The Future Freedom Manager assists and advises the organization to ensure ABS services and capabilities are identified, developed and implemented to the benefit of the organization.

What You Will Do

• Identify emerging industry and regulatory needs and recommend
  development
  of product / service development projects.

• Practical experience and knowledge in System Architecture, Software Architecture, automated deployments using CI/CD pipelines, and Secure Software Development practices.

• Hands-on knowledge of GenAI development, data engineering pipelines, API management, microservices, and integration patterns used in regulated cloud enterprise environments.

• Skill in prioritizing initiatives, managing budgets, driving organizational change, and aligning technology roadmaps with ABS strategic objectives.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to organize, motivate, mentor, and develop engineering teams while assuming high individual responsibility.

• Develop business cases for new projects based on collaboration / feedback and as directed for new projects.

• Work with ABS senior management and peers and, where appropriate, supervise direct reports, to achieve:

  • Alignment of projects with corporate, business unit, Technology and product strategy.

  • Development of business cases / project proposals / product strategy and marketing tools;

  • Awareness and communication of competitor and business intelligence;

  • Detailed planning of the technical scope and schedule of projects for development;

  • Execution of technical development, the approval of deliverables and implementation of projects;

  • Participation in Committee meetings for review and approval of projects;

  • Monitoring projects for timely delivery within budget and to improve project development efficiency;

  • Development and coordination of corporate responses on key client issues as requested within domain expertise;

• Communicate
  the best use of new technologies, services and products to internal and external stakeholders.

• Enhance client-facing efforts through the communication of capabilities to
  ABS
  business development and engineering/survey staff, clients and external organizations.

• Evaluate any direct
  reports
  performance on project development and provide feedback to the Director/VP.

What You Will Need

Education and Experience

• 10+ years of experience preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent in Engineering or Science required.

• Master’s or PhD preferred.

• In Canada, this role requires a Canadian engineering license.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Practical experience and knowledge in System Architecture, Azure configuration, build and
  deployment
  and Gen AI development.

• Practical experience and knowledge in classification, marine & offshore industry technologies and client relationships.

• Advanced knowledge and skills in Microsoft Office applications and web-based services.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to organize,
  manage
  and motivate personnel.

• Working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality & Environmental Management System.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to a Director or Executive-level position. May have Individual Contributor direct reports.