Senior Open Source Program Manager

VMware ,
London, Greater London
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Are you passionate about open source communities? How would you like to build and manage the processes and tools that help VMware employees contribute to hundreds of upstream open source projects? VMware provides you just such an opportunity. We are the Open Source Community Strategy team in the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at VMware. We are building a new team providing resources that foster community development and connect our engagement in open source communities with our strategies so that we are all collaborating to achieve the same goals. We are passionate about improving the health of our open source projects and helping our employees contribute to open source communities. We make a point to bring empathy to each and every engagement. What is your passion? Your experience? We are looking for a senior program manager, that will collaborate with the Director of Open Source Community Strategy to create and maintain the tools, documentation and processes that help us align our open source upstream contributions with VMware strategies across our various business units. You'll work with product leadership, engineers, and other program managers to define and implement software and processes for the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to help our employees contribute to upstream open source projects while being good corporate citizens. You will come up with a plan for how to align our contributions with our strategies, run a pilot to gather feedback, share implementation of this plan, communicate with stakeholders, and continue to iterate on improvements to this program over time. Additionally, you'll provide day-to-day coordination on other projects and tasks as needed to drive process and communication improvements across multiple teams and functions. **What we are looking for:** + Ability to be self-driven, and a fast and consistent learner are valued attributes for this position. + Pragmatic, iterative, and customer-driven. You focus on where you can add the most value and automate and delegate the rest. You're organized, self-starting, and resourceful. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. + You know when to ask for support and are comfortable giving and receiving feedback to continually improve as a team. + Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures. + Enjoy problem solving, automating processes, and improving the customer experience + Understanding of why open source exists, why it works, and the opportunities and challenges it poses to organizations. **Highly Desired:** + Experience participating in and contributing to open source projects. + Previous software development experience. + Experience with software development tools such as source code revision control (Git / GitHub) and ticketing systems (Jira). If you are passionate about this opportunity but don't meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage you to apply. This job can be performed remotely from other countries in Europe. **About OSPO** The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) leads the company's open source efforts and strategy, driving common values and processes across all business units for VMware's interaction with open source communities. OSPO's role in VMware involves enabling efficient and effective outbound engagement in and contributions to open source communities to accelerate software development and enabling product teams to meet their compliance obligations for VMware's inbound use of open source components. **VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind** **:** VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law. **Category :** Business Strategy and Operations **Subcategory:** Program Management **Experience:** Manager and Professional **Full Time/ Part Time:** Full Time **Work From Home:** Yes **Posted Date:** 2020-05-12 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compr

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