Technical Project Manager
Center for Open Science
Charlottesville

Background

  
Help lead development of exclusively free, open source software to support
open science. The Center for Open Science (COS) is a funded
non-profit startup seeking a highly-motivated and experienced development
manager to support small teams of OSS developers. The team
is mission-driven, passionate about science, users of modern web and API
practices, and has expertise across the web development stack.

  
  
  
Responsibilities

  
COS team is growing rapidly and pursues highly coordinated projects while
encouraging project "ownership" and a distributed decision-making
process. Success with this model
requires team alignment on goals, clear milestones, highly effective
communication, and rapid feedback. The Technical Project
Manager will be responsible for leading small teams of full-time and intern
developers to maximize work quality, efficiency, team well-being, and growth
of team members' skills and responsibilities. Also, the
Technical Project Manager will collaborate with the leadership team for
coordination of overall priorities and architectural choices and
direction. See our Developer position to learn more about
the desired qualities of COS developers. See more on
GitHub.

  
  
  
Skills

  
Strong technical decision-making and solid development ability; Action-
orientation; Managing and planning projects; Developing and maintaining
processes with the team; Practicality and strategic foresight; Follow-through
on the entire lifecycle (including testing, QA, release management, and
deployment); Establishing and meeting timelines and milestones; Organization;
Effective fostering of a positive work environment; Empowering team members to
develop skills and acquire new responsibilities; Capitalizing on the available
motivation and talent of team members.

  
  
  
Location

  
COS is located in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  
  
  
Benefits

  
COS offers full time employees 401(k), health/dental/vision insurance, and 15
days of paid time off, in addition to a modern office space and other
amenities.

  
  
  
Applying

  
The COS is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications
from members of groups underrepresented in science and technology
industries. Please submit a resume and cover letter
explaining your background and interest in the position.

  
  
Main page: http://centerforopenscience.org/jobs/

Specific application page:
http://www.jobscore.com/jobs2/centerforopenscience
/technical-project-manager/blQ06Ub5ir5jIqeJe9fLhG

  
  



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