SUSE Labs Technical Project Manager

SUSE Labs Technical Project Manager

Job Description:

In this role, you will be responsible for the deliverables of the SUSE Labs
department. You will work closely with the team leads, release managers and
product managers. You will be the primary point of contact for the peers from
the other departments and inbound product management.

The deliverables include final software packages for SUSE's SLES releases, Labs
product releases, as well as smaller projects, such as statements of work
(SOWs) from SUSE's partners.

Position Responsibilities

- Work with Product Management on evaluating and planning features
  and resources for upcoming products and updates.

- Manage and drive the delivery of high quality product components,
  together with other departments.

- Shape internal Labs department tools and processes to achieve
  high quality, predictability and agility in delivery of components
  Labs is responsible for.

- Build interfaces to other departments both on peer and vertical level,
  suprervising and coordinating development by external teams.
 
- Together with all stakeholders, bridge the gap between requests,
  business needs, and technology. You will help the less technical
  stakeholders understand the benefits of innovative approaches.

- Act as a primary point of contact for the statements of work with our
  partners.

Required Skills and Experience

- At least 5 years experience in highly skilled engineering teams.

- Management experience including the management of remote and
  distributed organizations.

- Excellent grasp of Open Source Culture and Linux, strong
  understanding of the Linux kernel.

- Knowledge of non x86_64 architectures, for example Arm or IBM Z.

- Passion for your ideas, yet the ability to stay calm in charged
  situations.

- Establish credibility with smart engineers quickly, and to foster
  constructive discussion effectively in challenging environments.

- The ability to bridge the gap between user, business, and geek
  language.

- Strong dedication to customer requirements and business perspective.

- Desire and skill to work across organizational boundaries, both within
  and outside.

- Good to excellent written and spoken English.

- Project management and leadership skills a plus.

- Willingness to travel to conferences and meetings.

Job:

Engineering

SUSE, the world’s largest independent open source software company, powers digital transformation with true open source technologies for the enterprise that simplify, modernize and accelerate traditional, cloud and edge solutions. SUSE collaborates with partners, communities and customers to deliver and support solutions that enable mission-critical business outcomes. SUSE’s container and cloud platforms, software-defined infrastructure, and artificial intelligence and edge computing solutions allow customers to create, deploy and manage workloads anywhere – on premises, hybrid and multi-cloud. For more information, visit www.suse.com.