Digital Development Manager - CONTRACT

Build a career powered by innovations that matter!  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter.  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific.  Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Business Unit Overview

This position is part of Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services global teams.  Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations.  Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing.  The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Summary

As the IT Digital Development Manager, you will lead a team responsible for the planning, implementation, and maintenance of technology systems and applications. You will lead effective planning, testing, implementation and administration of interactive technologies, websites, applications, and social media platforms. Your goal will be to ensure the uninterrupted operation of these systems and to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization. You will collaborate with other departments to ensure technology solutions align with business objectives and will drive innovation to support growth. Your leadership and technical expertise will be critical to the success of the organization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintaining effective working relationships with internal personnel and external agency partners.
• Collaborating with other departments to identify and address technology needs.
• Leading small to large website development projects from beginning to completion.
• Ensuring best practices are utilized in delivering Reporting/Analytics, Data Management, and Integration Solutions.
• Developing and implementing strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of IT applications environments.
• Evaluating and recommending new hardware, software, and systems to improve efficiency and productivity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of web development experience along with hosting, coordinating design/development, SEO, digital advertising, behavior analytics.
• Exposure to current trends in web development in a cross-platform environment.
• Have experience in budgeting and managing IT resources to optimize costs.
• Be able to lead a team of IT professionals and effectively delegate tasks.
• Have excellent communication skills and the capability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Travel Requirements  

• As needed

Physical Requirements

• Mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Ability to use vison to read computer screen and read printed materials

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.