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Does managing a team of high performers and delivering amazing website experiences excite you?
Then Jobber might be the place for you! We’re looking for a Manager, Front-End Development to be part of our Marketing department.
Jobber exists to help people in small businesses be successful. We work with small home service businesses, like your local plumbers, painters, and landscapers, to transform the way service is delivered through technology. With Jobber they can quote, schedule, invoice, and collect payments from their customers, while providing an easy and professional customer experience. Running a small business today isn’t like it used to be—the way we consume and deliver service is changing rapidly, technology is evolving, and customers expect more. That’s why we put the power and flexibility in their hands to run their businesses how, where, and when they want!
Our culture of transparency, inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation has been recognized by Great Place to Work, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and more. Jobber has also been named on the Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list, and Deloitte Canada’s Technology Fast 50™, Enterprise Fast 15, and Technology Fast 500™ lists. With an Executive team that has over thirty years of industry experience of leading the way, we’ve come a long way from our first customer in 2011—but we’ve just scratched the surface of what we want to accomplish for our customers.
The team:
When it comes to telling the world about Jobber, Marketing is your department. They handle everything from spreading awareness, to answering “What’s Jobber?,” to getting new customers in the door, to turning those customers into Jobber advocates!
The role:
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Website Strategy, the Manager, Front-End Development, will play a pivotal role in managing and growing the front end development team. In addition, you will be heavily involved in the strategic direction of the website strategy team, in how we work, and what we work on.
The Manager, Front-End Development will:
- Live and breathe performance management. You work with your team to help them master their individual crafts, while also collaborating to build extraordinary online experiences.
- Be committed to the success of your people. You will help them set goals, have regular 1-on-1s, and provide constructive feedback and coaching to ensure your team's success. You’ll work to understand employees’ career direction and work to empower their journey by acting as a mentor and coach.
- Develop a world-class front-end development team. You’ll bring a multi-year vision and recommendations on how the team should grow as part of the broader marketing organization.
- Remove roadblocks and build guardrails. You’ll work with leaders at Jobber to create and maintain an environment where the team can rapidly produce top-quality work.
- Collaborate with other stakeholders across the business. Whether it’s within the Marketing department or teams from different departments, you’ll work closely with a variety of stakeholders to support, provide guidance, and help execute on web projects.
- Establish and enforce team best practices. You’ll establish processes to ensure the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code.
- Be a technical expert. As a technical leader, you’ll be the subject matter expert for everything front-end development and technical on jobber.com
To be successful, you should have:
- Proven experience in front-end development, with a strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
- Experience in a leadership position, managing and growing a team. You’ll bring your shared experience into conversations to influence and provide constructive feedback to direct reports to ensure goals are being met and exceeded
- The ability to be agile in an agile environment. You’ll need to be able to lead and teach your team to adapt to change, while also thinking critically and creatively to find answers to problems.
- Strong communication skills. Being transparent with your team and establishing an open dialogue will be a key to success in supporting your coaching conversations and discussions.
- Be a collaborator. You’ll work with your direct reports or other teams to understand what they want to accomplish and develop a plan to achieve it.
What you can expect from Jobber:
Having been named as a Top 10 Great Place to Work in Canada, we walk the talk. Here are just some of the great things you can expect from us:
- A total compensation package that includes an extended health benefits package with fully paid premiums for both body and mind, RRSP matching, and stock options.
- A dedicated Coaching and Development function, including Development Coaches, to help build the career you want and hit the goals you set, while ensuring you’re reaching your fullest potential.
- Support for all your breaks: from vacation to rest and recharge, your birthday off to celebrate, health days to support your physical and mental health, and parental leave top-ups to support your growing family.
- A unique opportunity to build, grow, and leave your impact on a $400-billion industry that has no dominant player...yet.
- To work with a group of people who are humble, supportive, and give a sh*t about our customers.
We believe that diverse teams perform better and that fostering an inclusive work environment is a key part of growing a successful team. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.
A bit more about us:
Job by job, we’re transforming the way service is delivered. Your lawn care provider, home cleaning service, plumber or painter could use Jobber to better connect with their customers, save time in the office, invoice faster, and get paid! We’re bringing tens of thousands of people together with technology to deliver billions of dollars a year in services to happy customers. Jobber exists to help make these small businesses successful, and when they’re successful we all win!
