Remote Head of Open Source Software Consulting

Summary

The job is for a People and Operational Manager role at Collabora, an Open Source Software consultancy. The role involves overseeing the people management of the Open Source Software consulting team, strategic planning, project allocation, maintaining a suitable pool of consultants, creating a high-performing consultant pool, and more.

Requirements

• Understanding of Open Source, its value-add and position in the software industry
• Understanding of Open Source engineers and communities, both motivation for individual developers and interactions between projects
• Strong understanding of software engineering
• Successful track record in software development capacity and utilization planning in a dynamic environment
• Proven track record in driving for software engineering excellence and best practices
• Ability to manage globally distributed teams in a consultancy environment
• Coaching experience and process development skills
• Experience of fostering an inclusive and engaging team culture
• Proven experience of identifying, retaining, nurturing, and acquiring top talent
• Outgoing and engaging individual who is effective at building good working relationships with all levels of the organization
• Great interpersonal skills
• Very solid English language skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to work and communicate in an online distributed environment

Responsibilities

• Oversee the people and operational management of the Open Source Software consulting team
• Engage with all other stakeholders in the business and form quick and effective relationships
• Work with other functions to predict and plan the team members’ profiles required to deliver clients projects
• Participate in strategic planning sessions and budgeting processes to support the team’s growth and performance
• Assign suitable Open Source Software consultants to on-going projects while soft-booking others for up-coming projects
• Assist Project Managers and Business Strategy Leads with Open Source Software consultant selection by matching their skills to projects
• Maintain a detailed and centralized team allocation plan to facilitate planning
• Recruit, outsource, contract, coordinate to meet strategic plan needs
• Carry out interviews/screenings of future Open Source Software consultants
• Headhunt and source candidates which would otherwise be out of reach
• Build an ecosystem of partners, agents, sole contractors who could be used to flex the organization at short notice or when commercially expedient
• Lead the People Leads in resolving performance issues
• Retain and develop top-tier talent within the team
• Maintain a high bar for individual and team performance
• Conflict management
• Collaborate with other functions to carry out salary planning
• Promote Collabora ideals and values
• Develop a career structure and paths that support the growth of team members and implement succession planning for the Business Strategy Leads
• Providing training opportunities to maintain the skill profile of the team
• Manage and align individual growth trajectories with team and business objectives
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes openness, collaboration, learning, feedback, knowledge sharing, accountability and technical excellence
• Address any conflicts or issues that arise within the team and facilitate constructive resolution