The Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity?Enterprises are running mission critical software in more places than ever before in their datacenter, hybrid cloud, public cloud, and at the edge.In order to catalyze Enterprise transformation throughsoftware, VMware envisions a world where Kubernetesis as available as a utility
– like electricity
– customers need to deploy a consistent Kubernetes grid across all their operational environments.
TanzuKubernetes Grid (TKG) provides Enterprise organizations with a consistent, upstream compatible, Kubernetes substrate across SDDC, Public Cloud, and Edge environments that is ready for end-user workloads and ecosystem integrations.
TKG builds on trusted open source and community projects and delivers an engineered and supported Kubernetes platform for end users and partners.What is theprimary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?You will lead a globally distributed team of Kubernetes contributors, with a focus on ensuring growth of contributors and successful contributions to Kubernetes and its sub-projects to support organizational strategy.Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months, you will work toward completing?You will be expected to:Translate organizational strategy into strategic work plans, set operational objectives, and delegate assignmentsConnect members and objectives of team to short-term and long-term business goalsReport and be accountable for success of innovating with a globally diverse community towards team milestones and established themesEstablish team members’ career growth plans, mentorships, and individual goalsWhat type of work will you be doing?
Whatassignments or requirements will you be performing on a regular basis?On a regular basis, you willJoin Kubernetes special interest groups (SIGs) alongside team membersDelegate to and support technical leadership to work with team members to align to strategy, create plans, and complete workFacilitate, coach, and mentor your team of Staff and Member of Technical Staff engineers to ensure each member is able to achieve career goals and be their bestReview and optimize operations and organizational structure to ensure influence and coordination to support Tanzu and business-aligned open source strategyLead through internal organizational changes and complexities of innovating with global open source communitiesWhat is leadership like for this role?
What is the structure and culture of the team like?
The hiring manager for this role is Clint Kitson, R Director.
Clint has been in the cloud native ecosystem for 5 years and helped build, coordinate, and grow VMware’s Kubernetes contributor and product teams.
Clint’s team is responsible for delivering TKG and building teams that innovate with global communities to further the customer readiness of Kubernetes.What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware?You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package.
Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com .Employee Stock Purchase PlanMedical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family TypesGenerous Time Off Programs40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your communityRethink’s Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilitiesFinancial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)TeamTanzuCategory : Engineering and TechnologySubcategory: Product Dev ManagementExperience: Business LeadershipFull Time/ Part Time: Full TimePosted Date: 2021-04-28VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet.
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