About Us

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SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable and secure enterprise open source solutions, including SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), Rancher and NeuVector. More than 60% of the Fortune 500 rely on SUSE to power their mission-critical workloads, enabling them to innovate everywhere – from the data center to the cloud, to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the “open” back in open source, collaborating with partners and communities to give customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow.  

We are open in our roots and open in our approach, striving to be the most trusted open innovator in the World. Openness extends beyond our technology. Our vibrant community thrives on diversity and connectivity without borders.

Job Description

Objective of the role

SUSE's Maintenance Coordination team provides premium service and fast software updates to keep our world-wide customers' businesses safe and running. To support the Maintenance Coordination team we are looking for a Technical Project Manager who will be responsible to drive projects that create new processes or improves existing ones to ensure high quality and short delivery time of software updates for SUSE's product portfolio.

Note: This is a temporary employee contract for 1 year.

What's Important to Us

• High quality with customer focus. Our customers rely on our products and services. Products and updates we ship to our customers have to be of the highest quality. Continuous improvement, a precise working-style, and our ability to analyze code makes this possible.

• Curiosity and motivation to learn. Endless opportunities to learn and different products allow employees to develop themselves and grow their knowledge in a huge variety of areas.
• Collaboration. Working with and within international teams allows to connect to highly skilled engineers around the globe. Regular events like hackathons, workshops, and outdoor events help to easily build up relationships and friendship within and across teams.
• Flexible environment. Our working hours are as flexible as possible to allow employees to work when they are most creative and productive.

What You'll Do

• Drive projects that create new processes or improves existing ones to ensure high quality and short delivery time of software updates
• Support engineering teams that develop products using leading edge technologies to ensure maintainability at an enterprise level
• Represent the Maintenance Coordination team and its needs across departments by communication with several other project managers, team leads, and department leads
• Engage in planning of new products and product changes
• Deliver maintenance for our products with a lifetime of 13+ years

Experience We Want to See

• Strong experience in a project management or product owner role, managing complex technical projects
• Experience in driving internal cross-organizational projects and initiatives is a plus
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written
• Ability to work in a team that works from different time zones
• Experience with a Linux operating system as an administrator or developer is a plus
• Proven experience with container technologies is a plus
• Knowledge about SUSE's product portfolio is a plus
• Knowledge about software delivery and packaging technologies, like RPM, containers, and the Open Build Service is a plus
• Strong focus on automation

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What We Offer 

We empower you to be bold, driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.  

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.   

If you’re a big thinker, obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy, then please apply now!  

We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals – like you – with different backgrounds, talents, skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome, has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age, gender, race, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other characteristics.   

Sounds like the right fit for you? Click Apply to submit your resume. A recruiter will contact you if your skills match our current or any future positions. In the meantime, stay updated on the latest SUSE news and job vacancies by joining our Talent Community. 

SUSE Values 

• We are passionate about customers 

• We are respectful and inclusive  

• We are empowered and accountable   

• We are trustworthy and act with integrity  

• We are collaborative  

• We are SUSE!