Job summary
The Red Hat Research team in the Office of the CTO is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join us in Boston, MA. In this role, you will support multiple collaborative projects with academic and industry partners around the world, as well as supporting internal research projects, and student-oriented research, development and education activities like hackathons, tutorials, and student projects.
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. We strive to make software freely accessible to everyone around the world. Software developed at Red Hat runs in vehicles that landed on the moon, airlines, banks, trains, social media, health care, academic institutions, robots, and in many other places.
Primary job responsibilities

• Work with research project teams to develop and maintain project plans, estimates, and schedules
• Track project deliverables against schedules
• Work with teams and other members of the Research Group to resolve issues with schedules, resources, or deliverables
• Contribute to Research Group's statement of yearly objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs), and support quarterly tracking and reporting of KPIs to the CTO
• Mentor engineers and student interns in project management best practices
• Contribute project management information to reports and proposals
• Support Research Group teams conducting special activities like Research Day events, student workshops, hackathons etc. as needed

Required skills

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of project management experience
• Keen interest in technology
• Experience working with agile software development methodology and understanding of Git repositories, coding experience is not required
• Proficient with at least one suite of project management and reporting tools; experience with open source tools is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of linux and open source projects is a plus

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.
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