Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.
Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.
Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.
The role, in a nutshell:
We are looking for an experienced and technically skilled Technical Program Manager with a strong background in software development to lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in software engineering and program management to collaborate with engineering teams, define technical requirements, and drive projects through the full software development lifecycle.
What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to deeply understand technical work problems and software program goals, ensuring clear prioritization of deliverables and alignment with overall project objectives.
- Prioritize software development goals by translating technical needs into actionable tasks, creating technical roadmaps, and ensuring deliverables meet software engineering standards.
- Define the scope of projects, developing, executing, and managing software-focused project plans, ensuring projects are completed on time and within the required technical specifications.
- Review key metrics for software development projects, identify deviations, and define corrective actions for any critical software engineering challenges or blockers.
- Proactively identify, communicate, and collaborate with relevant software development stakeholders to drive impactful software development initiatives across teams.
Image Fulfillment - Tactical (Software Context)
- Manage the daily operations of the Image Fulfillment department, ensuring smooth software-driven workflows, prioritization of tasks, issue resolution, and efficient delivery within a technical environment.
- Develop and implement processes to streamline software-driven order handling and quality assurance.
- Serve as the primary technical point of contact for Engineering and Product teams, particularly on software development processes related to image fulfillment; lead daily stand-ups and facilitate communication on engineering-focused initiatives.
- Supervise and manage the performance of engineering contractors, ensuring they follow best practices in software development processes and contribute effectively to the team's goals.
Image Fulfillment - Strategic (Software Focus)
- Conduct software-based order forecasting and capacity planning to ensure sufficient engineering resources for parallel image order processing.
- Identify, propose, and lead strategic software development projects to improve Chainguard's image and package-building aspects, ensuring all packages in RHEL 9 are covered and facilitating migration for prospects through enhanced software engineering solutions.
What we're looking for:
- 5 years of experience in program management within a software development environment.
- 5 years of hands-on experience in software development best practices, with a deep understanding of methods, tools, and process improvements to optimize cross-team engineering initiatives.
- Proven experience working with development teams, understanding code, development tools, and lifecycle management, and leveraging those insights to drive successful project outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience managing cross-functional and cross-team software development projects, with a focus on delivering high-quality software solutions.
Base Salary Range
£115,000—£140,000 GBP
About Us
We live and breathe our company values:
We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
- For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here.
If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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