Careers
Current job openings within the Wi-Fi Alliance:
Marketing and Membership Manager (Austin, TX)
Job Description:Membership manager for industry-driving high-tech global trade association. Drives global member acquisition, membership value management and member support activities. Supports a range of marketing activities including lead generation, research, events, and analytics. Reports to Marketing Director.
Duties:
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Member Recruiting
- Outward facing role in identification, introduction and signing of new members
- Plan and execute new member strategy worldwide including identifying qualifying and recruiting member companies worldwide
- Maintain member prospect pipeline and active database of potential member companies
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Member Retention
- Advocate for member needs within WFA
- Drive program enhancements and best practices to improve member satisfaction and retention
- Work with member company representatives to deepen participation and engage representatives in WFA activities
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Operational Support
- Contribute to operational elements of membership staff activities: member support, annual renewal campaign, sponsor elections, and by laws, policies and procedures enforcement and evolution
- Support member-driven and member-focused activities (task groups and events) and marketing initiatives (program launches, trade shows, etc.)
- Report member acquisition and retention statistics, including design, analysis and reporting of annual member satisfaction survey
Experience:
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5+ years directly-related experience including work in:
- Marketing program management, lead generation, communications, and research
- High-technology industry experience
- Global stakeholder relations, business development and/or account management
- International experience a plus
- Experience in both multinational corporations and small companies highly valued
Skills/Behaviors:
- Highly ethical, adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values
- Results-oriented in a dynamic environment (success measured by member retention, acquisition, and satisfaction)
- Thrives in multiple-stakeholder environment; strong customer-service orientation
- Enthusiastic learner, possesses agility, maintains steadfast composure in face of changing priorities
- Ability to manage and deliver multiple tasks and priorities
- Embraces small company environment (no job too big or too small)
- Leads by influence, proven team player – works well in cross functional teams
- Ability to assemble information from multiple sources and create strategic recommendations, anticipates future consequences and trends accurately
- Polished professional communicator
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with multiple international cultures
- Persuasive speaker, ability to present to and interface with multiple levels of management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Education:
- Marketing/business or technical degree, MBA preferred
Salary, Benefits, Etc.:
- Compensation commensurate with education and experience (no relocation)
- Competitive benefits, including health, dental, 401K matching
- Requires US and international travel (25%+)
- Position located in Austin, TX—no relocation
Qualified interested candidates please send your resume to: jobs@wi-fi.org
About the Wi-Fi Alliance
Senior Software Engineer (Santa Clara, CA)
Job Description:Lead developer of embedded applications and tools for a fully automated, open-source test platform for certifying interoperability/performance of Wi-Fi (802.11)-enabled devices such as mobile phones, laptops, wireless infrastructure and other consumer applications. Given the nature of the organization and seniority of the position, the successful candidate will eventually interact regularly with Wi-Fi Alliance member company representatives through delivery of training and collaborative support.
Requirements:
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science required; Masters preferred
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Expertise with C/C++ in Linux and/or Windows environments
- Strong TCP/IP socket and thread programming experience
- Experience writing applications and device drivers for serial and bus architectures
- Hands-on aptitude with configuration/operation of basic networking hardware
- Familiarity with following common programming practices, version control, etc.
- Works independently in a fast-paced, small team environment
- Appreciation of wide range of responsibility
- Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs
- Solid communication skills (written and oral)
Desirable Skills:
- Understanding of 802.11 or other wireless technology
- Understanding of general networking technologies (stacks, routing, switching, NAT, QoS, etc)Thrives in multiple-stakeholder environment; strong customer-service orientation
- Script programming experience - VBscript, Python, .NET, C#
- Experience with Agile-oriented environment
- Experience as leader and/or ScrumMaster for small software development team
- Experience with ARM, Xscale and X86-based embedded architecture development
Salary, Benefits, Etc.:
- Compensation commensurate with education and experience (no relocation)
- Competitive benefits, including health, dental, 401K
- Requires US and international travel (10%+)
Qualified interested candidates please send your resume to: jobs@wi-fi.org
The Wi-Fi Alliance is a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology across devices and market segments. With technology development, market building, and regulatory programs, the Wi-Fi Alliance has enabled widespread adoption of Wi-Fi worldwide.
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIEDTM program was launched in March 2000. It provides a widely-recognized designation of interoperability and quality, and it helps to ensure that Wi-Fi enabled products deliver the best user experience. The Wi-Fi Alliance has completed more than 5,000 product certifications to date, encouraging the expanded use of Wi-Fi products and services in new and established markets.
