Resource Manager

By joining **StarFish Medical**, you will make a difference in millions of lives worldwide. We are a product development and low-volume contract manufacturing consultancy focused on medical devices and laboratory test equipment. Many of the devices we consult on and manufacture are complex electromechanical systems, requiring our engineers and designers to work closely together to develop these systems. Working at StarFish Medical ensures you will be part of an award-winning, multi-disciplinary development team that delivers elegant solutions, exceptional customer service, and final products that enable our customers' commercial success. If you are looking for a workplace where you can make a difference and be recognized as a difference maker, then StarFish Medical is the place for you. We seek an astute professional to oversee staffing data accuracy and facilitate communication across stakeholder groups. They do not directly manage resources but are responsible for tracking all the pertinent information (e.g., utilization capacity, assignment/availability, skills, and future resource needs) necessary to staff projects. This role relies on teaming solid skills to help build out the newly created resource management function. **Salary & Benefits** The annual base salary for this role is listed below. **Locations** Toronto, Ontario or Victoria, BC Offices. **Base salary range is between** **Comp Philosophy** **Benefits of working at StarFish Medical** An exciting career working with a genuinely talented and ambitious team, combined with: - The opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology. - Award-winning culture with deep-rooted Guiding Principles. - Profit-sharing program. - Excellent company-paid benefits package. - Paid vacation and sick leave, including a "vacation purchase program" to take more time off. - Monthly All-hands meetings. - Active social committee. - 50% BC Transit / TTC cost-sharing in Toronto. - Both locations offer shower facilities for midday runs or biking to work; Victoria offers Galloping Goose access close by, while Toronto offers a Bike Share station within a 5-minute walk to the Office. - Both locations offer free parking on-site or around the premises. **What You'll Be Doing** **Project Staffing Management** - Evaluate and process new project resource requests and identify/recommend resources to be staffed on projects. - Engage Program Leaders for insights on the project dynamics/complexity. This includes collecting project resource data to determine staffing needs and tracking evolving resource needs based on modified start/end dates and changes to project plan definitions. - Work with Program/Project Leaders to ensure resources (billables) are leveraged profitably. **Resource Forecasting & Demand Planning** - As a trusted advisor, work closely with the Functional Leadership Team and Business Development to interpret forecasted resource supply and demand. - Serve as a point of contact for resource-related inquiries, resolving issues promptly and effectively and escalating as necessary. - Drive engagements, including projection of future resource needs with project managers; translate project pipeline information into resource needs. - Run Resource Forecasting Reports to analyze, assess, and identify project resource gaps and surpluses. Identify opportunities for improvement and areas of concern and provide recommendations for action as needed. **Skills Inventory Management** - Analyze and identify critical skills gaps across the department and make recommendations on how to address them. - Strong collaboration with Functional Managers and understanding of employee skill sets, availability, and career aspirations to facilitate optimal resource allocation. - Work closely with Functional Managers to identify skills gaps while collaborating with the Instructional Design team to develop tailored content and curriculum for learning and development to meet project needs. **Resource Management & Reporting** - Facilitate resource management meetings and reports to support resource discussions, including resource utilization and relevant metrics reports throughout the organization. - Identify opportunities where underutilized resources can be leveraged in other projects based on the resource's skills. - Responsible for ensuring established resource management business processes are followed. - Gather and analyze metrics to monitor the performance of the overall resource management function. **What You Bring To The Team** The StarFish team is talented, innovative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices for our clients to improve people's lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we constantly have breakthroughs on the most complex devices. You are suited to our approach and possess these attributes: **Work Experience** - 8+ years of resource management experience in