Manager, Innovation, Transportation and Technology

**AMTA JOB DESCRIPTION**

**Title: Manager, Innovation, Transportation and Technology**

**Reports to: Senior Manager, Industry Advancement**

The Alberta Motor Transport Association is a not-for-profit, advocacy and safety training association functioning as The Voice, The Standard and The Resource for commercial transportation in Alberta. For more than 80 years, our work has encompassed a broad range of environmental, social, economic, safety and compliance activities that impact provincial highways. Research and innovation is now at the forefront of our projects, enabling the AMTA to bring key stakeholders together to lead research and develop new technologies that will significantly enhance the industry while reducing human and environmental impacts.

**ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Work in collaboration with the Senior Manager to identify innovative, technical project opportunities within the scope and mandate of the program and the organization’s strategic objectives
- Assist the Senior Manager in the development of operational planning which aligns with the association’s overall strategic plan
- Oversee departmental responsibilities reporting to this position, coaching, and mentoring department staff, encouraging strategic-thinking skills, collaborative teamwork, and effective working relationships
- Provide functional daily leadership to direct reports
- Establish clear standards of performance relating to the scope of duties for all direct reports, ensuring that standards are consistently and effectively communicated, monitored, and performance managed accordingly
- Develop performance metrics related to team goals and achievement of objectives
- Foster a culture of customer service, teamwork, and staff engagement
- Collaborate with the Senior Manager on matters relating to recruitment, hiring, ongoing evaluation, and performance management of staff

**Assessing Technology and Technological Trends**
- Aware of new technologies, industry trends, opportunities, and solutions relevant to freight transportation
- Lead the innovation vision and continuously fill the funnel of new ideas
- Identify new startups, grow client base of manufacturers, suppliers, fuel producers, standards organizations, and industry stakeholders
- Prepare gathering documents to guide business decisions including partnerships with new project partners
- Use your technical knowledge to identify proof of concept and ready to use technologies
- Assess our client and technology capabilities for trials and pilot projects
- Vet manufacturers, suppliers, fuel producers, standard organizations, and industry stakeholders
- Strong understanding of the operation of commercial vehicles, commercial vehicle safety and maintenance
- Represent the AMTA and industry to governments, industry affiliated associations, organizations within the AMTA partnerships and the public in matters within scope
- Develop and deliver presentations, papers, and articles for internal and external audiences, as required
- Other related duties

**Government Relations**
- Knowledge of federal and provincial acts, regulations, permits and licensing that govern the commercial transportation industry
- Oversee and advise on research projects
- Lead specific components of programs as assigned, including supporting the strategic planning phase and ensuring related activities and outcomes are aligned with program workplan and objectives

**Scientific Leadership and Managing Research Activities**
- Develops and or reviews engineering related documents, correspondence, reports and remediation plans
- Elaborate projects scientific strategy, methods, goals, and deliverables
- Provide technical leadership to the department

**MAJOR JOB FUNCTIONS BY %**:
**Leadership - 30%**

**Strategy - 10%**

**Government Affairs - 5%**

**Research and Innovation - 20%**

**Projects - 15%**

**Industry Network - 10%**

**Committee’s -10%**

**OBJECTIVE**

As a critical sub-department within Industry Advancement, and within your responsibility, you will present strategic goals that drive broad change. You will work closely with internal staff and other leaders to ensure efficiency, support, coaching and guidance for both internal and external stakeholders’ relationships. This role requires a leader with a strong understanding of the commercial transportation industry, and the ability to oversee long-range business strategy development and short-range strategy execution. This position requires an individual comfortable with client interactions at all levels and who’s capable of developing strong and lasting relationships in each AMTA department.

Your ability to represent the organization’s vision, innovation and strategy with business and government leaders as well as front-line staff will be paramount to your success. The Manager directly oversees, and coordinates activities undertaken by the Association for the purpose of connecting stakeholders to projects which fulfill the strategi