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Newforma leads the building and infrastructure industry with project information management software for architects, engineers, contractors and owners.
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Newforma values team, positive energy and making great memories together. We balance our purposeful work with a productive friendly atmosphere. We offer benefit and compensation packages to the global regions where we do business.
Open Positions
| Position | Department | City | State | Agile Product Owner | ENGINEERING | Montreal | QC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release and Build Engineer | ENGINEERING | Montreal | QC |
| Senior .NET Software Developer | ENGINEERING | Montreal | QC |
| Sr Product Strategist | Operations | Boston | MA | Strategy & Operations Analyst | Operations | Boston | MA |
Agile Product Owner
ENGINEERING (Montreal, QC)
Overview:
Are you an experienced Product Owner looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to further advance your skills and career in a great working environment? Are you a highly motivated individual with a genuine interest in technology with a passion to deliver cutting-edge products? Are you enthusiastic working with others in the organization to distill and prioritize product requirements into a deliverable that is simple, intuitive and gets the job done with high value? We have the perfect job for you!
We are seeking a strong Product Owner to work with multiple development teams to deliver best software solutions that are innovative and industry leading.
Primary Qualifications:
- You have the experience to lead software teams following Agile best practices.
- You value customers and users -- and know how to manage and motivate your team so that they are inspired to champion customer experience the way you do.
- You can empower team-members to maximize their ability to deliver working software.
- You see beauty in simplicity, and strive to simplify process, status, and communication needs between the delivery team and project stakeholders.
- You oversee the development stages and evaluate product progress at each iteration while communicating to stakeholders when problems arise.
- You can work with the Product Manager, agile team and other Stakeholders to ensure the backlog reflects the business and technical requirements and priorities required to support the product roadmap and company vision.
- You can Represent the teams in front of stakeholders, clients or users
- You can interpret and translate the high level Product Roadmap articulately and concisely into Epics, Stories and Acceptance Criteria the development team can digest and move forward with.
- You act as an ambassador for the product internally and externally and as a contact for questions related to the product
- You are an active participant in backlog refinements, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
- Participates as needed in various customer meetings regarding the product and/or feedback
Requirements:
- Experience in Agile Scrum either as a Product Owner, Scrum Master or have Agile training, so the role is known.
- Self-starter and highly motivated with attention to detail
- Able to identify risks / gaps, create mitigation plans for each, and escalate to the client and project leadership based on impact and priority
- Can confidently hold team members accountable to their commitments
- Able to manage remote / virtual project teams in a fast-paced development environment
- Able to adapt quickly to changing customer priorities
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Creative thinker
- Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills
- Management of stakeholders and their expectation
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Cloud technology experience, AWS would be great!
- Experience with SaaS applications
- Leadership responsibility for Enterprise on-prem client/server applications
If this is you, contact us now via https://www.newforma.com/company/careers/. At Newforma we value teamwork, positive energy and making great memories together. We offer benefit and compensation packages where we do business. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. We look forward to working with you!
Who We Are:
Newforma’s intuitive project information management (PIM) technology promotes collaboration between individuals, project teams and across the enterprise in the AECO industry. By building a more connected project environment, Newforma optimizes the processes by which critical information is captured, shared and managed, and delivers a more intelligent and profoundly productive experience for architects, designers, builders, owners, and the full construction team.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regarding to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Must be eligible to work the United Stated or Canada and pass a background check.
Release and Build Engineer
ENGINEERING (Montreal, QC)
Newforma, a leading provider of software for design and construction firms worldwide, is growing! Creating software that makes a difference in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry is what drives our company. We are in need of an exceptionally experienced and talented Release Engineer based in our Montreal QC office.
Newforma is looking for a Release and Build Engineer that will work closely with our Enterprise Application teams. You will be responsible for building, managing and maintaining our Continuous Integration platform for our Enterprise Client/Server and Mobile applications. This is a great opportunity if you are interested in helping to improve efficiency in the day to day engineering activity as it relates to code, finding ways to get away from manual tasks and automate, and create/maintain build systems that are stable, high quality and fast. The release and build platform for an organization is at the core of engineering day to day. We’d love to have you join us.
In this position you will:
- Take ownership of the Enterprise Jenkins infrastructure and main build functionality
- VM backups, upgrades
- Jenkins version updates
- Jenkins integrations with other tools we use
- Build success/failure notifications, Logging so developers can easily troubleshoot build problems
- Responsibility for the build pipeline
- Automation
- Manage our Enterprise Git Integrations
- Integrations with other tools we use
- Monitoring security vulnerabilities
- Code Security
- Branch maintenance
- Code standards enforcement
- Automation
- Be responsible for Release information
- Documentation
- Managing Enterprise release branches
- Maintain our enterprise app installers using InstallShield
- Migrate and maintain our Enterprise Mobile App source from Subversion to Git
- Build and maintain new Enterprise Mobile App Jenkins pipeline
- Ensure highest quality for our release and branching infrastructure
- Be clear, thorough and concise in documentation and communication
- Have a passion to become the expert
Requirements
- Computer Science degree or relevant work experience
- Must have strong problem-solving skills
- Must be able to work in a team environment and handle multiple tasks
- Must have excellent verbal/written/communication skills
- Must be highly self-motivated and able to work independently
- Must have Jenkins experience
- Experience in working in Virtual Environments
- Have a strong sense of curiosity. Must often ask “Why”, “What-if” or “How does this work”?
- Comfortable working with Remote team members.
- Position is based in our Montreal, QC office with occasional travel to the US
Nice to have:
- InstallShield experience
- Subversion and Cornerstone Subversion client experience
- iOS and macOS experience
- Publishing to the iOS and Android app store
- Experience with Jira, Confluence
If this is you, contact us now via https://www.newforma.com/company/careers/. At Newforma we value teamwork, positive energy and making great memories together. We offer benefit and compensation packages where we do business. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. We look forward to working with you!
Who We Are:
Newforma’s intuitive project information management (PIM) technology promotes collaboration between individuals, project teams and across the enterprise in the AECO industry. By building a more connected project environment, Newforma optimizes the processes by which critical information is captured, shared and managed, and delivers a more intelligent and profoundly productive experience for architects, designers, builders, owners, and the full construction team.
Senior .NET Software Developer
ENGINEERING (Montreal, QC)
Newforma, the leading provider of Project Information Management software for architecture, engineering, and construction firms worldwide is growing! Creating software that makes a difference in the AEC industry is what drives our company. We are enhancing our flagship enterprise product to connect with various backend, and cloud systems in the AEC space. If you have the drive, confidence, thirst for knowledge, desire to be challenged and technical expertise required, we’d like to see your resume.
Responsibilities:
· Work in a Microsoft development environment with C#, C++, ASP.NET, Win32, MySQL, NUnit, Moq, document management systems, and Microsoft Office APIs in a client-server environment deployed across a global customer base.
· Work closely with our support staff to diagnose and fix customer support issues
· Design, code, test, debug, and document software solutions using appropriate processes, tools, frameworks, libraries, patterns, best practices and standards.
· Optimize software for speed and compatibility; add features that contribute to the product with a focus on quality.
· Ensure code and features are developed to meet requirements and standards.
· Work in an agile environment as a member of a closely-knit Scrum or Kanban team.
· Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, as necessary, to accommodate support incidents.
Requirements:
· BS / MS in Computer Science, or similar engineering program with 5 years of experience delivering software to customers.
· Experience in an API-driven ecosystem, with a background in RESTful API development and .NET-based application plugins.
· Passion for building great software applications released on a regular cadence.
· Strong OOD/OOP skills.
· Strong problem solving skills.
· Experience with Agile lifecycle development.
· Good written and oral communication skills in English, and able to work independently.
· Proven ability to work in an established multi-million line application.
· Experience with C#, Visual Studio .NET, and Microsoft Windows-based development technologies.
Who We Are:
Newforma’s intuitive project information management (PIM) technology promotes collaboration between individuals, project teams and across the enterprise in the AECO industry. By building a more connected project environment, Newforma optimizes the processes by which critical information is captured, shared and managed, and delivers a more intelligent and profoundly productive experience for architects, designers, builders, owners, and the full construction team.
Role to work in our Montreal QC office with possible travel to US for training.
Sr Product Strategist
Operations (Boston, MA)
Newforma – Senior Product Strategist / Director of Product Strategy
Location: Boston, MA
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering a next generation set of cloud-based Project Information Management (“PIM”) and other solutions for the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (“AECO”) industries.
As a Product Strategist at Newforma, you will sit at the intersection of software development, design, marketing, and business strategy.
About you:
You have experience delivering successful cloud-based software products to the AEC space with a passion for building software that supports the people who design and build the world we live in. You will have experience with and a desire to learn more about the AECO constituents, the unique problems they face, and how to solve them.
You are comfortable pitching to senior leadership and creating a launch plan with marketing. You are skilled at working with designers, conducting user research, prototyping new features, iterating on customer needs, and analyzing usage and customer input to drive priorities. You partner effectively with software development teams and have an “owner’s mentality” when it comes to product delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Business and product strategy - Drive and communicate product vision and strategy for all Newforma cloud solutions
- Develop a customer-focused product and technical vision for “how we win”
- Lead resource planning and budgeting with the Executive Team for product roadmap delivery
- Create, iterate, and prioritize product requirements
- Market trends - Seek out, and understand the innovations across the broader AEC ecosystem; work with partnerships team to ensure our Connector strategy continues to deliver value for customers
- Lead competitive analysis and help educate the Company on our competitive positioning
- Coordinate go-to-market planning with the sales & marketing teams to ensure revenue and other performance targets (e.g., usage, NPS, etc.) are met
What we’re looking for:
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in Product Management or Product Strategy at cloud-native software companies
- Minimum 2+ years of experience in Product Management or Product Strategy focused on the AEC Industry
- Success delivering customer-focused products to the AEC market
- Experience partnering with cross-functional, Agile Engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
- Experience delivering a product from idea-phase to launch, including initial research, opportunity assessment, and partnering with development teams to deliver and iterate
- Ability to effectively communicate across functional areas
- Strong critical thinking – ability to break down complex problems into their component parts and communicate solutions
- Bachelor’s degree with a focus on computer science, design, or a quantitative field
About Newforma
Newforma is a leading software company serving the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (“AECO”) industry. We pioneered the Project Information Management (“PIM”) category in 2004 and have been dedicated to improving project delivery ever since. Our solutions are purpose-built to keep complex, large-scale projects organized, on-time, and protected. Our software and customer service are world-class, and more than 96 percent of our customers renew their annual subscription. Newforma’s leadership philosophy centers on customer-driven software development and nurturing a corporate culture deeply rooted in customer care.
Newforma is a portfolio company of Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm. Battery strives to invest in cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, web infrastructure, consumer internet, mobile and industrial technologies. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at stages ranging from seed to private equity and invests globally from offices in Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, London, Israel and New York.
Strategy & Operations Analyst
Operations (Boston, MA)
Role: Strategy & Operations Analyst / Senior Analyst
This multi-disciplinary role extends across business, technology and sales, and marketing operations. You will help drive company strategy, develop processes to make our unique business more operationally efficient, and lead the execution of special projects across all major functions:
About you:
You are comfortable working with large data sets and presenting data to senior management. You can complete analytical projects with limited oversight but are equally comfortable iterating and collaborating as part of a larger team.
You have excellent communication skills, both written and oral. You are capable of coordinating a cross-functional project team to drive strategic change in an organization. You are hungry.
What we’re looking for:
- 2+ years of experience at a management consulting, a technology-focused investment banking firm, or in a reporting/analytics role at a software company
- A self-motivated problem solver
- Someone with a strong interest in growing into an operational leadership role at a software or technology company
- Someone who is intellectually curious, hard-working, and able to perform in a fast-paced environment
- Someone who gets results
- Bachelor’s degree, with a mix of quantitative and liberal arts coursework
About Newforma
Newforma is a leading software company serving the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (“AECO”) industry. We pioneered the Project Information Management (“PIM”) category in 2004 and have been dedicated to improving project delivery ever since. Our solutions are purpose-built to keep complex, large-scale projects organized, on-time, and protected. Our software and customer service are world-class, and more than 96 percent of our customers renew their annual subscription. Newforma’s leadership philosophy centers on customer-driven software development and nurturing a corporate culture deeply rooted in customer care.
Newforma is a portfolio company of Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm. Battery strives to invest in cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including software and services, web infrastructure, consumer internet, mobile and industrial technologies. Founded in 1983, the firm backs companies at stages ranging from seed to private equity and invests globally from offices in Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, London, Israel and New York.
Our Core Values
Responsibility
Your actions, efforts and results affect your family. Do your part and step-up.
Balance
Tough projects and problems are solved by teams. Expect times of stress and anxiety, create memories of laughter and fun.
Can Do
It's a mindset and attitude. "We will figure it out" is our approach to every challenge.
One Team
Win together, lose together.
Truth
Tell and live it. Be true to you, your family, customers and team.
Win
Winning is better than losing. We live in a competitive world. Strive to win.
Ethics
Have them, live by them. You represent yourself and our company.
What our team members say...
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Lots of opportunity to advance in your career. They are doing a lot of promoting within. Easy Access to C-Level management. They listen & trust us to do what's right. The teams we have working here from Sales, support, product management & development are top-notch. Best company overall that I have worked for.
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Great Senior Management. Team atmosphere. Co-workers become friends.
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I have worked in many corporate environments, this one is totally different. Everyone appears to be achievers, collaborative and focused on winning for the customers and company.
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The people at Newforma are fantastic to work with. Everyone is motivated and hungry to see the company succeed. The role of Account Management has progressed tremendously in the last year. Newforma is committed to putting the customer first and it shows in the flexibility and creativity we're given to work with them.
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Work hard play hard work atmosphere that promotes work/life balance.
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Since the purchase by BV last year, a lot of changes have been made at Newforma. Heavy top layers of management were weeded out, star-performers have been promoted and the overall culture of the company has made a significant switch towards defined strategy and can-do attitude.
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Work hard, achieve success, then play hard...repeat. The performance standards are high. They push you to do your best, but that is exactly what a good manager should do. They'll encourage you to improve yourself and help you when you ask. Management will also be the first to congratulate you when you succeed.
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There is a secret sauce to this company since I came back a few months ago. It's hard to define but it started with a new CEO, and continues with great management and fantastic employees.
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Under new leadership, Newforma is charging into a positive successful future. Management is transparent, compensation is competitive, and there is an overall supportive vibe from the team.