Suse Labs Technical Project Manager

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SUSE Labs Technical Project Manager
In this role, you will be responsible for the deliverables of the SUSE Labs department.
You will work closely with the team leads, software developers and hardware partners.
You will be the primary point of contact for the peers from the other departments and from external companies.
You will be handling and driving requests from partners to get their hardware supported any SUSE products.
**Position Responsibilities**:
- Work with development and partners on planning features for upcoming products and updates.
- Manage and drive the delivery of high quality product components, together with SUSE Labs department.
- 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 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.
- Work experience with external hardware partners is a big plus.
- 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**
Software Engineering
**What We Offer**
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SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly, thus requiring agility, strong entrepreneurship and an open mind.
This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.
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You will work in a global community of unique individuals - like you - with different backgrounds, talents, skills and perspectives.
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