Technical Project Manager

Opportunity

Are you passionate about sustainability and enabling resource development in a clean, constructive and accountable way? Kuva is leading a revolution in detection and measurement of methane emissions by enabling customers to find and fix emissions. Our mission is to revolutionize the industry by developing cutting-edge solutions that contribute to a sustainable future. We provide an end-to-end solution including an autonomous, cloud connected emissions detection camera for continuous monitoring, scalable cloud infrastructure and dashboards, and AI-enabled alerts to notify our clients of the emissions that they can eliminate. We also provide project planning and installation services to help customers effectively scale our solution. Being a Kuvan means you’re part of one collaborative customer-centric team, ready to tackle the challenges that come with detecting invisible emissions at remote sites around the world.

Job description

We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our growing team and to help build out the next generation of our products as we continually improve all components of our platform, from our proprietary imaging systems to AI-enabled emissions alerts, to our robust cloud architecture and dashboards. While much of Kuva’s growth is commercial, there is a significant opportunity to further our product through government grants. This role is to plan and execute projects that are both commercial and grant related and involve various stakeholders throughout the process.

This is a remote position with occasional travel to the Calgary office and potentially to the Kuva offices in the USA.

Responsibilities

• Build, review and commit project work plans and timelines
• Track and report on grant activities against milestones, including application status, funding received, progress, labor, expenses and impact metrics.
• Engage with project partners external to Kuva to ensure objectives and work plans are executed as intended
• Ensure grant projects and internal projects are completed on-time and on-budget
• Collaborate with internal departments to delegate work with clearly identifiable timelines, milestones and deliverables
• Gather results, write and submit technical reports at various stages of project completion in order to close out milestones and final project
• Potential to manage non-grant related product development projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math or Science.
• PMP certified or in progress of obtaining
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing Technical Projects within a multidisciplinary team. Sensor-related or cloud-connected product development experience is an asset.
• Experience managing long duration field work would be considered valuable
• Experience in Technical Project writing is required, preferably with hardware-enabled technology.
• Familiarity with grant reporting processes and requirements in the United States and Canada. Specific experience with Canadian IRAP, SR&ED, Emissions Reduction Alberta, as well as US grants.gov and Fed Connect programs would be considered an asset.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and manage their inter-dependencies
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, Google Workspace tools and project management software such as Wrike/Smartsheet/Asana/Other required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a keen attention to detail
• Must be able to take initiative, multi-task and manage competing priorities.
• Must be flexible, punctual and adaptable to change.

What we offer:

• Generous starting salary
• Fully remote position with occasional travel to the Calgary office and potentially to our head office in Boston, MA
• Home office upgrade allowance
• 4 weeks of paid time off
• 100% company paid generous health and dental plan starting your first day of work
• Flexible working arrangements
• Stock options
• Working in a positive environment on cutting edge technology with some of the brightest minds in the industry