QNX Ecosystem Program Manager

BlackBerry Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VIP bonus program

40-hour work week

Employee benefits package

Job summary

BlackBerry Limited in Waterloo, Ontario, seeks an Ecosystem Program Manager to drive the day-to-day execution of the QNX Everywhere ecosystem strategy and manage partner engagement. You will coordinate across engineering, marketing, developer relations, product management, sales, legal, and finance to deliver initiatives from approval to completion.

This role favors someone highly organized, proactive, and capable of translating strategic ideas into measurable results while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Experience managing programs, partnerships, or ecosystem initiatives within technology.
• Strong project and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own the operational execution of the QNX Everywhere ecosystem strategy from approval to completion.
• Act as the primary operational contact for ecosystem partners, vendors, universities, and industry bodies.
• Lead the Enablement Program to help partners integrate QNX offerings and resources into their platforms.

Skills

Program management

Partnerships

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Developer ecosystem

English fluency

Tools

Salesforce reporting

Job description

Worker Sub-Type: Regular Job Description: QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), provides the trusted foundation that software-defined and physical AI systems depend on to operate safely and predictably in the real world. For nearly half a century, QNX has powered safety-critical applications where failure is not an option. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with the support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. Today, QNX technology underpins hundreds of millions of vehicles on the road and a wide range of mission-critical systems across industrial controls, robotics, medical devices, commercial transportation, rail, and aerospace and defense.

Are You the Person We're Looking For? At QNX, we're building more than industry-leading embedded software. Through our QNX Everywhere initiative, we're creating a thriving developer ecosystem that connects open-source technologies, startups, universities, consortiums, technology partners, and developers with the QNX Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). We're looking for an Ecosystem Program Manager to help scale and operationalize that vision. In this role, you'll be responsible for driving the day-to-day execution of ecosystem initiatives, managing strategic partnerships, and ensuring external engagements translate into measurable outcomes for QNX and our developer community.

Are you someone who thrives at the intersection of technology, partnerships, and program execution? Do you enjoy bringing people together, building meaningful relationships, and turning strategic ideas into measurable results? We're looking for someone who is highly organized, proactive, and passionate about growing technology ecosystems. You enjoy working with startups, developers, universities, open-source communities, industry consortiums, and technology partners. You're comfortable navigating both technical and business conversations and can coordinate activities across multiple teams and organizations simultaneously. If you enjoy working with cutting‑edge technologies, collaborating with diverse stakeholders, and helping shape the future of the developer ecosystem around QNX, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Own the operational execution of the QNX Everywhere ecosystem strategy, ensuring initiatives progress from approval through completion.
• Act as the primary operational point of contact for ecosystem partners, technology vendors, universities, consortiums, incubators, accelerators, and other strategic organizations.
• Lead and manage the QNX Everywhere Enablement Program, helping partners integrate QNX-related offerings, developer resources, and assets into their platforms and user experiences.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with ecosystem partners while identifying opportunities to increase engagement, adoption, and collaboration.
• Develop and maintain program plans, milestones, dependencies, dashboards, KPIs, and executive status reporting.
• Coordinate cross‑functional stakeholders across engineering, marketing, developer relations, product management, sales, legal, and finance teams.
• Manage relationships with incubators and accelerators such as startup hubs, innovation networks, and entrepreneurial programs.
• Create engagement plans, run recurring operational meetings, and ensure commitments, deliverables, and obligations are completed.
• Connect startups, developers, researchers, and ecosystem participants with appropriate QNX resources and subject matter experts.
• Manage operational aspects of industry consortiums, standards bodies, and strategic technology initiatives.
• Participate in consortium working groups, track action items, and ensure organizational commitments are fulfilled.
• Manage sponsorship activities and associated contracts, including NDAs, SLAs, SOWs, sponsorship agreements, and academic framework agreements.
• Coordinate procurement and purchasing activities required to support ecosystem investments and programs.
• Track engagement outcomes, program effectiveness, ecosystem investments, renewal cycles, sponsorship commitments, and budget utilization.
• Maintain a partner inventory database and identify opportunities to strengthen ecosystem coverage.
• Develop scalable, repeatable frameworks for: Partner onboarding Sponsorship evaluation Ecosystem investment reviews Success metric tracking Quarterly business reviews Renewal and exit decisions
• Coordinate QNX participation in hackathons, workshops, conferences, demo days, job fairs, and other community events.
• Partner with marketing teams to develop and promote ecosystem initiatives and developer‑focused programs.
• Use modern AI tools responsibly to help automate, streamline, and scale ecosystem operations and reporting activities.
• Travel as needed to support ecosystem partners, events, workshops, and strategic engagements.

What You Bring

• Experience managing programs, partnerships, strategic relationships, or ecosystem initiatives within the technology industry.
• Strong project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with executives, engineers, academics, developers, startups, and industry partners.
• Ability to drive initiatives forward through influence, coordination, and strong follow‑through.
• Comfort engaging with technical audiences and understanding developer‑focused tools, technologies, and platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Experience working cross‑functionally within a technology‑driven organization.
• Understanding of software development concepts, particularly within embedded systems, operating systems, developer platforms, or related technical domains.
• Experience managing external vendors, contracts, partnerships, or business relationships.
• Fluency in English.

It Would Be Nice If You Had Any of the Following Experience

• PMP certification or formal project/program management training.
• Experience working with startups, incubators, accelerators, or venture‑backed technology companies.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, real‑time operating systems, IoT platforms, or edge computing technologies.
• Experience working with open‑source communities, foundations, or developer ecosystems.
• Experience organizing technical workshops, hackathons, conferences, training programs, or community events.
• Experience developing dashboards, metrics, KPIs, Salesforce reporting, or ecosystem analytics.
• Knowledge of procurement, sponsorship management, contract administration, or legal coordination processes.
• Experience collaborating with universities, academic institutions, or research organizations.
• Familiarity with AI‑powered productivity tools and workflow automation solutions.
• Additional language skills such as French, German, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, or Mandarin.

Benefits

The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical, financial and personal well‑being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid‑time‑off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $126,000.00
Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good‑faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position. The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.

Bonus: The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization‑wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full‑time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry’s success. VIP payments are made in addition to base salary and factor in company’s performance as a way for employees to share in BlackBerry’s achievements.

Disclosure of Position Status: This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately.

Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence: We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.

Over the past 35 years, QNX software, a subsidiary of BlackBerry has become a big part of everyday life. People encounter QNX‑controlled systems whenever they drive, shop, watch TV, use the Internet, or even turn on a light. Its ultra‑reliable nature means QNX software is the preferred choice for life‑critical systems such as air traffic control systems, surgical equipment, and nuclear power plants. And its cool multimedia features have QNX software turning up in everything from in‑dash radios, infotainment systems to the latest casino gaming terminals and most recently we are making headlines in the world of autonomous vehicles.

If you want your career to switch gears, then you couldn’t choose a more exciting time to consider joining us! BlackBerry provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services to power the world around us.

Based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry’s high‑performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security or reliability. And with our deep heritage in Secure Communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission‑critical communications and critical event management.

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