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April 29, 2007
Engineering VP For DC's Mobile Advertising Play Acuity
Acuity is led by co-founder Barry Glick, the founder of MapQuest. The company delivers targeted content - advertisements, coupons, offers, news, etc. - to any mobile device based on the end-user's interests and location. They are looking for a head of engineering with a mobile background. You'll report to the CTO - Chuck Rieger. The company is based in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Email info@acuitymobile.com or call 301.513.0111.
Vice President of Engineering
Company Overview:
Acuity Mobile is a leading provider of mobile marketing solutions. Our patented Embedded Mobile Advertising Platform (EMAP) enables the delivery of targeted content - advertisements, coupons, offers, news, etc. - directly to any mobile device based on the end-user's interests and location. First developed in 2000 and awarded several patents in 2003, the EMAP Platform is a highly intelligent, secure solution that learns user preferences and ensures relevant and timely delivery of marketing offers and content. The precise delivery of this content is proven to enhance the effectiveness of marketing and communication efforts and improves customer satisfaction. This precision is what we call Spot Relevance™ Led by an experienced management team and co-founded by Barry Glick, the founder of MapQuest, Acuity Mobile has an in-depth understanding of the concerns faced by marketers and content owners. The EMAP platform was developed to address those concerns and harness the power of mobile media to drive business. Acuity Mobile is a privately-held technology company headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland. For more information, please email info@acuitymobile.com or call 301.513.0111.
Summary of Functions:
Responsible for all of Acuity Mobile’s engineering activities including systems analysis, programming, computer, and auxiliary operations. Directs all software engineering activities, primarily for the strategic planning and design of Acuity Mobiles product. Interfaces with other information systems management staff to coordinate software, hardware, and systems capabilities including client server architectures. Prepares cost estimates for current and proposed activities. Confers with and advises subordinates on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities, and methods. Prepares activity and progress reports. Works hand in hand with Acuity’s CTO, product management, while taking functional guidance from Corporate Executives.
Requirements:
• Master’s Degree in technical field and BS in EE, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years experience in hands-on engineering; strong background in software engineering.
• Wireless and telecommunications experience a plus.
• 5+ years technical management experience required.
• Proven track record of delivering products on time, within budget.
• Extensive knowledge of software development processes and methodologies for product.
• Design, development, testing and release experience.
• Strong management and resource allocation experience. Work with an outsourced vendor preferred.
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Chief Architect At Austin Price Optimization Firm Zilliant
Zilliant frontman is Chairman & CEO Greg Peters, who previously ran the seminal Web software bright light Vignette, where he was responsible for both its spectacular bubble days IPO and its subsequent implosion. Vignette was known more for its marketing and salesmanship than for the usability of its software.
Austin Ventures, JP Morgan and others have put a lot of investment into Zilliant.
The company started out as a consulting firm advising companies on their pricing and evolved into a software firm selling Web-based software that optimizes pricing, revenue, and margins. Software models segmentation, and analyzes discounts, and price promotions. Company has some nice early case studies in a variety of industries: Hotwired, GE, and DHL.
Competitors include Manugustics Talus Group, DemandTec, ProfitLogic and Khimetrics.
Apply here.
Chieft Architect
at Zilliant
Austin, TX 78704
Zilliant is looking for a Chief Architect to work within our Product Engineering Organization who will help to drive and maintain our leadership position within the Strategic Price Management space. This is a highly visible role with an opportunity to define next generation price optimization applications within an emerging and exploding space. The Chief Architect reports into the VP of Engineering and will define, drive, and shape Zilliant’s technology strategies as well as help bring to market new and innovative pricing solutions. This individual will have wide exposure to our global fortune 500 customer base and will be asked to help evangelize our solutions within new prospects, existing customers, industry conferences, and executive summits.
BACKGROUND ON ZILLIANT:
Zilliant is a Price Optimization Software Development Company based in Austin, Texas. We are a mature start-up with over 130 employees, cash-flow positive, and experiencing tremendous growth!
The Strategic Price Management space is growing and there are only a handful of vendors, similar to ourselves, that are playing in the space today. Zilliant has been successful in differentiating itself as the preferred B2B price optimization solution within the Manufacturing, Distribution, and Services Industries.
Gartner Analysts predict that through the year 2009, Price Optimization applications will provide the largest return on investment over any other business application. They also mention that in the space today, less than 1% of the market is tapped.
If you are an innovative leader and are interested in working with very smart individuals who are solving very complex and interesting business problems, then we want to speak with you. You must have experience architecting Java/J2EE Enterprise Applications.
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Engineering VP For Seattle Security Outfit Watchguard
This is a pretty big security company with over 350 employees. The company has been selling security appliances since 1996. Apparently their head of engineering has left (not sure about the story there.) You'll report to Joe Wang who was CEO of LANDesk Software. The company is largely owned by Francisco Partners and Vector Capital.
Apply to recruiting@watchguard.com
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of sophisticated, easy to use network security UTM solutions. We help businesses stay in business by protecting their data from the dangers of global network attacks
THE POSITION & RESPONSIBILITIES
The VP of Engineering reports to the CEO and is responsible for leading an engineering team of over sixty professionals in all aspects of product design and development of commercial software products; management of diversified engineering departments to accomplish objectives; provides technical and financial direction for the design and engineering of products; establishes manpower forecasts, direct and indirect budgets and capital requirements for each fiscal year; ensures outstanding performance and reliability of products designed; represents the company with customers and vendors. Must be able to meet schedules and budgets, as well as motivate and inspire the engineering team to produce excellent results.
THE PERSON
The desired candidate has held executive level engineering management positions in technology-based companies and takes a strategic, proactive, leadership role in developing products on time with quality. It is essential that the candidate can maximize the productivity of a talented engineering team through proper coaching and recruiting.
From a personal standpoint, the person selected will be a bright and personal executive who has the intellect, high energy, and drive to fit in with an extremely bright and motivated management team operating in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment. The candidate will focus on results while instilling a standard of excellence in all aspects of the business. You must be an open communicator, have the highest level of integrity and a strong sense of personal responsibility in accomplishing the organization’s goals. This will necessitate balanced business judgment, the ability to identify situations early and address issues in an action-oriented manner, and a strong measure of people sensitivity and teamwork when implementing change, yet clearly focusing on results.
The candidate must be decisive, tough-minded and fair, while being sensitive to the differences in cultures and people; and providing the strong leadership and motivation to change and grow along with the Company’s business.
REQUIREMENTS
• BS in computer science, MS preferred, and 15 years related experience, 8 of which managing software development team.
• Familiar with Agile Development
• Strong technical background with good business sense in networking, security, and software development.
• Strong managerial capability with proven track record of delivering multiple, high quality software products on schedule without sacrificing product features (or "cut corners") and within budget.
• A driven personality, "can do" attitude, and a results-oriented management style
• Proven ability to work effectively with Marketing and Sales teams in defining product requirements and specifications.
• Proven ability managing multi-site development centers and off-shore centers
• Innovative, creative, strategic thinking and big picture orientation.
• Know how to develop his/her people.
• Leadership – a person who can lead
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Finance VP For Video CDN Digital Fountain
Digital Fountain is an online video infrastructure company that competes with Akamai. This is one of the hottest sectors online and Digital Fountain has a very impressive group of investors who have bought in, including Cisco, Honda, BT, Sony, Sumitomo, and Matrix Partners. They are looking for a VP of Finance to report to the CEO - Charlie Oppenheimer who ran Aptiva which was bought by Yahoo.
Contact David Arnold darnold@gorillasearch.com at 408-399-6167
Gorilla Search Group has been retained to help Digital Fountain attract a Vice President of Finance. This newly created position will report to the Chief Executive Officer and play a major role in the expected rapid growth of the company. Located in Fremont, Digital Fountain is poised to expand from a software licensing model to service provider as a video CDN (Content Delivery Network) providing TV-quality network delivery over the Internet for the world’s largest media companies. www.digitalfountain.com
Since 2003, Digital Fountain has been building the foundation for flawless networked entertainment applications and mission critical defense applications. The company’s growing body of solutions enable home-theater quality television over the Internet (and IPTV networks), efficient multimedia broadcasting to mobile devices and life-critical reliability in the extreme conditions of the battlefield. In 2005, the company’s technologies were standardized by two leading mobile communications organizations. The company has broad-based partnerships with some of the largest and most innovative companies including global defense leader Northrop Grumman and IPTV pioneer Sumitomo Electric Networks. Investors in the company include Cisco, Sony, Adobe, TI, Honda Motors, Matrix Partners and Granite Ventures.
Position Summary
Reporting to the CEO, the position manages the accounting, financial planning & analysis and general administrative (including stock option administration, customer contract management/tracking, IT, and facilities) functions in the company. Manage accounting clerk for day-to-day AR/AP administration. General responsibilities include: assuring high quality of financial controls and systems; a high level of accuracy, quality and timeliness of internal and external financial reporting; managing tax compliance and planning; the position will have a major impact on the strategy of the business and will own the business model. The VP of Finance will play a key role in financing, strategy, cash flow management, and investor relations.
Qualifications
• Ability to multi-task and work on a broad range of situations
• Experience in telecom, CDN or network hosting services. Additional experience with software licensing business models very helpful.
• Proven analytical and strategic thinking
• Exceptional business modeling and analysis skills
• Financing experience (VC, Corporate) including equity and debt deals.
• Strong accounting skills, CPA a plus
• Knowledgeable about software/service contracts and able to provide detailed input with respect to revenue-recognition implications.
• Experience in both small and large corporations
• Experience with running the budgeting process and in providing meaningful analysis of actual results vs. plan
• Able to manage administrative functions including facilities and IT.
• Strong oral and written communication/presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, approachable from all levels of the organization
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, MBA a plus
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Marketing VP For TripWire In Portland
Portland, OR's Tripwire does IT configuration management and is looking for a VP of marketing with experience in enterprise software. Founded in 1992, Tripwire says that more than 1M copies of Tripwire have been downloaded and over 1/4M are in active use. Investors include Advanced Technology Ventures and Bessemer.
Email jobs@tripwire.com
There may be a lot of open jobs out there, but none of them are like ours! Tripwire is a pre-IPO company that is already very successful. With a positive, inspiring culture and some of the most dynamic people in technology, we continue to grow rapidly. We're looking for qualified, inspired candidates for the following opportunities:
Position Title: Vice President of Marketing (Job # 07-85)
Department: Marketing
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Location: Portland, OR
Summary:
The VP of Marketing will lead the product marketing and sales enablement charge for our solutions. S/he will own and drive business and marketing strategy including product management, public relations, corporate/web marketing, lead generation, partner marketing, and enable work across all departments. The VP of Marketing will leverage her/his industry leadership as a company spokesperson at press and industry analyst briefings.
This position will be responsible for strategic inbound/outbound product positioning, product launch, sales enablement and training, presentations to press and industry analysts, and sales force support for all products. The ideal candidate will be skilled in product marketing, product launch, development of sales tools, public speaking, and experienced in the enterprise applications market.
A thorough knowledge of the software/services marketing process, IT operations space, security and compliance, including defining promotional activities and product launch, planning product advertising and promotions, and planning, developing, and implementing multiple channel programs is crucial.
S/he will be required to build highly effective, cross-functional relationships across the organization, ensuring that interfaces with product supply, promotion development, website experience, and customer services create a common and compelling brand experience for the customer across all touch points.
Education and Experience:
-Verifiable success as a marketing leader (Director or VP) in an IT operations, compliance or security software company.
-Proven success in growing, developing, and evaluating a talented team.
-A bachelor’s degree in Marketing or Business, plus a minimum of 12 years related work experience, of which, 8 years experience in strategic inbound/outbound marketing.
-Extensive experience in enterprise software, solution-selling environment.
-Experience with leading industry analysts from Gartner and Forrester
-Proven ability to rapidly expand a brand through product success and initiating partnerships with industry leading organizations on time and within budget.
-Excellent communication skills, including the ability to "manage up" and obtain cross-functional buy-in and support of programs.
-Excellent operational and project management skills.
-Strong all around marketing and project management skills coupled with the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
-The passion and energy to succeed in an emerging growth opportunity.
Tripwire offers a competitive benefit package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage, vacation, life insurance and disability plans. If you meet the qualifications and would like to be considered for this position, please visit our website at www.tripwire.com for instructions on how to apply online (make sure to reference Job Number:07-85).
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April 27, 2007
BD VP For Provo, UT Travel Site Zonder
Zonder calls itself an an early-stage, VC-backed consumer Internet company led by former search engine executives. (CEO Bob Barnes was VP Business Development at Enhance Interactive - ah-ha.com). The site promotes privately-owned vacation rental properties both online and offline. They need a BD head to get better distribution. We can't find anything on who their investors are or how much was put in so fire away on those questions.
BOUT ZONDER
With masses of baby boomers entering retirement, the vacation rental industry is rapidly gaining traction. Through our platform travel agents, retailers, and direct consumers can access thousands of vacation rental properties worldwide. On our consumer site, www.zonder.com, travelers search, find, and book in real-time using their credit card.
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking a strong and talented VP of Business Development to help shape and execute our distribution strategy. This will include building relationships with key travel outlets and agencies in addition to building direct consumer traffic. In this role, you will spearhead strategic relationships on both the inventory and distribution sides. You will be responsible for building a business development organization to execute on the company’s strategic initiatives.
The right candidate has a proven track record of identifying, closing and developing strategic relationships with top-tier travel and/or search companies within the travel and/or consumer Internet space. A strong understanding of online content syndication/distribution is desirable. We’re after a self-driven, strategic thinker with entrepreneurial spirit who gets the job done!
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Identify and build distribution relationships with third-party travel outlets (online and offline)
• Build scalable relationships with large travel agencies to drive bookings
• Establish long-term relationships with travel suppliers and software vendors
• Identify new opportunities/revenue streams and execute new business strategies
• Build and manage a team of business development executives to drive new business
• Negotiate deal terms with suppliers and partners
• Work with VP of Marketing to execute on the company’s marketing initiatives
• Lead third-party traffic acquisition process for consumer websites to achieve traffic goals in the most cost-effective and efficient manner (unique visits, frequency of visits, time spent on sites)
• Manage ROI for and optimize all strategic relationships with direct accountability for results
QUALIFICATIONS
• Outstanding people person – a master at building strong enduring business relationships
• Expert deal-term and contract negotiation skills
• Prior experience in a consumer internet travel with a deep rolodex of travel industry contacts
• Proven expertise in building a high-performance business development organization with complete understanding of pipeline development and managing accountability
• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• 5-10 years of business development experience with a successful track record in sourcing, closing and managing key revenue-driving relationships with partners and competitors
• 4 year college degree required with an MBA or equivalent degree desirable
• Open, inclusive interpersonal communication style; ability to collaborate across functions
• Creativity and innovation with a focus on constant, measured improvement
• Team player with a positive high-energy, can-do attitude and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and work well under pressure and tight deadlines
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
• Competitive salary and option package
• Culture: high-performance, fun, active
• Great health benefits
• Competitive PTO
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CTO For French Online Games Site Split Games
We know that split games is one of the hottest startups in France. They need a CTO. The description is in French so you either know the lingua franca or don't bother.
Apply to CEO
SplitGames édite des sites Internet pour les joueurs de joueurs vidéos. Sites communautaires, place de marché et sites de contenus. Dans le cadre de notre expansion, nous recherchons un(e) :
++ Chef de projet senior (H/F) / CTO ++
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Missions
• Vous superviserez l’équipe de développement Web des sites SplitGames (3 Développeurs)
• Vous superviserez et participerez aux développements techniques de SplitGames
• Vous gérerez les prestataires techniques et informatiques, les sous-traitants et l’hébergement.
• Vous serez le garant du bon fonctionnement des sites et des bons développements de leurs futures fonctionnalités
• Vous participerez à la croissance d’un leader européen dans le secteur du jeu vidéo
• Vous serez ainsi au cœur même des choix stratégiques de l’entreprise avec de réelles responsabilités
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Profil
• Vous avez un diplôme d’ingénieur
• Vous avez plus de deux ans d’expérience dans la gestion de projet et/ou l’encadrement de projet Internet
• Vous avez travaillé sur des applications et des architectures web pour des sociétés présentes dans plusieurs pays de type portail où commerce électronique. Vous avez donc des bonnes bases de conception d'architectures applicatives
• Vous connaissez parfaitement les technologies LAMP et les bonnes pratiques de développement
• Vous avez une connaissance de l’administration système
• Vous avez une bonne connaissance des briques logicielles et frameworks libres en PHP5
• Vous maîtrisez l'anglais
• Vous avez de bonnes capacités d’adaptation, de fortes aptitudes au management de petites équipes et vous aimez le travail d’équipe. Vous êtes avide de challenges, réfléchi, ambitieux, motivé et autonome. Vous n’avez pas peur de prendre des décisions et de les assumer.
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Rémunération
Fixe + variable entre 50 et 70 K€ annuel brut, avec des possibilités d’évolutions.
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VP of Engineering For BluePulse. San Mateo-bases Mobile Social Network
Launched in December 2006, Bluepulse is a social networking application for mobile phones. In the last 4 months the company say it has seen explosive viral growth. Bluepulse says it generates millions of page views per day.
Visit - site
To apply, email a resume to ben@bluepulse.com.
San Mateo, CA
The bluepulse team consists of people with extraordinary backgrounds; including staff previously at Amazon and Yahoo. Additionally, the company has just closed its Series A round with Vantage Point Venture Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms in the world and an early investor in MySpace. Leasing the recently vacated office of YouTube, Bluepulse is located in downtown San Mateo just walking distance from Caltrain, shops, and restaurants.
Bluepulse is in search of an experienced VP of Engineering who can manage the technical projects and team while envisioning what the engineering team for a social media company will look like in 6, 12 and 18 months when the company is delivering billions of mobile pages per month.
Key Responsibilities
• Working closely with & reporting to the founder/CEO, to deliver on the engineering requirements for the business and product strategies
• Managing all aspects of short and long-term engineering projects
• Hiring and managing the engineering team
• Helping to reach business goals by managing the product growth with:
o On time product releases
o Scalability and stability upgrades
• Technical budgets & reporting
Requirements
• Prior experience as a VP of Engineering for a consumer internet business
• A technical B.S. or higher degree
• Ability to attract exceptional engineering talent via a fertile professional network
• Understands the business and how it relates to the technical objectives
• Ready to hit the ground running at a very fast-paced and ambitious start- up
• A mix of the following would be helpful: experience with scaling and stabilizing massively hosted internet services, mobile technology, and/or previous start-up roles
• Experience working with any of the following technologies is a plus: Linux Debian, Apache, C++, Java, XHTML, WML
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Activision-Owned Game Studio in Santa Monica Treyarch Needs Exec Producer
Treyarch has released over 20 titles, including Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, and most recently Call of Duty 3. The next game to release from Treyarch will be the next generation versions of Spider-Man 3 for the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360.
They need to hire an exec producer but don't give much info on what they are looking for.
Apply here
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Head of Sales/Marketing For London's MindCandy
VC-backed Mind Candy has done well with its virtual world model and is loong for a head of sales and marketing to sell ads to agencies and build the brand.
Mind Candy asks: " Imagine CSI, crossed with LOST, 24 and Heroes. But, imagine those shows as bitesize online video, whenever you want them, wherever you want them. Imagine them as a global detective mystery where hundreds of thousands of viewers all play a part in cracking a case. Where you can play a part. Imagine them where they spill out into the real world, where looking for evidence can literally mean scouring a real world crime scene. Where interviewing a suspect can mean talking to one over the phone. This is a next-generation Alternate Reality Game. This is Perplex City Season 2."
send resume, cover letter and compensation requirements to recruitment@mindcandydesign.com
About Mind Candy and Perplex City:
Mind Candy produces Perplex City, a leading Alternate Reality Game, that offers brands a highly innovative and immersive connection with consumers. Perplex City offers brands a new way to engage in cutting-edge experiential marketing with an existing and growing dedicated audience.
We’re looking for a Head of Sales and Marketing, who’ll be responsible for presenting to advertising agencies and brands to sell sponsorship packages for our forthcoming season of Perplex City.
As a member of Mind Candy's management team, you will be working on long-term strategic planning and communicate closely with our story and design teams to ensure an attractive platform to brands while not compromising the delivery of a content-led entertainment experience. You will also work on day-to-day development and management of qualified leads, taking them through from first contact to sealing sponsorship and advertising deals.
We will know when we meet you that you're excited about the potential that Perplex City, as an Alternate Reality Game, offers as a new form of entertainment and as a new advertising and marketing platform. Knowledge of Lonelygirl15, Katemodern, 42 Entertainment, ilovebees and Year Zero is a must.
You will:
* have managed and developed long-term ongoing high-level relationships with leading international consumer brands across a wide range of marketing platforms
* have at least 3 years experience of working in new media, social networking or media advertising areas
* be comfortable with a startup work ethic in a rapidly changing, responsive environment and relish the opportunity to work with young, highly creative colleagues across the company
* have very strong communication and presentation skills and be experienced in online and offline advertising and business development
* have a track record of meeting and exceeding targets
* be well connected within the advertising (both agencies and brands) and online industry and have access to key contacts at premium world-class brands
This post offers a competitive base salary, share options and performance based bonuses, and a relaxed non-corporate work environment (free drinks, snacks, organic fruit, casual dress, full-spectrum lighting, games area with the latest consoles and loaners, a generous company library, and all the jelly beans you can eat).
Mind Candy is an innovative, top-tier venture capital-backed startup based in London, UK and produces the world’s leading commercial alternate reality game, Perplex City.
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April 23, 2007
GM For Yahoo! News
GM for Yahoo News is a huge gig. Don't believe the hype. Google has not "killed" Yahoo. It's still a fast growth company that has a lot of smart people. Semel has to go but if you have the chops this is a much better job than working at some newspaper.
Visit Yahoo Careers
Position Specification
The GM, Yahoo! News will provide leadership and bring execution excellence and operational rigor to the #1 news Internet site. This executive will develop and implement innovative strategies to advance revenue and market share and change the way people think about interactive news. This key executive will be responsible for taking Yahoo!’s news site into the future with User Generated Conten and an audience-centric experience. The GM is responsible for defining, building and managing the Yahoo! News’ strategy and products.
The GM responsibilities include:
• Strategic business planning. Driving the organization to a shared vision for this important revenue area at the Yahoo!.
• Product vision. Complete redesign of Y! News site and offerings. Collaborate with business partners across the Yahoo! to leverage network integration opportunities and to spearhead a single, shared corporate vision to serve Yahoo! News’ huge user base.
• Programming. Manage internal efforts and works with critical external partners to increase programming offerings and widen the content mix. Continual focus on content strategy and content offering.
• Team building. Attract, hire and retain exceptional talent.
• Translate strategic vision into operational tactics and build the organizational support and infrastructure needed to achieve key priorities. Anticipate, appreciate, and respond to market and customer needs.
• Lead advancement of the division through planning and executing aggressive organic growth.
• Develop and implement aggressive revenue generation and revenue growth plans. Establish and build new partnerships.
• Oversee all product programming and design with responsibly for the entire Yahoo! News experience.
• Lead partnering efforts with executives working in marketing, sales, publishing, operations, and content with responsibility for driving operational efficiency and optimizing business result.
• Profit and Loss management, budgets and annual forecasting.
• Plan and implement processes and procedures to enable business functionality and dexterity.
• Own competitive analysis to ensure that the Yahoo! is driving leading strategies to maintain market leadership and continued pioneering innovation.
Background Required
The successful candidate will have had extensive executive experience in leading, developing and operating a consumer, media business, an Internet company, or like industry where the incumbent was responsible for the successful advancement of the business into the marketplace with concurrent brand management. While the quality and accomplishments of a person's career will be the determining factor in the selection process, the finalist must have the following requisite qualifications:
• Minimum 15 years experience leading large-scale, 'significant' efforts on the Internet with proven management experience with a forward-thinking bent with regard to the industry.
• Extensive knowledge of the media, information and entertainment industries. Skillset in driving 'ratings' metrics preferred.
• A strong leader with demonstrated creative excellence and a visionary and business-builder.
• Experience building a vision from development of the business plan through successful implementation.
• Product leadership and product strategy experience in technology (planning through execution and delivery).
Essential skills & characteristics:
• Leadership acumen and experience
• Product vision
• Operational excellence
• Business development & partner management
• Ad sales management
• Experience working in large complex organizations
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com
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Work For Comedian Will Ferrell's New Video Gig
We profiled FunnyOrDie, a video site recently launched by Will Ferrel with backing from Sequoia Capital. The Palo Alto-based company has mad traffic since launching recently is looking to hire a couple of techs at this point: one unix admin and a PHP coder to stabalize the site.
The VP of engineering (your boss) is Mark Smallcombe who was head of engineering at Insiderpages.
Apply - here
Read - FunnyorDie post on the a:c
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CTO For London Social Shopping Site CrowdStorm
London's CrowdStorm says it has gained funding for its social shopping site and is looking for a CTO. They will pay you 40K BP or thereabouts. The company is led by CEO Philip Wilkinson who was founder at Kelkoo UK. The site is up and going.
Apply here
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Boston's Pre-launch PlatformQ Hiring VP Marketing
There is not yet a logo or Web site here but PlatformQ is hiring a VP of Marketing in Boston. The company claims to be well funded and we are not suprised. Its VP of products is former Forrester analyst Chris Charon. He explains that "The Company is launching a revolutionary business-to-business online marketing model for lead generation and sales through the development, production and integration of industry-focused virtual events with professional community networks."
Send resume to resumes to:
trish-ryan@comcast.net
The successful candidate will play an integral role in charting the future growth of the company. This unique opportunity requires an experienced, skilled professional who is a proactive, ambitious leader with a strong Internet Marketing background.
Job Responsibilities:
• Position reports directly to the CEO and will be a member of the Senior Management team
• Research and identify target markets and industry verticals to penetrate
• Develop and implement effective go-to-market strategies
• Manage the planning and execution of the company’s overall marketing strategies and programs
• Build and lead professional marketing staff and support team.
• Prepare and manage allocation of marketing budget and resources
Job Requirements:
• MBA degree coupled with 5-7 years of solid experience developing and executing marketing programs within the Research, Internet, Interactive Marketing or Agency arena
• Proven Internet/Technology background and experience with online marketing are important criteria for success
• Must have the ability to work effectively in a team based "roll up your sleeves" culture
• Project management experience, with a demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and set priorities
• Proven individual contributor and collaborator/team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills as well as a blend of intuitive thinking
• Proven presentation skills and quantitative analysis are a must
• Willingness to travel occasionally
The Company offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, as well as a dynamic and exciting working environment. This is an ideal senior leadership position for individuals looking for an opportunity to play an important role in creating a unique digital media experience.
Principals only please. No agency candidates will be considered. No phone calls please. Local Boston area applicants recommended, as no relocation assistance is available for this position.
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Sales VP For Seattle Legal DotCom Avvo
Stealth-mode Avvo just raised another round of financing at $10M and has one of the most impressive boards in the region. Its CEO was a VP at Expedia. It looks like the company is looking for an online ad sales pro. Read our profile here.
Send your resume and salary requirements to jobs@avvo.com .
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop sales strategy and sales execution plan
• Hire, train, manage and motivate sales team and account management team from the ground up
• Develop revenue forecasts and targets
• Meet and exceed revenue goals
• Work closely with product team and marketing team to inform product and marketing strategies
Qualifications:
• 10+ years in sales, with at least 5 years building and managing sales teams
• Experience building a sales operation from the ground up
• Experience with both local and national sales, ideally in an online environment
• A passion for selling and a proven record of success in developing and growing revenues
• Deep knowledge of the advertising industry
• Start-up experience a plus
• BA/BS required
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VP of Ad Sales For Un-named London Web 2.0 Company
This recruiter is not saying who is their client, but says " They are now in 'hockey-stick' growth stage with user numbers now measured in the tens of millions and still growing at a rate of >100% every six months."
Apply - here
Advertising will form the major revenue stream for this business and so we are seeking a first-class candidate to build and lead this function.
With a minimum of 5 years online advertising sales leadership experience, you will currently be managing an international advertising team for a major online property or for a sales agency but you will have one eye out for a better opportunity - a company with truly massive global potential.
Working closely with major global brands to help them to leverage the power of the internet to drive their promotional strategy will come as second nature to you, and your default will be to 'lead-from-the-front' spending significant time driving deals with senior customer contacts, as well as managing the team.
For the right candidate this is a career defining opportunity to join a potential web-giant during its early stages of growth.
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April 18, 2007
VP of Engineering For Trip Ovation
Menlo Park-based, VC-backed Trip Ovation is hiring an engineering VP. The company has yet to launch. We can't dig up much more on this.
Apply to job-311360927@craigslist.org
TripOvation is a new company with great venture backing that endeavors to create the next great on-line travel experience. The online travel market is huge and growing (110B by 2010) and we intend to leverage great design, deep market insight, and technology innovation to deliver a travel portal that consumers can’t live with out. We are moving a light speed to build a world-class organization and want to hear from the best and the brightest. Tripovation.com is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to spearhead our development efforts.
POSITION SUMMARY: This individual be responsible for overseeing the architecture and design of the company’s engineering efforts and directing the development of our offering. This position will oversee and be accountable for the quality of work product and processes of both staff development and the work of our outsource partners. The successful candidate will possess both great technology know-how and excellent direct management and leadership ability. The candidate will develop a strong team to deliver a web offering that meet specifications, costs, and schedule while being instantly usable and useful. This individual will work closely with the VP of Products and Editorial Director. The position reports directly to the CEO.
DUTIES:
• Build and retain a small engineering team and select a trusted outsource partner
• Direct the efforts of developers, quality analysts, and technical writers
• Work with internal engineering teams and product managers to gather and develop detailed software specifications and requirements for a variety of products
• Create detailed development plans, prioritize work assignments and assign projects based on available resources
•• Interface with internal product management, design, and business development teams to align internal expectations of work product with market expectations
• Implement sound engineering process and procedures across all development teams
• Set MBOs of direct reports and compare deliverables against objectives
• Provide guidance and training to engineers and motivate individuals to achieve results
• Ensure all projects meet with industry security and compliance standards
• Other duties as required
REQUIREMENTS:
• 12 + years of management experience including demonstrated ability to lead teams within fast-paced technology environments
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Proficient with product design and software development best practices
• Experience building highly-scalable consumer web properties
• Agile, flexible, and adaptive management and work style
• Previous experience with on-line travel technology highly desirable
• Consumer-focused engineering experience is a must
• Ability to manage and motivate employees at all levels
• Strong business acumen and professionalism,
• Outstanding communication skills both verbal and written
• Proven track record of on-time, on-budget project delivery
• Ability to coordinate concurrent engineering efforts of multiple teams and projects within a small company environment
• Excellent problem-solving skills with strong focus on execution
• Must be highly organized, driven, self-motivated, and focused
• Must be fluent in spoken and written English
• Requires some travel
• Experience with the management of e-commerce projects and systems desirable
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree is required
• Master degree in an engineering or a business related field highly preferred
PERSONALITY & CHARACTER:
This individual will be a critical member of the Company’s Executive Team. Candidate must be able to see and execute to the “big picture”, while maintaining focus on delivering to key metrics. We are looking for someone who has demonstrated professionalism, excellent communication and people skills. Must have proven management skills and the ability to motivate a staff of engineers. .
Candidate will provide oversight of the Engineering team assisting in the direction and leadership of new projects and product design. We are looking for someone with the maturity, work ethic, commitment, and motivation to do whatever it takes to get the job done right. It is very important that the individual have communication skills to work effectively with others and lead customer interactions. They must also be a team player and dedicate themselves to the team goals and contributing significantly towards the success of a growing small business.
Please note: This position is in our Menlo Park location. Seriously qualified candidates only. No sponsorship available.
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BD EVP for eTextbook Marketplace CaféScribe
Salt Lake City-based CaféScribe is looking for a VP for BD although the company says that relocation to Salt Lake is not necessary. We like the company's mission as textbooks are way overpriced. But teachers may be slow to adopt.
send resume to: jobs@cafescribe.com
Ready to revolutionize publishing and how students interact with textbooks? Join the CaféScribe team! CaféScribe is an e-Textbook marketplace and social network for students to get smarter, faster. CaféScribe is an online social network where students can download e-textbooks and create online study groups where they can share notes. The idea is to make learning fun and way cool. We named it CafeScribe because we wanted it to feel like you had wondered across the street from campus to meet friends- study, laugh, get to know new people that may or may not go to your school but are studying the same stuff. It is aimed at making the whole going to school business so much more fun…and streamlined.
CaféScribe is looking to hire an Executive Vice President of business development to initiate and negotiate electronic content distribution contracts with higher education publishers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about creating a better situation for people to learn. If you exude enthusiasm, integrity, are a deal closer and are competitive and hard-wired for results you maybe the one. Our aim is to be the industry standard for content the way iTunes is for music. Share that dream, believe it is possible, willing to make stuff happen quickly you couldn’t find a better opportunity.
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:
* Initiate content licensing discussions with publishing managers
* Negotiate and acquire electronic content distribution licenses
* Ability to manage market research data and quantify business opportunities
* Travel as required to publisher’s headquarters in New York, Boston, Chicago, and other US locations
* Maintain project plan of progress and plans
* Work closely with legal department to approve licensing contracts
* Provide Sales and Marketing support
Qualifications:
* In-depth knowledge of the textbook publishing industry in the United States
* Access to an established network of higher-education textbook publishers
* Experience in sourcing and negotiating content licenses
* Experience overseeing financial, legal, licensing and contractual obligations
* Familiarity with distribution of copyrighted, electronic content including music, books, images, etc
* Experience at a startup is a plus
* At least 5 years experience in the publishing industry
* At least 5 years experience negotiating large deals with clients and partners
* Strong analytical, problem-solving and negotiation skills
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Demonstrated ability compiling market research and analysis
* Proven ability in pricing and utilizing pricing models
* Expertise creating and working with financial spreadsheet models
* Ability to influence and persuade to achieve desired outcomes
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Proven ability to function in a fast paced deadline driven environment
Location:
• Re-location not necessary
Please send resume to: jobs@cafescribe.com
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Pre-launch SF-based 99Sparks Seeks Chief Architect -3D
This company says they are looking to hire a Chief Architect. The company says it is raising angel funding. The company says about itself:
"99Sparks is working on multi-media and graphics applications that can be used by mere mortals - 'the rest of us' - using your web browser.
We believe that you should not have to be an expert in the tools in order to create, edit, combine, or publish (and sell, if you wish) your text, video, photographs, and music. "
Contact: thinkbig@99sparks.com
Description
Do you have technical thought-leadership in 3D graphics and multi-player game engines using techniques such as ray tracing, advanced shader programming, and physics on the GPU?
Do you understand the inner-workings of a high performance real-time scene graph engines? Do you have a point-of-view on related matters such as multi-gpu platforms and degraded rendering quality?
If so, this could be a very interesting ground-floor start-up opportunity.
99Sparks has a big vision for the web and a superb understanding of how to make it work. We think it's an excellent marriage of the 3D technology, web technology and enterprise applications. We are not a gaming company, but instead an application platform that views 3D rendering as a service into something just as big and valuable for the user experience.
We are looking for a technical leader to join the team. We need one candidate who fits the following profile, but if you work with someone in a pair, that's also good and perhaps better. We will also consider individuals who want to get involved part-time if that makes sense.
Appropriate candidates will meet the following criteria.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated history of in-depth algorithm design and analysis
- Expertise in 3D graphics, and Shader programming
- Expertise in Scene Graph Engines
- Expertise in Real time rendering
- Expertise in OpenGL
- Expertise in shading languages, such as Cg, HLSL, or GLSL.
- Expertise in multi-threaded programming
- Good understanding of software architecture and Object Oriented design.
- Ability to think abstractly and strong framework orientation
- Facile with both the research and development aspects of Computer Sciences
- MS or PH.D. with research in related areas
- Creative ability and strong track-record of innovation
- Curious, self-starter; motivated to constantly tinker with systems and applications
- Independent thinker with healthy degree of individualism
- Can-do, inspirational attitude
- Risk-taker with a readiness to “swing for the fences”
Plus
You are also really interested in the following topics:
- Collada Specifications.
- Image compression algorithms.
- Video compression algorithms.
- Sound compression algorithms.
- Linux networking.
- PS3 cell programming
99Sparks is doing very interesting work to introduce new forms of creative software for the mainstream user. The company will be angel-funded and is currently developing the alpha version and specifications for the next big release. The company is founded by a couple of experienced founder with massive expertise in the web and software systems. The founders have the vision to position 99Sparks for success.
Contact: thinkbig@99sparks.com
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April 12, 2007
VP Product Marketing & Strategy At LA's Internet Brands
This is a big ass job. Internet Brands runs a crazy number of sites including CarsDirect .com, LoanApp.com, Loan.com, RealestateABC.com, Doityourself.com, Wikitravel.org and others. You'll report to Bob Brisco who has been CEO, President, and Director of Internet Brands since 1999. Brisco came out of Universal Studios Hollywood.
Send resumes to or fax to (310) 280-5201. Local candidates only.
Internet Brands is a leading operator of media and e-commerce sites for "large ticket" consumer purchases, such as cars, mortgages and travel. Our sites include CarsDirect .com, LoanApp.com, Loan.com, RealestateABC.com, Doityourself.com, Wikitravel.org, and others within the auto, home/mortgage and travel verticals. We empower consumers to make better product choices and save money by providing them with superior content and knowledge.
We are currently seeking high energy Vice President, Product Marketing & Strategy to contribute to the development of product strategies, to help support marketing and sales activities and to drive the product development process within our Automotive Division. The role is responsible for understanding and identifying customer needs, competitive landscapes and future trends.
Responsibilities:
Strategic product development & implementation.
Researching & developing new & existing product/brand ideas.
Qualifying and developing product line extensions.
Coordinating marketing and sales efforts with operations & technology efforts. Interfacing with the sales force to facilitate implementation of tactical plans and servicing market needs. Collecting feedback and developing program evaluation to enhance and optimize future marketing and sales efforts.
Contributing to development of marketing/sales collateral advertising, promotions, packaging.
Determining research needs and working with the research team to field appropriate and actionable research.
Responding to the unforeseen daily needs of the business.
Being a thought and action leader within the organization.
Qualifications:
Ideal candidate will have 7 years product management and/or product marketing experience within an Internet/e-commerce environment.
A working understanding of web technology is a must.
Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred) in Marketing, Business or related field.
Analytical experience is a must: Problem solving, business evaluation, strategy development; ability to interpret and apply marketing research data.
Team oriented, results oriented, innovative.
Pro-active and self-directed with exceptional organizational skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast paced, entrpreneurial, high growth environment. We offer a comprehensive compensation & benefits package including a casual work environment
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Analyst For eBay Founder Omidyar Network in SF
This seems like a cool gig. Omidyar Network has made some smart investments and also does socially reasonable deals. This is more of a junior position but unlike other VC associate positions, they don't expect you to get lost after 2 years. Omidyar recently hired Matt Bannick to run the show. He was GM at Paypal.
Apply - here
Omidyar® Network is a mission-based organization committed to enabling individuals to improve the quality of their lives. Established by eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar, and his wife, Pam, Omidyar Network builds and sustains the conditions that allow individuals to tap their innate potential to make life better for themselves and their communities. Since 2004, Omidyar Network has supported nonprofit and for-profit efforts in a number of areas, including microfinance, participatory media, collaboration in the sciences, open source, and transparency in government. Omidyar Network is currently expanding beyond investments to include public policy and other areas that enhance the organization's reach and impact.
The analyst will be an integral member of the investment team and, working closely with senior members of the team, will be involved in all aspects of the investment process. The primary focus of this role is conducting technical and business due diligence, market and competitive analysis, and monitoring of portfolio companies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Conduct technical and business due diligence of potential investment opportunities
- Perform market research and develop market intelligence
- Assist in monitoring of portfolio companies
- Work with the rest of the team to develop insights, and point of views on specific investment opportunities, industries, or sectors
- Perform other responsibilities, as necessary and/or assigned
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:
- 2-4 years of relevant experience in investment banking, management consulting, or industry (business/corporate development)
- No specific domain expertise is required, however prior experience in financial services and/or technology is a plus
- Ability to analyze a wide variety of businesses and write investment memoranda
- Strong due diligence and financial modeling skills
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Ability to work with limited supervision, high levels of initiative, and form independent investment judgments
- Good organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and ability to work against strict deadlines
- Flexibility and adaptability commensurate with working in a start-up environment
- Bachelor’s degree with a record of academic achievement required. Recent MBA graduate a possibility
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VP Production For Sausalito's 2nd Life Producer Millions of Us
Millions of Us was founded by a couple of guys who left Linden Labs (Second Life). We don't know the story why they left so you'll have to ask them. They now sell services to corporates that want to build their Second Life presence. It appears they haven't raised funding but are growing on revenues.
Email your cover letter and resume to: jen@millionsofus.com
ice President of Production
Millions of Us is looking to hire a top performer for our Vice President of Production, reporting to our President. In this multidisciplinary role the incumbent will hire and build our existing team to a highly optimized and efficient 50+ person team. You will have a proven track record of motivating, driving and managing multi million dollar campaigns teams for large national accounts.
Millions of Us is a leading social media agency, specializing in connecting brands to large online communities and virtual worlds. Since our founding in July of 2006, the company has grown rapidly and now counts 1/3 of the Fortune 50 as clients. Our work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week and NPR. We are based in Sausalito, CA.
Responsibilities include:
- Hiring and developing a large team of producers, artists, designers and programmers.
- Managing the production team to ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and with happy customers.
- Acting as a key contact for clients (in person, phone, email, written correspondence) and a liaison between the client and production team.
- Translating client needs to the production team and ensuring that the projects stay true to the clients’ needs.
- Participating in major industry events and seminars as directed by the CEO and President.
Qualifications:
The right candidate is a visionary who can work in a fast paced start-up environment that is rapidly growing. You will bring passion, energy and a proven track record of delivering compelling results toward targeted goals. You will also have the following:
- 10 - 15+ years of experience particularly in the advertising/creative services sector
- 4 year undergraduate degree required, MBA a plus
- Proven record of strong account management experience particularly with large national brands
- Strong networking and relationship building skills
- A highly personable and charismatic demeanor
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
- Proficient with Microsoft Project or equivalent
- Technical background ideal; experience working with programmers a plus
Qualified candidates please email your cover letter and resume to: jen@millionsofus.com. Millions of Us offers a competitive salary, with exciting stock option opportunities along with a generous benefits package. Visit our web site at www.millionsofus.com.
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April 10, 2007
Lead Engineer/team For Pre-name, VC-Backed Health Portal in Palo Alto
DCM has invested in a stealth mode health portal based in Palo Alto that was founded by Steve Fram, who was VP, Engineering at BabyCenter. Fram is leading hiring for his tech team at this point starting with a lead engineer.
All they are saying right now is that the venture is going to be even bigger than BabyCenter. They have yet to get cracking on V 1.0 and are just getting their office space (by the PA train station), hiring people and thinking of a good name to call it.
Apply - here
Lead Engineer / Venture Funded(*) Health Portal (Agile, Ruby on Rails)
Join as a member of our founding team and build our version 1.0 health-oriented web portal. Steve Fram, our technical founder, led the technical team at BabyCenter as the company developed from a startup to a large and highly successful business. This is an even larger opportunity.
As we build our first product, we are looking for a seasoned developer who can work closely with Steve to make key design decisions, supervise more junior developers, and get going coding our 1.0 product.
The ideal candidate is a leader, who is experienced, independent, and highly technical. S/he will have a proven track record of designing andimplementing innovative web-based services and in providing technical leadership.
We are looking for someone who is...
* wicked smart, rigorous, an analytical thinker;
* an adherent to high performance (agile) software development techniques (we'll use scrum);
* an avid learner -- capable of rapidly learning new languages, frameworks, and design patterns;
* THE person in the organization who makes 'it' happen;
* cultural fit: highly ethical, collaborative, hard working, and creative;
* passionate about delivering a superior product that will help millions of families.
Specific Job Responsibilities:
* Work with the VP of Engineering and other early staff to make key architectural decision: software platform, development tools, third party services; we'll probably use Ruby on Rails, but will make the final call jointly with you;
* Provide functional supervision of junior developers;
* Code software: Build and launch the 1.0 product!
Desired Technical Skills:
* Experienced with multiple web platforms: Java/Swing, PHP, Ruby on Rails, etc.;
* Good working knowledge of JavaScript (DOM manipulation), CSS, & HTML (hah! we didn't say 'Ajax');
* Mastery of OO concepts and practice; meta programming experience is a plus (esp., python, Rails);
* Experience with best engineering practices: TDD, unit testing, iterative development;
* Experience with high productivity development environments: Eclipse, NetBeans, ANT, rake, etc.;
* Facile in a LINUX environment.
We expect that qualified candidates will have at least seven(7) years of relevant work experience and degree(s) in a scientific areas (Computer Science is preferred).
We are located in in Palo Alto, California. Benefits include: competitive salary and early-stage equity positions, health/dental coverage, flexible work hours, and a super California Avenue office, just two blocks from the CalTrain station and walking distance from some of the best lunch spots on the Peninsula.
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CFO For VC-backed (Troy, NY-based Flatburger
Troy, NY's Flatburger says it is "currently completing a Series A financing." Current investors are Amplifier Venture Partners and Intersouth Parnters which put in $1.75M in seed funding a year ago.
Flatburger is building a marketplace where modular software creators and consumers can sell and assemble pieces of applications, web sites and hosting solutions
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The company's co-founder and Chairman, Bob Smith, was GM of AOL's community programming operations back in the early '90s. There are two other founders.
Email - careers@flatburger.com
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Description
Description: Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO will be responsible for Global Finance.
Flatburger is an early stage software company currently completing a Series A financing. The right candidate will need to be comfortable in an intense, early stage, pre-revenue, start up environment.
Remember that in an early stage environment, you will be wearing many hats, as we all do.
We are seeking a candidate demonstrating recent experience working with venture financed start-ups. We are also seeking a candidate experienced in the software industry with an understanding of “application service provider” business models.
There are five strategic areas of responsibility for the CFO:
1. Budgeting, Planning, & Analytics
• Management of budgeting process.
• Constant planning, budgeting and review of revenue models
• Generation of Global and business-unit forecasting capability and regular forecasts.
• Provide input into key strategic decisions concerning customer prioritization and pricing.
2. Financial Operations
• You will need to be ready to take a very “hands on” role in performing daily check writing and administrative tasks, as well as managing the administrative side of human resource functions
• Develop and implement the strategy, functions, initiatives, and activities that support the company's strategic plan.
3. Investor Relations
• Work with the CEO and management team in preparing regular communications.
• Interact directly with our venture capital firms to serve their reporting and communication needs.
• Take responsibility for Board communications and record keeping functions
5. Tax and Treasury
• Evaluation of and advisement on the impact of long range planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies, and regulatory interactions.
Job Qualifications
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The ideal candidate will be a seasoned, energetic finance professional with a minimum of 10 years experience, with the last 5 years in management or senior management roles.
Experience and competencies will include:
• Proven experience dealing with complex business issues and a strong understanding of the software business.
• Outstanding leadership skills
• Experience working collaboratively with other senior executives on business issues.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, both oral and written.
• High-energy, team-oriented, collaborative individual with strong decision making skills and a focus on results.
• Management style which encourages open expression of ideas and opinions and a full discussion of differing points of view.
• Finance and/or business related degree; MBA preferred, but not required.
• Experience in assessing emerging and competitive business models.
• Career experience with start-ups or fast-growing businesses.
Compensation and Benefits
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The attractive compensation package includes a competitive salary, bonus opportunity and equity participation.
Flatburger offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
Qualified candidates should forward their resume to:
We invite you to visit our website at www.flatburger.com
EOE
M/F/D/V
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April 05, 2007
SVP of Digital Marketing At NYC Agency Targetcast
Targetcast says it was launched by the heads of some of the largest agencies in the country. CEO Steve Farella was CEO of Havas' Media Planning Group, where he says he build the business from $1B to $3.4B. The agency rolls up management of a number of marketing and internet programs. They have a pretty full management team but are looking for an SVP of Digital Marketing. Other folks will the offline stuff.
Email - careers@targetcast.com.
, Director of Digital Marketing
Join the fastest growing Media Agency in America.
Launched by the heads of some of the largest agencies in the country. We provide a strong portfolio of services to clients seeking effective media strategies, implementation, management and a full array of total communications planning such as DRTV, internet advertising and marketing.
The overall responsibility of the Director of Digital Marketing is to lead the strategic and tactical development and delivery of digital and on-line media programs.
Responsibilities
· Build and grow the digital media practice
· Lead the development of sound strategic on-line media recommendations based on a clear understanding of Clients' objectives
· Collaborate with off-line media teams to ensure the integration of the strategy
· Ensure on-line media deliverables are met on time, within budget and align with Clients' goals/objectives
· Develop on-line media metrics
· Act as primary interface between Agency and vendors
· Educate media planning teams and Clients on industry trends
· Participate in new business presentations
· Represent Agency at industry events
Requirements
· A minimum of 8 years related media planning experience; 50% of total experience in digital media
· Strong leadership skills
· Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
· Strong analytic and strategic abilities
· Understanding of on-line media metrics
· Proficient in MS Office and interactive research tools
For more information on our company, please go to www.targetcast.com
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Products VP For Norway's Big Pond Solutions
This positon - Products VP for Big Pond Solution - is based in Norway. The company develops platform solutions primarily for mobile products. The company was founded 12 years back and claims 40K customers. You would report to the co-CEO.
For further information please contact Naveed on 0870 7504356 or email naveed@bigpondsolutions.com
Vice President of Products
Attractive salary, significant stock options, performance bonus and benefits.
Norway
The Company
An innovative software provider develops platform based solutions, predominately within the mobile device marketplace. Specialising in making software quicker to build and easier to use you will take overall responsibility for managing and defining the product strategy and roadmap.
With offices covering US, Europe and Asia, coupled with continual growth over the past 12 years with in excess of 40,000 customers, you will be instrumental defining the success of this aspect of the business, being the spokesperson to the marketplace.
The Role
Such a unique opportunity requires a unique individual with significant product management experience within the software development tools environment. The Vice President of Products will be a member of the executive team will report directly to the co-CEO. This person will have proven experience in establishing a vision and roadmap for development tools and the ability to articulate that vision to the customer and to the investment community. He or she will also have experience in multi-national, highly distributed business structures.
Specific Duties:
* Ensure that the product strategy, product development, marketing and sales plan are all aligned.
* Raise product strategy, planning and implementation to the next level of corporate maturity.
* Help to continue the shift from an engineering-centric company to a business-centric one.
* Ensure that products are aligned with the needs of the customers.
* Provide vision and strategic direction for products.
* Create a strong rapport with the engineering team and gain their respect.
* Represent products to the customer community.
* Manage and support key partnerships with strategic customers that will enhance the product offerings through collaborative development programs.
* Drive and develop business cases to justify the development of new products and enhancements.
Essential Requirements:
* Extensive experience in product management at the senior level in a multi-national organization.
* Direct P&L experience.
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. The right candidate will possess the confidence and persuasive capabilities of a sales person as those skills will be required within the customer and internal team environment.
* Excellent customer management skills; including diplomacy and relationship development.
* A builder of good internal relationships - someone who can work laterally across an organization and build bridges with sales, support, and the development organization.
* A non-bureaucrat who is comfortable in an extreme programming environment.
* A great communicator who is able to create and articulate a vision, and then get buy- in across the organization.
* Excellent business skills and the ability to identify customer requirements and articulate solutions.
Desirable:
* Extensive experience in software tools development, strategy/product management or consulting.
* Proficient understanding of Java and Linux products(must have a strong technical background).
* Someone with an affinity for different cultures and an ability to work throughout the global community.
* Someone who strives for personal and organizational excellence.
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Sales VP For Sand Mateo's Enterprise Ajax Startup Backbase
Backbase calls itself the number 1 AJAX enterprise software company. Its privately held and was launched in 2003 with offices in San Mateo and Amsterdam and has over 100 employees. We haven't come across backbase before. We don't see any funding announcement, but it looks like it was founded in Amerstdam. It is currently run by Dutch founders and CEO. It does seem that 2007 will be the year for enterprise AJAX .
Send your resume to angela@backbase.com along with a brief cover letter defining your salary expectations and interest in the position.
Backbase is searching for a San Francisco Bay Area based VP Sales. We are in business since 2003 and have offices in San Mateo and Amsterdam. We are private, profitable, have real products, Fortune 500 customers (Vanguard, ING, ABN AMRO, VISA, GE, FRB, ANP, KPN, Norwich Union) and over 100 employees.
Backbase is the #1 AJAX Enterprise software company, and our mission is to radically improve the usability and effectiveness of online applications, and to increase the productivity of developers creating Rich AJAX Applications. We have established ourselves as the leading provider of enterprise AJAX software.
More info at www.backbase.com or read a recent product evaluation at Infoworld:
http://www.infoworld.com/pdf/special_report/2006/48SRajax.pdf
The VP Sales leads the direct sales organization for Backbase in the USA and Canada. You will be accountable for the achievement of the territory’s sale quota, effective pricing and margin sustainability, and lead generation and qualification (jointly with Marketing), and the acquisition, development and retention of productive sales talent. Initially you will lead a team consisting of 4 Sales Executives and 2 Sales Engineers. We expect you to focus on aggressively growing our business and in parallel expand our sales team. You report to the CEO and are a member of the North America management team. Together with the team you will drive the establishment and execution of the overall regional sales strategy. The position requires both proven entrepreneurial and strategic sales skills as well as hands-on closing the deal qualities: a large portion of your time will effectively manage your time and focus on high probability opportunities and negotiate and close major deals with a focus on customer satisfaction.
You have:
# A passion for innovative software companies
# 10+yrs experience in Direct Sales in software companies
# 5+ yrs experience in managing regional or national sales teams
# Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision
# A Talent for establishing credibility and closing six figure deals
# Experience with managing a pre-sales and sales team
# Experience and discipline using Salesforce.com or other SFA solutions
# Pipeline management
# A hands-on and proactive mentality
# Enough technical savvy to establish credibility with IT buyers
# Excellent communication skills
# Presentation experience
# Leadership skills
# Desire and ability to work in a fast paced environment with a significant amount of autonomy
# Focus on customer satisfaction
# Ability to travel
If you feel you are qualified for this position, please send your resume to angela@backbase.com along with a brief cover letter defining your salary expectations and interest in the position.
Posted by Paul at 08:36 PM
China Associate For DCM Venture Capital
It doesn't get much better than this if you are a young fresh face interested in China and Venture Capital. DCM This is a 2 year pgoram based in Beijing. Ideal candidate has completed a two-year analyst program in investment banking or consulting and is a native Mandarin speaker, bilingual in English
Email dcmsearch@yahoo.com.
DCM-Doll Capital Management is seeking a Research Associate to support the investment activities of DCM in Asia. This position is a 2-year opportunity based in Beijing, China, and not a career/partner track position.
Responsibilities:
1. Research - Perform primary and secondary research; evaluating industries in firm's investment focus areas to define key sectors, current investment/competitive landscape and potential market/investment opportunities in sectors.
2. Financial Modeling & Analysis - Calling customers/analysts and using existing research and available market information to perform extensive analysis. Sophisticated financial modeling and tracking of comparable public/private company data.
3. Due Diligence - Perform extensive due diligence to evaluate new investment opportunities / business plans. These activities include: Thorough evaluation of entrepreneurs and management teams (interview, reference and background checking); Customer calls; Supplier calls; Technology evaluation; Evaluation of financial projections; Financial modeling and returns analyses; Deal structuring and analysis.
4. Portfolio Company Research Support - Overall monitoring of portfolio companies progress. Aid in the development of portfolio companies, particularly in the areas of market intelligence, strategy, capital structure and financing, and financial projections.
Required Experience & Qualifications:
* 2-5+ years experience in investment banking, private equity or consulting. Ideal candidate has completed a two-year analyst program in investment banking or consulting.
* Strong analytical (number cruncher) and communication skills.
* Enthusiastic and hardworking with a passion for learning.
* Native Chinese (Mandarin essential) necessary for extensive documentation review and development.
* English language proficiency (verbal and written) necessary for effective internal and external business communication.
Education Requirements:
* Undergraduate degree in technology field (prefer EE/CS) or Economics/Finance from Beijing University or Tsinghua University preferred. Will consider native P.R.C. candidates educated at top tier Ivy League universities.
To apply:
Submit a letter of interest and resume detailing your qualifications to Margaret Roberts, Search Consultant to DCM via email at dcmsearch@yahoo.com. Only candidates who meet the experience and education requirements of the firm will be contacted.
About DCM:
DCM has $1.6B under management and invests primarily in early-stage domestic companies, though we do invest selectively in late-stage and international companies. Typically we are the lead investor, but we will syndicate, co-lead or co-invest based on a company's needs. DCM has made investments as small as $500K in very early stage companies, but our usual initial investment is $3 to $7 million, with an equal amount reserved for future rounds. Our total investment in any one company is generally up to $15 million.
The cumulative skill-set of the DCM team includes each of the four elements key to entrepreneurial success in the 21st century - extensive venture investing and operational expertise, as well as experience in strategic professional services and global business development.
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April 02, 2007
BD VP For Palo Alto-based Slealth Startup Fatdoor
A Palo Alto-based statup in stealth mode is looking to hire several people including a VP for BD. They want someone who has contacts with local advertising, local search, and ecommerce companies. This is a maps mashup that promises to help people to get to know their neighbors better. So they want previous experience integrating Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, mashups, creating social networks, and Web 2.0 experience. Compensation is not bad at: $150K to $175K.
Contact: Raj
Email: inbox@fatdoor.com
Do you have a passion for cool web technology? Do you have deep contacts with local advertising, local search, and ecommerce companies?
Are you interested recent explosion of map "mash-ups" through Google�s Maps API and/or Microsoft Virtual Earth?
Are you eager to share your interests with a much larger audience?
Do you want to create from scratch a cool new web app based on Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth?
As a VP of Business Development of a new Silicon Valley stealth-mode venture, Fatdoor,Inc., you will reach out to web users and become an influential force in the Web 2.0 community. You will help create the next killer web application.
Fatdoor, Inc. is lead by serial Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with a flair for creating big things. We�re looking for a superstar, and are willing to pay top salary and equity compensation to such a person � someone who can do it all with just a vision, and help build relationships that will create the next great Internet company.
Requirements:
� MBA degree preferred, Degree in a Engineering a plus
� Exceptional business development contacts with print media, online media, television media, ecommerce search engines, and web based search engines.
� Experience developing web services.
� Excellent written and oral communication skills.
� Strong organizational skills.
� Understanding of the maps space.
� Previous experience integrating Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, mashups, creating social networks, and/or other solid Web 2.0 experience a plus.
Compensation: $150,000 to $175,000 per year + stock options
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VP of Sales For SF's Jambase
Jambase is a music website that was launched in 2000 and says it is profitable. The majority of revenue is currently generated by music industry advertisers (record labels, promoters, etc.) The company is now expanding beyond its base and is looking for a director/VP of Sales to both oversee its current sales as well as to open the new streams.
Your bosses would be Andy Gadiel who bootstrapped the company which started as a hobby and CEO David Rosenheim who came in 10 months ago. They now employ eight people.
Contact: daver@jambase.com
The right candidate will have a proven ability to generate significant online advertising sales. He or she will combine the ability to achieve significant personal sales goals as well as to lead and develop others. A doer and a thinker, the right candidate will have the vision and entrepreneurial drive to work with the CEO, Founder, and core staffers to achieve a steep and sustainable growth trajectory.
Compensation
Competitive base salary and bonus/commission structure.
Responsibilities
• Produce personal sales through key accounts
• Work with CEO to develop sales strategy and goals
• Develop value proposition for key client segments, oversee development of sales collateral and sales marketing programs
• Recruit, train and supervise a small sales organization
• Develop and implement CRM system (i.e. Salesforce.com)
• Develop and maintain new client relationships and sales in non-endemic segments
o Identify potential brand advertisers
o Establish contact with decision makers at brands and their agencies
o Oversee implementation of non-endemic campaigns
• San Francisco-based with approximately one-week of travel per month
Skills and experience
• A proven track record of consistently exceeding aggressive personal sales targets in online ad sales utilizing current models and trends
• At least four-years in senior sales management, with a proven track record of successfully leading and developing others to exceed group sales targets
• Knowledge of online ad agency landscape and with ample contacts
• Excellent written and oral communicator
• BA/BS required, MBA a plus
Contact: daver@jambase.comOverview
Company is a music website that has been in business and profitable since 2000. The majority of revenue is currently generated by music industry advertisers (record labels, promoters, etc.) The company is now expanding beyond its traditional niche and new sources of revenue must be developed. New streams will leverage the company’s desirable demographic and passionate user-base. The Company seeks a director/VP of Sales to both oversee its current sales as well as to open new streams.
The right candidate will have a proven ability to generate significant online advertising sales. He or she will combine the ability to achieve significant personal sales goals as well as to lead and develop others. A doer and a thinker, the right candidate will have the vision and entrepreneurial drive to work with the CEO, Founder, and core staffers to achieve a steep and sustainable growth trajectory.
Compensation
Competitive base salary and bonus/commission structure.
Responsibilities
• Produce personal sales through key accounts
• Work with CEO to develop sales strategy and goals
• Develop value proposition for key client segments, oversee development of sales collateral and sales marketing programs
• Recruit, train and supervise a small sales organization
• Develop and implement CRM system (i.e. Salesforce.com)
• Develop and maintain new client relationships and sales in non-endemic segments
o Identify potential brand advertisers
o Establish contact with decision makers at brands and their agencies
o Oversee implementation of non-endemic campaigns
• San Francisco-based with approximately one-week of travel per month
Skills and experience
• A proven track record of consistently exceeding aggressive personal sales targets in online ad sales utilizing current models and trends
• At least four-years in senior sales management, with a proven track record of successfully leading and developing others to exceed group sales targets
• Knowledge of online ad agency landscape and with ample contacts
• Excellent written and oral communicator
• BA/BS required, MBA a plus
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BD VP For NYC's GirlSense Tween Social Network
Israel's eSupport company Gteko, which was bought by Microsoft last year, spun off a consumer Web based called StarNet Interactive which operates KiddoNet and GirlSense. This company is now looking for a vice-president of business development.
Girlsense is a free ad-based website that original fashion designs created by members. Girlsense claims that over 1M fashion t-shirts were created in the first two weeks of launch. Girls can design their own trendy fashions, display them in their boutiques and sell them to other girls using the site's virtual currency called G-cents. GirlSense claims 1M unique monthly visitors and over 10.5M registered members.
