Remote Technical Project Lead

Summary

Join us as an experienced project management professional to develop our partnership with NASA and ensure success in joint activities.

Requirements

• Experience in technical project or program management
• Experience with natural sciences and research
• Experience working on large-scale projects that involve collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including government agencies or other large organizations, contractors, and cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team as well as independently
• Work schedule in a US time zone, and willingness to travel to Huntsville, Alabama at least once a year and attend key events like the AGU annual meeting
• Knowledge of software engineering principles and practices
• A pragmatic sense towards agile development methodologies

Responsibilities

• Coordinate between NASA stakeholders, project teams, program managers, and technical experts
• Oversee the overall project scope, objectives, and timelines
• Provide project direction to engineering teams and ensure they have the necessary resources and support
• Represent Development Seed in forums and meetings with NASA and partners
• Develop a shared understanding of success with our stakeholders and track that we achieve it
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and leverage them for maximizing project outcome and long-term success

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working as a software engineer
• Experience with implementing project management tooling and processes
• Familiarity with our partner organizations in the cloud-native geospatial space like Pangeo Forge, Microsoft Planetary Computer, AWS Open Data, Google Earth Engine, Earthmover, Carbonplan, 2i2c
• Activity in relevant open source tech communities and conferences like Pangeo, ESIP, IGARSS, FOSS4G, AGU