Project Manager, Training & Certification

The Project Manager, Training & Certification is a full-time position responsible for facilitating effective, efficient cross-departmental project implementations for the Training & Certification group at the Linux Foundation. This group develops and delivers training courses and certification exams requiring extensive collaboration between its different subteams, external departments, and third-party vendors. This role reports to the Sr. Project Manager, Training & Certification and drives accountability and execution by implementing project management best practices on communication, scoping, delivery tracking, etc.

The successful candidate must be willing to work within the following hours:
03:00pm-11:00pm (GMT) / 08:00am-4:00pm (PST). 

The successful candidate must be willing to shift schedules as needed, to deal with the practical challenges presented by working with colleagues across global time zones.

The Project Manager’s primary responsibilities are as follows:

• Helps clarify project goals early on and facilitates the creation of a robust project plan
• Ensure adherence to the best practices and use of standardized tooling (JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Defines scope, resources, and schedule based on high-level objectives and milestones 
• Facilitates ongoing communication between team members to ensure alignment and understanding of who should be doing what, by when, and why
• Identifies resource gaps and surfaces for decision 
• Implements Agile practices across the team (defining epics, stories) 
• Drives project success: managing the backlog and ensuring quality and productive meetings 
• Conduct post-mortems to identify opportunities to improve
• Regularly communicates status to stakeholders

Competencies

• Passionate about delivering results 
• Collaborative: works effectively with others and keeps an eye on the overall goals of the Foundation
• Positive: happy to face a challenge and marshall resources toward a goal
• Responsiveness: values being responsive to others’ requests, especially members
• Efficiency: able to move projects from start to complete
• Communication: proactive communicator who understands where she/he needs to facilitate communication
• Conscientious: keeps meticulous records and always follows up to ensure tasks don’t get dropped
• Trustworthy: Ability to work closely with a team and earn and keep his/her trust
• Astute: Uses sound judgment to make decisions that improve revenue or reduce costs
• Quality: Focuses on creating quality in everything he/she does: plans, written communication
• Strategic: always on the lookout for new opportunities to make the LF better

The 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/dental/vision plans, unlimited PTO.

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.