Gis Analyst - Kitchener, Canada - Communitech Technology Association

Communitech Technology Association

Verified Company

Kitchener, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Communitech helps founders start, grow and succeed
At Communitech, we're all about the "F" word. Founders.

We were built by tech founders who saw the need for a community of support to help ensure the future prosperity of Canada.

No other innovation hub can say that, which is pretty cool.

Established in 1997, our mission has been our guide ever since.

We're here to support the founder at every stage of their journey, providing accelerated opportunities to access talent, capital and sales.

As Canada's tech supercharger, we help founders:

Hire and retain the smartest, brightest and most experienced people
Access growth financing at every stage
Sell to the biggest customers at home and around the world
Connect the right people at the right time
peers who have been there before, coaches who can guide them through the difficult spots and partners from all over Canada

Communitech is a hybrid organization headquartered in downtown Kitchener, Ontario.

In-person connection is important to us, so we get together regularly for special events, collaboration days and team socials, and we ask our team members to work onsite from our Kitchener facility for at least 60 hours per month.

What you'll be doing:

Data & Advanced Technologies Team:

Support the OpenHDmaps platform by finding and integrating geospatial data, increasing its value to users across the mobility space.

Research use cases for the OpenHDMaps platform in automotive, transportation, smart cities, infrastructure as well as new novel sectors such as augmented/virtual reality.
Identify sources of open geospatial data that would be of value to users of the OpenHDMaps platform.
Use standard open source geospatial tools (e.g. QGIS) to collect, aggregate, clean the identified open data sets.
Build new tools using Python in GIS databases as required.
Work with various partners and users to integrate geospatial data onto the platform.

Founder Services Team:

Coordinate and assist with our startup pilot program, focused on exploring how to best support pre-revenue founders to accelerate their business growth.

Lead outreach to potential participants Logistics: Coordinate schedules, registrations, other administrative tasks focused on connecting founders with advisory supports and resources- Track metrics including number of companies in each stage, success metric(s) such as Net Promoter Score (NPS)- Provide additional support to our medtech founder programming by assisting in the coordination of medtech sessions and ongoing medtech program development

Qualifications:

Knowledge of open geospatial tools used to analyze/visualize data sets in various vector and raster formats (e.g. Shapefile, JSON, LiDAR, OpenStreetMap)
Understanding of High Definition mapping, autonomous vehicle or other transportation related technologies would be beneficial.
Interest in or experience with entrepreneurship and/or with technology startups is an asset
Strong written and verbal communications skills with strict attention to detail
Analytically minded for deep discussions on business needs
Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships with client companies and other 3rd parties are a must
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Ability to prioritize multiple projects impacting a variety of internal and external stakeholders

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