Company Description
The CNCF projects team is responsible for supporting CNCF projects from sandbox to incubation and graduation, aligning the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) with CNCF projects, supporting CNCF TAGs, End User Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and other working groups, as well as recruiting, mentoring and helping leaders for our community. We manage a significant cross-organizational community of developers, designers, documentation experts, community managers and supporting staff. As a community, we work together to help build the next generation of cloud native.
Job Description
Job Role And Responsibilities
The Senior Program Manager, Developer Programs works jointly with the CTO, Sr. Director of Developer Experience, and VP of Strategic Programs to drive critical and complex projects by providing technical leadership, resource management, community / partner engagement, and enabling cross-organizational change. This person will be responsible for driving strategic cross-organizational programs with projects and end users by partnering with leadership teams to drive planning and execution of these programs.
Deep knowledge of cloud native technologies, open source community, and organization structure is required.The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of cloud native ecosystem, CNCF Projects, CNCF TAGs, and thrive in an ambiguous environment.
Key Responsibilities Include
In this role you will report to the Sr. Director of Developer Experience who manages the Projects Team and your key responsibilities include:
Provide community management and leadership support to the TOC and End User Technical Advisory Board (TAB), supporting these bodies’ cross-collaboration with other CNCF governing bodies and committees and CNCF projects.
Act as a resource for the TOC, TAGs, End User TAB, and WGs to resolve issues
Support CNCF projects in their efforts to grow and engage with the CNCF community
Support and guide the CNCF Projects team through onboarding new projects
Ensure cross-organizational communication and collaboration within CNCF projects leadership, CNCF team and working groups.
Qualifications
● 10+ years experience managing large highly complex programs/projects. ● Demonstrate proven community leadership skills, with intuitive people skills and a strategic mindset. ● Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with a history of hands-on, detail orientation. ● Ability to establish credibility and rapport with senior executives and technical and non-technical team members alike. ● Outstanding organizational, communication, and relationship building skills conducive to driving consensus; able to work well in a cross-functional, matrix management environment. ● Ability to master complex technical subjects and technologies. ● Strong organizational, program leadership, analysis, and communication skills. ● Ability to work well as a member of a highly dynamic team composed of both non-technical and technical members.
● At least 5 years of experience working with open source communities.● Ability to successfully partner with all functional areas across CNCF member organizations.● Proficiency with GitHub.● Able to travel up to 15% of the time, including internationally, several times a year to attend events.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.The Linux Foundation is creating the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open source collaboration across companies, developers and users. We are the organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption.Compensation range: $150,000-$200,000The Linux Foundation is an all-remote workforce that hires world class talent. We are as passionate about providing a flexible and supportive work culture as we are about open source software.
Collaboration is in our DNA, and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely together while not being tied to an office. We offer exceptional benefits - e.g., top of the line healthcare plans, unlimited PTO, and 100% 401k match up to the IRS-defined limit per year.The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
