Associate Program Manager

Linux Foundation; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Linux Foundation seeks an Associate Program Manager to enhance project execution across open source initiatives. This remote position involves coordinating activities, facilitating meetings, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Ideal candidates have experience in program coordination, strong communication skills, and a passion for open source communities.

Benefits

Top-of-the-line healthcare

Unlimited PTO

Focus Fridays

100% 401k match

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in program coordination or project management.
• Comfortable engaging with technical and business audiences.
• Prior experience with open source communities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day activities across open source projects.
• Facilitate project community meetings and maintain documentation.
• Support budget tracking and contribute to broader PMO initiatives.

Skills

Program coordination

Community facilitation

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Tools

Slack

GitHub

Google Workspace

CRM systems

Job description

Job Description

We’re looking for an Associate Program Manager to join the Linux Foundation’s Program Management Office. This new role is designed to strengthen project execution and expand our capacity to deliver complex open source initiatives across the organization.

You’ll serve as an operational connector—supporting project delivery, coordinating internal and external stakeholders, and helping open source communities turn plans into real-world impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced, virtual environment and love keeping things on track, this role is for you.

The Linux Foundation is a neutral home for many of the world’s most important open source communities, but those communities often need neutral support to mobilize progress and move objectives forward. We often take on tasks and coordination responsibility that either require neutrality or would otherwise go unsupported due to community bandwidth.

This is a remote, virtual role that can be located anywhere in the United States. In a typical year, overnight and weekend travel to events both domestically and internationally (approximately 1–4 times per year) will be required.

Core Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day activities across open source projects, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational plans.

• Facilitate project community meetings: prepare agendas, coordinate participants, capture action items, and follow through.

• Maintain project documentation, records, and membership data with high attention to detail.

• Partner with project leads, maintainers, and internal teams (e.g., Legal, Marketing, Events, Finance) to ensure smooth execution of key initiatives.

• Contribute to visibility efforts including blogs, press releases, and event participation.

• Support budget tracking, expenditure monitoring, and annual planning.

• Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to implement open source best practices and project governance standards.

• Identify and resolve issues that may block progress or reduce program efficiency.

• Contribute to broader PMO initiatives that improve how we deliver value to open source communities and internal teams.

Qualifications:
Qualifications

Desired Experience

• 2–3 years of experience in program coordination, community facilitation, or project management, including planning, prioritization, and stakeholder communication in a fast-paced virtual environment.

• Comfortable engaging with both technical and business audiences; able to synthesize and communicate clearly.

• Working familiarity with tools such as Slack, GitHub, Google Workspace, and CRM systems.

• Self-directed, proactive, and composed under pressure.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Prior experience with open source communities or ecosystems is a strong plus.

• Experience working with remote, global teams preferred.

Additional Information

Salary $95,000-110,000 USD

This position is remote and is open to applicants who can work North America time-zone standard business hours. In order to be qualified for employment in this role.

The Linux Foundation is an all-remote-work organization that hires world-class talent. We are as passionate about providing a flexible and supportive work culture as we are about open-source software. Collaboration is in our DNA, and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely together while not being tied to an office. We offer exceptional benefits - e.g., top-of-the-line healthcare, unlimited PTO, Focus Fridays, and a 100% 401k match (up to the IRS-defined limit per year).

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and encourage anyone interested to apply! All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.