Principal Project Manager - Technical

Job Summary

The AI Platform Core Components organization, part of AI Engineering, is looking for individuals with passion for fostering an agile culture and helping grow the impact of Red Hat’s AI offerings for our customers and the community. The focus of our rapidly growing engineering organization is to productize Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI and to provide independence for AI Engineering on implementing AI accelerators and core layers of the stack. In the position of Agile Practitioner, you will have an exciting opportunity to encourage generative AI innovation through open source, contribute to the agile development of RHEL AI, and be at the forefront of the exciting evolution of AI. You will join an ecosystem that promotes collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional development.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment where each day provides interesting challenges and opportunities, this might be just the place for you. As a part of the RHEL AI’s team of agile practitioners, you will have the opportunity to support the agile culture of an entire organization. You will engage with stakeholders and engineering teams to promote and cultivate an agile mindset, and as an individual contributor, you will coach and mentor a subset of teams and ensure consistent application of agile best practices and tools. Just as importantly, you will be collaborating closely with like-minded agile professionals working with teams of their own as we build out an open organization that fully lives into the agile values and principles, and where everyone’s contributions and thoughts are valued and encouraged. At Red Hat, we focus on respectful adoption of agility through the identification and resolution of existing challenges rather than implementation of specific frameworks.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Adopt and follow agile mindset, values, and principles to lead by example and promote agility across the organization

• Establish collaborative partnerships and coach several cross-functional and distributed teams to advise them on their journey of continuous improvement

• Guide teams in work and priorities visualization and tracking to ensure transparency and predictability

• Support new teams in their formation, goal setting and prioritization, and iteration commitment

• Introduce new ideas and processes that improve team collaboration, effectiveness, performance, productivity, and overall contentment

• Help to identify and address systemic impediments hindering progress

• Provide training in areas where agile concepts are new or not followed

• Establish and foster a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and solutions found

• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

• Drive continuous improvement on the team level through regular retrospection

• Coach Product Owners, especially with respect to priorities definition and backlog management, and other leaders on agility and continuous improvement

• Collaborate closely with other agile practitioners and project managers to build and influence an agile organization where best practices are followed

• Facilitate cross-team collaboration and coordination for project mapping, dependency tracking, and impediment removal

• Maintain and utilize the knowledge of the latest industry trends in agile methodologies

Required Skills

• Experience with collaborating on agile transformations across various teams and organizations

• Demonstrated track record of coaching teams at varying maturity levels on using agile and lean methods and delivering software products to production

• Great facilitation skills with demonstrated ability to influence change

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Experience with Jira or other agile lifecycle management tools

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF) + Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), or equivalent certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology or combination of relevant education and experience

Bonus Skills

• Technical skills, knowledge of Red Hat products, or understanding of open source development models

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About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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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