Technical Project- and Release Manager

Technical Project- and Release Manager

  

Job Description:

   

About us:  

SUSE, the world’s largest independent open source company, helps customers, partners and communities be the difference in their spheres of influence. Through open collaboration and agile, enterprise-grade open source solutions, customers, partners and communities are empowered to simplify tasks, modernize environments and accelerate business innovation – ultimately reaping the benefits of measurable value and better futures. Our customer obsessed operating model means exceptional service, value, flexibility and customer choice, with no enforced lock in.

SUSE’s open, open source approach helps our customers and partners move their businesses forward, transforming IT, delivering increased agility and faster innovation. SUSE’s Engineering & Innovation (E&I) oversees the technology innovation, and product and solution development and delivery of SUSE’s global portfolio, built within various open source projects and communities. 

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a person who's passion is to manage software projects. Somebody who likes to dive into technical details and to work with dedicated and gifted engineers on great products. A person who has already managed software projects and is now ready to go for the next level.

As a Project Manager at SUSE, your role is to interface between Product Management and Engineering. You will plan and evaluate requirements and schedule in close cooperation with engineering management and product managers.
Once a project is in production you will make sure that the deliverables are being provided according to schedule and facilitate the overall product creation process.

This job will allow you to grow personally and professionally by learning new things on a regular basis and be in touch with the newest technologies emerging in concurrent IT markets. You will help to balance the requirements of established technologies and the introduction of brand new bleeding edge technologies and help shaping the future of IT. At SUSE you will encounter a spirited mix of agile and traditional software development methodologies and adaptations together with a seasoned SUSE workforce and many new colleagues.

Your work will involve a high amount of interaction with many people working in many locations around the world. SUSE is a truly international company with high standards in work ethics and conduct. Being accessible and open to interact with each other is an important part of SUSE's professional charter.

If you are a self-organized and self-motivated person, who likes to understand things in order to draw conclusions and who enjoys working with people in an international environment - we would really love to hear from you.

Join us and become part of SUSE's "Open Open Source" world and our SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

What you are responsible for:

• Manage the expectations and requirements from other departments towards the various Linux products.

• Requirements Management - understand and define the scope and requirements of the product, its workflows and activities.

• Assure that current and future product requirements are properly covered by the several engineering teams.

• Oversee all stages of the product and its completion and therefore ensure product stays on schedule and adheres to the deadlines.

• Create and maintains contingent planning for work forces and required hardware.

• Manage product inter-dependencies, constantly monitor bugs and features of the Linux products.

• Reporting of current product status to management.

• Coordinate and liaise with all stakeholders of the product: Project Management, Product Management, Development, Quality Assurance and Support.

What we expect:

• Experience in technical project management of software; certification in e.g. PMP, IPMA is a big plus.
• Experience in driving and delivering a product of high complexity.
• Excellent written, verbal English communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of working in a virtual and distributed environment.
• Being able to navigate at ease through a culturally diverse matrix organization.
• Ability to negotiate with the team and others to reconcile differences, ability to seek agreement and consensus across boundaries.
• Ability to understand social perceptions. Being aware of others’ reactions and understand why they react as they do.
• Proactive mindset. Being able to see the big picture and to foresee problems and make process improvements continuously.
• In-depths Linux know-how, experience with Open-Source projects
• Build- and configuration management experience is a plus
• Excellent communication skills

What we offer:

This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits – including flexible hours, competitive pay, and a commitment to work/life balance. You’ll be joining a team of hard-working, focused, and creative people who are passionate about changing the world through the power of open source technology and solutions.  

Career Level:

Specialist 

Work Location: 

Any SUSE office (home office) EU-wide (Nuremberg, Germany preferred)

Position-Type:

full-time 40 hours

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.