Job Goals:
At Robotiq, our ultimate mission is to free human hands from repetitive tasks. Since our creation in 2008, we have been helping manufacturing companies to overcome worker shortages by providing high performance robotic solutions. Thanks to our know-how, today we are a world recognized leader in the field of collaborative robots.
Every day, the product development team relies on its expertise and democratizes robotics by developing innovative, customized and user-friendly products. We cross international boundaries with our scope and our impact!
To assist management and enhance the growth of our products department, we are looking for a Team Coach and Project Facilitator to join us. The incumbent will be a front-line player in the development of self-organized excellence teams.
As the product department’s Team Coach and Project Facilitator reporting to the CTO, you will have a direct impact on the teams during every phase of their development and therefore on the quality of their work, on their results and on their deliverables. You will act as a coach and ensure that the teams’ dynamics, ecosystems and environment are favourable to their success.
Unlike a project director or manager, your influence will be exercised on a human and corporate scale. Moreover, the duties are partially inspired by the concepts proposed by the American author and management coach, Patrick Lencioni.
Main Responsibilities:
- Extensively contribute to the support and development of a self-organized management team;
- Assess the project teams’ dynamics and operations and ensure that they promote team efficiency. Control, provide guidance and realign if need be;
- Promote the exchange of ideas and opinions and ensure that members create their action plan while avoiding the pitfalls arising from a consensus;
- Be involved in the various stages of the teams’ development in order to assist them as they assume their responsibilities and ensure that potential cohesion or performance issues are avoided;
- Be able to identify individual strengths and limitations, make recommendations to managers concerning the need to oversee members or recognize their contribution;
- Help individuals and teams in their growth, their development and their acquisition of maturity;
- Be focused on continuous improvement, promote best practices in terms of management, process and team operations;
- Be an agent of change, use your influence, share your ideas and promote the use of best practices in product development.
Candidate profile:
THE DESIRED PROFILE:
- Proven experience in technological product design and/or development (e.g., software developer, design engineer, etc.);
- At least 15 years of experience in team management and/or coaching;
- Command of the concepts involving self-organization and facilitation;
- Extensive knowledge of complex environments (e.g., R&D, iterative and incremental product development);
- Ability to listen and to analyze;
- Communication skills;
- Leadership and ability to be proactive;
- A human approach to the incumbent’s management skills;
- Cooperative spirit;
- French/English bilingualism;
- Knowledge about communities of practice.
WHY JOIN THE ROBOTIQ TEAM?
Robotiq stands out with its team-centric culture, its transparent communications, the sharing of expertise and the strong cooperative spirit that can be found throughout the firm!
- A noble and inspiring mission: to free human hands from repetitive tasks..
- Stimulating challenges within a tightly bonded, talented and multidisciplinary team!
- Cutting-edge equipment;
- Flexible work hours for time off and time management, providing a true work-life balance;
- Management based on independence and targets, both collective and individual;
- Group insurance program;
- Up to five (5) weeks vacation;
- Worker-shareholder coop;
- Work environment promoting the exchange of ideas and working areas set up according to needs;
- Culture club, sporting and recreational activities, on-site gym, barista coffee, fresh fruit, etc.
We will be delighted to make your acquaintance!
Let’s work together
Job title
Team Coach/Project Facilitator
Why work at Robotiq? To change the world!
