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**Chief Open Source Officer****Palo Alto, CA**VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Built on VMware's industry-leading virtualization technology, our solutions deliver a brave new model of IT that is fluid, instant and more secure, so that Customers can innovate faster by rapidly developing, automatically delivering and more safely consuming any application. With Fiscal 2021 revenues of almost $12 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 75,000 partners.At its best, VMware is a place where we are valued for the complete people we are, where extraordinary progress is achieved for ourselves, our teams, our company, our customers, and our communities – and where even more progress is desired and expected. VMware is a powerful platform for all of who we are – individual, colleague, pioneer, citizen – a place where empowerment, accountability, and responsibility become the traits of ownership, and where each of us can own our future and achieve success through our own actions, on our terms. With 35,000+ employees we are a passionate, innovative and driven group inspired to make a difference in the industry and our communities.**The Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity?**The VMware Office of the CTO Research & Innovation organization drives technology invention and innovation that advances the state of the art and catalyzes growth opportunities for VMware. We collaborate across R&D to define and accelerate VMware's technology strategy, and we engage externally with a variety of partners, customers and communities to co-create the future of technology. We are a diverse group of customer-centric, curious risk takers, willing to disrupt ourselves and others, driven by a desire to create engineering excellence.Open source software is part of all modern software and increasingly a key component of VMware's product and service portfolio. VMware's Open Source Program Office was established in 2016 and is at the heart of the way in which VMware uses open source components and contributes to the broader open source ecosystem. You will lead this team's growth as an integral part of achieving VMware's multi-cloud strategy with products and services that are built on top of innovative enterprise open source software.You will spend time diving into detailed technical and legal discussions so that you can distill the key points of these discussions in ways that help our leadership and product teams understand the strategic implications of our open source work. You will lead a group of program managers working on all aspects of open source license compliance and on strategies around VMware's engagement with open source. You will also lead a group of open source engineers working on some of the most interesting leading edge projects and exemplifying the best practices of engaging in open source, which shaping their path to broader adoption in partnership with your peers on the Research and Innovation leadership team.**What is the primary need, technical challenge, and/or problem you will be responsible for?**VMware needs to use open source components in ways that comply with the corresponding open source licenses and needs to ensure that contributions to third party open source projects follow those same rules but also protect VMware's IP portfolio. As VMware engages with open source communities, all employees need to be aligned around a shared strategy and be able to coordinate internally coordinate the approach and direction taken in those contributions. All VMware employees need to follow a well-defined set of best practices in how they participate in and contribute to open source projects. VMware embraces a culture of innovation in everything we do, and as leader of the Open Source Program Office, you will have the opportunity to take our existing best practices guidelines, compliance tooling and processes to new and exciting levels, furthering VMware's reputation as a leader in open source communities.Open source is strategic to all VMware technology segments, and you will be empowered to lead our investment and engagement in projects and communities that represent VMware's future. If you are passionate about innovation, you will find your leadership role in VMware's Research and Innovation organization in the Office of the CTO to be exceptionally appealing because you will have direct influence on how and where open source shapes VMware's next wave of technology offerings.**Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months, you will work toward completing?****Within your first 6 months, you will:**+ Immerse yourself in the disparate technologies and open source projects that comprise VMware's portfolio, strengthening relationships with your new reports and peers across VMware.+ Define and articulate requirements to accelerate the growth and impact of VMware's OSPO.+ Champion our culture of embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion which has been key to OSPO's rapid growth and success.+ Drive and evolve the existing open source compliance and best practices program, tooling, processes, and automation+ Advise VMware teams who want to release some or all of their products under open source licenses on how to build and sustain vibrant open source projects+ Advise the VMware executive team on open source strategy**After 6+ months, you will:**+ Increase the impact of VMware's contribution to open source projects+ Expand cultural awareness of open source within VMware+ Provide key open source influence both within VMware and across external open source communities+ Act as a key external representative of VMware's in the open source communities, including conference speaking, press interviews, involvement in industry wide initiatives such as the Linux Foundation, as well as a broader blogging/social media presence+ Partner with leadership peers in the R&I organization to shape and define new innovations and project priorities.+ Ensure that open source compliance policy documentation as well as innovation project documentation remain current and are available to VMware employees.**What type of work will you be doing? What assignments or requirements will you be performing on a regular basis?**Your work covers an impressively diverse set of challenges and will often be driven by outside events for which you will be coordinating VMware's position and response. Additionally, you will be involved in the decision flow regarding use of, contribution to, and creation of open source projects across VMware. You will act as an expert influencer around supply chain security, open source business models, open source risk, and many other, related topics. You will use both your technical and business expertise to guide VMware in many questions around the use of open source components in enterprise grade software.**What is leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?**Inclusion, transparency, accountability, integrity, humility, collaboration, community, open source, effective processes, and employee growth are critical for our team. Our leadership is committed to strong feedback practices, with a focus on receiving and giving constructive criticism kindly. We value diversity and strive for an inclusive team. We recognize that the work here is never done, and that continuing to move the needle is a key expectation of roles at this level. We also prioritize work life balance and a fun workplace. The Chief Open Source Officer reports to the Chief Research and Innovation Officer, who leads the VMware Office of the CTO Research and Innovation Organization. You will work closely with peer leaders in support of furthering invention and innovation at VMware, with open source essential to our future growth.**Where is this role located?****Flexible:** The role is considered flexible and will be a mix of working from a local VMware office and remote depending on your preferences and the arrangements determined with your future manager. You will be expected to live within a reasonable non-daily commute of the office.**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 Plan+ Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types+ Generous Time Off Programs+ 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community+ Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities+ Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.)+ Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes**Category :** Engineering and Technology**Subcategory:** Product Dev Management**Experience:** Executive**Full Time/ Part Time:** Full Time**Posted Date:** 2022-04-06VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at mware.com.Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. 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