework (e.g., Rails ActionPack, Struts)
* Experience with a major, production-quality SQL database; PostgreSQL experience is preferred
* Understanding of standard development practices, including use of source control to manage multiple branches of development, QA and bug-fixing processes, automated unit testing, and other basic software engineering tools and techniques
* Strong understanding of object-oriented design and other software engineering fundamentals
* Organized, self-sufficient worker with a disciplined, analytical approach to problem solving
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Bonus points for other skills, such as UNIX system adminstration or usability/UI design
This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus program, stock options, employee discount, and other comprehensive benefits.
For immediate consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@nextstylellc.com. Please put "Software Engineer" in the subject field.
Posted by BT at 08:16 PM
San Jose's Fast Track Networking Giant Force10 Hiring 2 VPs
Force10 is hiring both a Vice President, Strategic Alliances( Job Id# SAL-US009)
and a Vice President, Sales Operations (Job Id# SAL-US010)
Force10 Networks, a 10-Gbit/s ethernet switch specialist -- in advance of an expected IPO -- recently raised $113M from a total of 63 investors bringing its total funding raised to date ahead of $400M. The last time Force10 reported revenues was 2005 when it said it made more than $60M.
To apply, please send your resume to jobs@force10networks.com
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in resilient Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing. Founded in 1999, Force10 revolutionized networking with the E-Series switch/router—the first product to deliver true line rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing. The Force10 E-Series switch/routers provide best-in-class resiliency, unmatched scalability and line rate performance in all deployment configurations. Based on a patented architecture that combines fully distributed hardware, and modular software, the E-series switch/router ensures predictable application performance, increases network availability and reduces operating costs.
Currently we are seeking to hire a Vice President, Strategic Alliances with the following qualifications:
SUMMARY
The VP of Strategic Alliances is responsible for leading our Partner development team in identifying, managing and maximizing the business impact of numerous partner relationships and programs. This position reports to Sr. VP of WW Sales and is located in San Jose, CA
Key Responsibilities:
• Aggressively identify, prioritize and manage corporate relationships with a targeted set of large strategic partners that have global and multi-market reach to create measurable business results for each partner.
• Lead the design and development of corporate-wide, scalable partnership programs that allow Force10 to increase its competitive advantage in all of its markets, improve customer acquisition and loyalty, and make it easier for a wide variety of partners to work constructively with Force10 in a programmatic and scalable fashion.
• Work with the sales leadership and business development staff in each market, provide guidance on developing a focused high impact set of market-specific partnerships to accelerate growth in North America, international and government market verticals.
• Serve as the senior executive in the company with respect to technology, content and learning application partnerships.
• High Identify and evaluate potential OEM transactions.
Qualifications:
• High degree of personal integrity and strong ability tow work collaboratively and effectively in a fast-paced, flexible, team based environment.
• Proven experience in providing strategic guidance and operational oversight in the partnership area in a growing multi-industry company.
• In-depth knowledge of scalable business development and partner management programs.
• Proven ability to establish strategic partnerships in rapidly changing industries and with large complex partners.
• Strong ability to prioritize key initiatives, develop business cases for budgets and resource investments and align multiple operating units towards common business development goals.
• Willingness to be located in San Jose, CA area and work out of the Force10 Networks corporate headquarters required.
• Extremely high energy, work ethic, and stamina to perform consistently and at a high level in a very demanding environment.
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February 13, 2007
SF-based, Pre-Launch Movie Search Site CastTV Seeks Site COO
Alright so we are not 100% sure this job is for the somewhat secretive CastTV. But we took clues to reach this conclusion. CastTV started in 2004 by a husband and wife engineering team who self-funded the service. CastTV is in beta and won't go live until the end of this year, according to co-founder Alex Vikati.
The video search engine is trying to be the most comprehensive search database by crawling the Web for video content from major networks, individuals and other producers. CastTV doesn't search inside the video, but IDs files Flash, Javascript and media plug-ins, such as the video players from Microsoft's media player as well as the more recent players from Brightcove to VideoEgg. CastTV plans to make money as a destination site and as a technology provider to media companies.
Apply to job-277822496@craigslist.org
Our new San Francisco-based movie search engine company needs a talented, experienced manager to oversee twenty full-time and part-time techies, editors and writers. Experience in managing content creation and technology required. We are a groundbreaking Web 2.0 start-up that is lead by a well-known entrepreneur.
If you’re interested, please send your resume to the email provided. Thank you!
Posted by Paul at 10:49 PM
Web Builder Organic Hiring Like Mad
Organic must have 100+ open jobs in San Francisco, New York, Detroit and elsewhere. If you are invited for an interview, you will be asked to submit a short essay about an exceptional experience that you've had. Among the top jobs that are listed are these:
+ Vice President, Engineering, Detroit
+ Vice President, Finance, San Francisco
+ Vice President, Engagement Management, Detroit
+ Vice President, Engagement Management, New York
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Sequoia-backed, SF Social Media Tool Maker PopularMedia Needs BD Dude or Lady
PopularMedia sells social networking capabilities and analytics to corporate types. Sequoia Capital invested in them in 2006. The company has an impressive list of clients. This is the kind of stuff they do:
* Drive online and offline retail sales
* Generate sample requests
* Introduce new products
* Distribute coupons (direct or friend-to-friend)
* Generate in-store or on-premise traffic
* Build customer and prospect databases
* Manage viral contests and sweepstakes
* Run promotions
* Raise awareness and money for social causes
Apply here
Looking for the next big thing – a chance to dominate a huge market early? Interested in joining a true startup success story at just the right moment? If you’re an experienced media and marketing sales executive then keep reading.
PopularMedia, Inc. is creating advanced social networking applications for its growing blue-chip client list and we need a high-energy, revenue-generating Director of Business Development to lead the charge for us.
You’ve been hearing about viral marketing for years now. It has unfathomable potential. Right up there with search, but nobody’s really been able to consistently capitalize on it. To productize it. PopularMedia has applied science, technology and advanced analytics to the black art of viral marketing. We’ve created a scaleable, measurable ROI platform for consumers to advocate their favorite brands. Forget million dollar consumer-generated Super Bowl ads. How does low-cost, consumer-distributed content grab you?
Many of you are scratching your heads right now. “Viral what?” “Consumer who?” you might be asking. But a few of you are intrigued and excited. You’ve got a solid understanding of marketing across verticals and have likely sold marketing solutions/systems into the Fortune 1000. You’re comfortable dealing with the top marketers in those companies and selling to and through agencies. You’re comfortable talking tech and you may even have an MBA.
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First Ad Sales Exec For VC-backed Travel Startup cFares
Guy Kawasaki's Garage Ventures has put some money into Redwood Shores cFares. The company offers both a free and paid travel search results program. The site doesn't look like much, but they are just getting out of the starting gates. Travel ad market is hot with limited inventory but it doesn't look like cFares has much traffic to sell at this point.
Contact Email: careers@cfares.com
• Exciting venture-funded startup in next-generation Travel space
• Seasoned leadership including three Stanford grads
• Competitive compensation and exceptional upside potential
• Minimal travel required
• Location: Silicon Valley (Redwood Shores, California)
cFares, a rapidly growing next-generation travel service with a unique travel search technology and value proposition, seeks an exceptional Internet Advertising Sales executive who will work closely with the President and the VP of Marketing to launch a comprehensive Ad Sales program in the Travel space.
We have an immediate opening for our first advertising sales executive who can hit the ground running – hard! We are looking for an individual with the experience and motivation required to establish a thriving advertising revenue base for the company. There is no advertising program currently in place, so the individual will have unlimited room to pursue and close the best advertising deals. The position offers unlimited commission potential, as well as exciting growth and management opportunities down the road.
Key Responsibilities
• Define and structure company Ad Sales model
• Develop new advertising market segments and leads
• Sell into prospective advertisers
• Prepare media kit, proposals, and presentations
• Close advertising deals
• Work with Design and Development to ensure Ad placements on site
• Track Ad inventory and report on status to advertising clients, and company management
We offer a very competitive package including generous commissions and full health benefits.
Key Qualifications
• Internet / online advertising sales experience required
• Account management and new business development experience required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Experience with Travel industry preferred
• Prior relationships with Travel advertisers preferred
Education & Experience Required:
• 5-7 years of Ad Sales experience.
• Bachelors degree required
• Internet and Travel experience preferred.
Company Culture and Fit:
cFares is an exciting new venture-backed firm in the Travel search space. Our philosophy is to hire top caliber individuals who can grow with the company. Having said that, people who succeed in young companies need special skills to thrive. What we look for culture fit in a candidate is:
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. THIS IS A CRITICAL SKILL FOR THIS POSITION.
• Breadth of Intellect: A natural desire to learn and grow across many intellectual fields at high rates of speed
• Indomitable: Persistence through any conditions to achieve a goal
• Commitment: Identification with the quote "Commitment begins when you think you cannot go any further, but chose to do so anyway"
• Assertiveness: Ability to respectfully get management's attention, when needed, to provide approvals or resources
• Drive and energy: Willingness to take charge of an obvious problem and solve it
• Self-motivated: Drive to set own goals when the environment doesn't specify any
• Team Player: When management does provide clear goals, ability to take those goals, internalize them, and get results by working with the team and leveraging available resources.
• Delivers Results: History of focusing on activities that directly impact the bottom line
• Tolerance for Chaos: Ability to "Roll with the punches" and adapt techniques and styles to constantly changing market requirements
For consideration, please reference the Internet Ad Sales Executive job and e-mail your resume and cover letter to:
careers@cfares.com
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February 06, 2007
Favorite Job Post" "Jesus Christ- finding Programmers in Silicon Valley is Insane (saratoga)"
This post comes via an un-named local search startup that says it is funded by can't find the geeks locally to get their system out of alpha.
Apply to -job-272563311@craigslist.org
We're a young, dynamic, venture-funded, local search start-up. Having just raised a round of financing, we are looking to hire a database architect/engineer and a front-end web developer (javascript, AJAX, SQL). We know it's a bull market but this is ridiculous.
We're based in the south bay; we have a founding team and are looking to build our group to 7-8, primarily engineers. We have a clever approach to local search; the search engine is in alpha and is demonstrable. It provides local recommendations that across a broader number of local business categories than user-review models (ie: CitySearch, Yelp, Yahoo Local). If you're interested, please contact us. Thanks!
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February 05, 2007
VP Mktng And Product At Simply Hired In Mountain View
Backed by $17M in VC funding SimplyHired has built a nice Web site but it is strong competition from Jobster and Indeed as well as older jobs sites like Monster and Yahoo Jobs. They need to fill this top position.
Apply – Go to http://www.simplyhired.com/careers.html and submit your resume
Vice President of Product & Marketing
Are you an Internet product and marketing guru that has lead teams to build great websites or tools and then connect them with a mountain of users? We’re looking for that special someone to drive the company’s product, traffic and awareness. You will be responsible for making sure that “I love using Simply Hired” is the first thing that comes to mind when any publisher, talent seeker or job seeker hears someone so much as whisper “job search” …
Company Description
You want to work at a cool startup . . .
Simply Hired is a start-up company with a passion for building great technology and having some fun along the way. We prize the ability to innovate and create stupendous software solutions, as much as we applaud the wit behind a clever pun or an elegant alliteration. Though, we must admit that we enjoy playing practical jokes around the office with such enthusiasm and regularity that our HR department pretty much operates in a continual state of abject terror.
A bit more about us. . .
* Want to work on something worthwhile? Our mission is to help connect people with their dream job, and we operate the world’s largest job site with 5 million jobs in one place.
* Worried about a start-up making payroll? We have raised $17.7M, and the management team is filled with seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies.
* Wondering if anyone really cares? The industry has taken notice. We’ve been awarded Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Web Sites, and Business Week’s Best of the Web.
Responsibilities
You would enjoy spending your time . . .
* Moving the Right Business Metrics Up and To the Right (25%)
o Surface the key metrics which drive the success of the company.
o Lead the correct initiatives to achieve industry leadership on all metrics.
* Driving Traffic and Getting the Word Out (25%)
o Generate press coverage through PR and outreach to media and analysts.
o Attract users to our site through ROI-able SEO, SEM, and affiliate marketing.
o Utilize creative promotions and events to increase awareness.
* Creating Brand Awareness (25%)
o Develop branding and messaging that differentiates the company’s product and mission in the marketplace
o Execute marketing programs that heighten company brand awareness in the publishing and employment worlds
* Satisfying Customer Needs (25%)
o You live, breathe and sleep the publisher, talent seeker and job seeker experience and are constantly in touch with them.
o Systematically build features that delight each group.
Your performance would make stakeholders wax poetic . . .
* CEO: “ has an ability to get the word out like I’ve never seen before. When people think about job search, they think about Simply Hired!”
* President: “ provides great insight about customer needs and continue to build the best product in the market.”
* VP Sales: “ has created awareness in the market to help accelerate the sales process, while providing information about our customer base that helps our advertisers.”
* Publisher: “ made sure that Simply Hired’s last release hit all of my requests.”
* Advertiser: “ improved the quality of our leads with some really innovative features.”
Qualifications
You’ve been there done that . . .
* Identified key business metrics for a web-based product (e.g., page views, clicks, time on site, visits, revenue, sign-ups) and drove substantial and sustained increases.
* Created differentiated messaging to stand out in the marketplace.
* Generated millions of visitors to a Web site only on the basis of public relations with stories in tech, trade and consumer publications.
* Executed SEM spends against a specific ROI model which you have developed, measured and optimized.
* Implemented SEO strategy that improved the page rank of your Web site and drove visitors to the Web site.
* Created and executed promotions and physical events with thousands of participants.
* Launched affiliate programs with tens of thousands of affiliates.
* Have 10+ years of marketing experience in the areas of online traffic generation, brand building programs, public relations, online marketing and product development and product management.
* Have 7+ years of Internet marketing experience in consumer focused companies
* Hired, managed and nurtured a 10+ person marketing team, managed people who have managed people, and managed an outside PR firm.
. . . and been there done SOME of that, too . . .
* Worked in the vertical search market and/or the employment market.
* Been an Internet industry “veteran” with deep product and/or marketing experience.
* Had P/L responsibility
If you think you might be the one we’re looking for . . .
* Learn More – Read our philosophy and our blog at www.simplyhired.com/aboutus.html
* Apply – Go to http://www.simplyhired.com/careers.html and submit your resume
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Director Digital Product At NBC Universal In NYC
This is a pretty senior postion reporting to NBCu's VP. You would work on some cool stuff: NBC.com, Bravotv.com, AccessHollywood.com, Scifi.com, USANetwork.com, Telemundo.com/Mun2.com, NBCsports.com, Olympics, Film, local and network news.
The down-side is we are guessing the politics there are hell.
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through nbcunicareers.com to be considered (note job#: 554816).
Universal has an immediate opening in its Digital Media group in New York. Here is an opportunity to make a significant contribution as one of the world's best media and entertainment companies' leverages the digital medium as a cornerstone of its strategy in today's Internet age. The Digital Media group at NBC Universal is at the epicenter of the recently announced NBCU 2.0 initiative, which is focused on transitioning the company from traditional analog media to digital media leveraging Internet and wireless platforms. The opportunity also covers international responsibilities as the Digital Media group expands its focus outside of the U.S. starting in 2007.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• The Director, Digital Product Development is a leadership role in the Digital Media group of NBC Universal. Reporting directly to the VP, Digital Product Development, the person will be responsible for facilitating launch of new product initiatives and managing ongoing initiatives across all NBC Universal online properties.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Work closely with both internal and external corporate partners and internal divisions. Key partners include online Digital Media leadership for all NBCU properties including ..
• Interface with business leaders across NBCU properties to prepare business requirements and high-level product requirements for new initiatives.
• Primary interface with NBCU's internal technology team that is responsible for building new products to ensure
1) detailed product requirements are clearly defined to address business objectives,
2) agreed upon product requirements are strictly adhered to as product are built, and
3) product delivery schedule meets business objectives and goals.
• Manage all third party product partners.
• Remain current with industry trends and facilitate best practice sharing among NBCU site operators
• Facilitate weekly Digital Media Product Portfolio Council meetings. The Council consists of cross-functional leaders (e.g., NBCU online properties, strategy, finance, sales, technology, etc). It is a forum to review new initiatives, evaluate existing initiatives and prioritize the product portfolio across all NBCU online properties.
DESIRED:
• Extensive technical knowledge, including a strong understanding of emerging technologies and how they are evolving.
• Strong influence management experience and the demonstrated ability to drive change in groups that are not directly under their jurisdiction.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate large, highly matrixed, complex, dynamic organizations with multi-business lines.
• Experience managing via teamwork and collaboration, both within the department and via interaction with others.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic plans, which result in successful tactical implementation.
• Masters in Business Administration or Masters in Science
JOB REQUIREMENTS: QUALIFICATIONS:
• The successful candidate will have at least 4 years executive level experience in leading both creative and strategic functions and initiatives for a high-volume website, or collection of websites, operating on a global scale.
• Bachelors' degree in science or engineering or at least 8 years of experience in product development in the consumer entertainment, Internet and/or the online media space.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Interested candidates must submit a resume/CV through nbcunicareers.com to be considered (note job#: 554816).
• Willingness to travel and work overtime, and on weekends with short notice
• Must be willing to take drug test and submit to a background investigation
• Must be 18 years or older
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Nowhere in this universe will you find more powerful opportunities to contribute to changes taking place in the industry. We offer a competitive compensation, excellent benefits and involvement in the world of entertainment. As a member of the NBCU Team, you'll help shape the future in the company of "Great People Doing Great Things." For prompt consideration, apply online at: www.nbcunicareers.com typing Job # 554816
in the in the keyword search field.
THIS JOB IS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NY.
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February 01, 2007
Client Team Lead/Architect For SF-based Plum
Plum is a sort of digital scrap-book that remains in beta. They have a need for several people including a client team lead/architect.
Apply to info at plum dot com
Client Team Lead/Architect
Plum is looking for an exceptional individual to be the team lead and architect for client development. The Plum clients include RIAs, a Web UI, browser plugins (IE and FireFox), as well as a desktop application (Windows and OSX). We are looking for someone to provide both technical and development leadership.
This is a role that requires creativity and independence as well as a broad command of client application development technologies.
You'll need:
* Demonstrated ability to work across a broad range of technologies and environments.
* To have developed a Windows desktop application for the consumer market
* Experience with network applications and web development
* Demonstrated leadership skills
* Ability to work in a distributed "no-office" environment leading a distributed development team; Plum has developers in four countries and five geographies.
And you can get brownie points with any of the following:
* Experience with browser plug-ins and extensions
* Max OSX development
* Experience with open source, or strong connections into the open source community.
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VP of Engineering For Un-named North beach, SF Seed Funded Startup
A SF-based consumer internet startup is looking for a CTO/VP of engineering. You need experience deploying large data-driven commercial web sites (ad serving, data feeds, video streaming)
Contact - debbie@northpointstaffing.com
Consumer Internet Startup – Seeking Founding/Lead Engineer, VP, or CTO (depending on experience, rock star status)
We are a stealth San Francisco-based Internet startup focused on knowledge sharing that recently completed our seed round of funding. We are backed by a leading group of technology and finance executives and are moving at LIGHTNING SPEED. WE WANT YOU.
You’re a very hands-on senior software engineer or architect, VP of Engineering, CTO, or simply a rock star developer with big aspirations who can code AND also build an engineering team.
You have lots of experience developing and launching consumer Internet products (social networking, user generated content, search, online classifieds, online commerce or auctions, and the like).
Maybe things at your current job move too slowly. Maybe you like working on big audacious ideas (this is NOT a widget or application, but a giant platform we are building). Maybe you a sick of your commute to the Valley and are looking for a position in San Francisco. Whatever your motivation, it’s strong and you’re looking for an opportunity to join a consumer Internet company at a very early-stage where you can play a lead role in the Company’s development and strategy while collaborating with a great team. You thrive in a start-up environment and have passion, excellence and imagination for leading a team in the creation of world-class applications. Sound like you? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Attractive salary and equity compensation to be discussed.
Required Experience:
Strength in back-end with some front-end skills: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, HTML (strong layout skills, knowledge of version differences), XHTML, CSS, XML, XSL, XPath, JavaScript, Ajax
Experience or interest in Agile software development practices and principles (e.g. TDD, Pair Programming, Refactoring, Continuous Integration…)
Must have experience with developing advanced web applications
Video streaming experience a MUST
Flash & ActionScript knowledge advantageous
Ruby on Rails knowledge advantageous
Understanding & real world experience of Object Oriented design and a clear understanding and experience using Design Patterns
Experience developing content management systems
Understanding of issues related to scalability, if not direct experience with scaling network applications (load balancing, clustering, etc.)
Ability to work independently, take initiative and contribute new ideas required in a diverse, fast-paced, team environment.
Organization and analytic skills, with problem solving ability
Excellent communications and written skills
College degree in computer-related field or equivalent experience
Track record of developing and launching scalable Internet products
Experience managing large, multi-phased internet projects
Experience working with third party or remote developers
Experience deploying large data-driven commercial web sites (ad serving, data feeds, video streaming)
Experience in online community building and consumer interaction.
Please send resume to debbie@northpointstaffing.com and call 415-474-1200 for interview consideration-
Please note that the position is for someone who is very hands on with ROR, comes from the consumer internet enirvoment , worked for a company in the online community and can be stratagic and manage a team of engineers.
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Video Search Start-up CastTV Needs Techs
CastTV is husband/wife founded, San Francisco-based video search start-up that says it has recently raised VC funding. The company seeks software engineers and product managers
Send your resumes to jobs AT casttv.com.