Technology Ecosystem & Academic Relations Lead
Huawei
Technology Ecosystem & Academic Relations Lead
Huawei
Global ICT infrastructure and devices provider
Huawei Canada has an immediate 12-month contract opening for a Technology Ecosystem & Academic Relations Lead.
About the team:
The Technology Planning and Cooperation Department promotes strategic innovation across all of Huawei Canada. Working with fellow experts, the focus is researching new and upcoming areas of technology as well as strategic planning to help achieve long term vision of Huawei. This department offers a unique opportunity to leverage both technical and business skills.
About the job:
Build and maintain the institute’s external technology network across universities, research labs, enterprise research groups, open-source communities, startups, and industry organizations.
Identify key professors, researchers, architects, engineers, founders, open-source maintainers, and product leaders. Build expert profiles, institution maps, technology landscape maps, and collaboration pipelines.
Help the institute enter higher-quality technology circles and research communities.
Identify and analyze key industry trends by attending major conferences, summits and Exhibitions spanning AI research, Systems architecture, Computing and semiconductor, Product and device, and open-source ecosystems.
Design and organize technical workshops, seminars, closed-door roundtables, and expert visits. Identify and invite high-quality speakers from academia, industry, startups, and open-source communities.
Convert each workshop into expert relationships, technical insights, and potential collaboration opportunities.
Convert fragmented external information into useful internal intelligence.
Identify and move forward collaboration opportunities around the institute’s strategic research directions.
The total target annual compensation (based on 2,080 hours per year) ranges from $127,000 to $225,000 depending on education, experience, and demonstrated expertise.
Huawei designs and sells ICT infrastructure, devices, and cloud services for telecom operators, enterprises, and consumers. Its products span telecom networks, IT infrastructure, smart devices, and cloud offerings, and they operate globally in more than 170 countries. Huawei’s technology works by combining hardware and software across networking gear, servers, consumer electronics, and cloud platforms, enabling connectivity, data processing, and smart solutions for businesses and homes, with a focus on secure, open collaboration with ecosystem partners. Differences from competitors come from its large scale, employee ownership structure, extensive R&D investment, and broad end-to-end solutions that integrate networks, IT, devices, and cloud. The company aims to empower people, enrich home life, and drive organizational innovation by delivering value through collaboration, advanced technologies, and customer-focused services.
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