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Project Manager

Sonatype

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in technical Project Management within SaaS or technology companies
  • Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional tech and data projects with multiple dependencies
  • Comfortable working with Engineering and Product teams and understanding technical concepts such as APIs, integrations, data flows, architecture dependencies, and software delivery processes at a project-management level
  • Experience using modern project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Google Workspace or equivalent platforms

Responsibilities

  • Own assigned projects from planning through completion and maintain detailed project plans across multiple concurrent initiatives
  • Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks and cross-team dependencies
  • Coordinate across multiple segments and teams to align deliverables and resolve cross-segment dependencies
  • Maintain clear visibility into project milestones, status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and changes to scope or timelines

Key facts

Hard skills

Project Management Risk Management Software As A Service (SaaS) Data Management Artificial Intelligence

Other skills

  • Technical Acumen
  • Planning
  • Problem Solving
  • Decision Making
  • Communication
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Sonatype

Developer Tools & DevOps Platforms

The Sonatype journey started 10 years ago, just as the concept of “open source” software development was gaining steam. From our humble beginning as core contributors to Apache Maven, to supporting the world’s largest repository of open source components (Central), to distributing the world's most popular repository manager (Nexus), we’ve played a meaningful role in helping the world embrace the power of open innovation. Over time, we witnessed the staggering volume and variety of open source libraries that began flowing into every development environment in the world. We understood that when open source components are properly managed, they provide a tremendous energy for accelerating innovation. Conversely, when unmanaged, open source "gone wild" can lead directly to security vulnerabilities, licensing risks, enormous rework, and waste. Our vision today is simple. We are laser focused on helping organizations continuously harness all of the good that open source has to offer, without any of the risk. In order to do this, we have invested in knowing more about the quality of open source than anyone else in the world. This investment takes the form of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and human expertise, which in aggregate produces highly curated intelligence that is infused into every Nexus product. Organizations equipped with Nexus products make better decisions, innovate faster at scale, and rest comfortably knowing that their applications always consist of the highest quality open source components.

Company details

Company typeSME
IndustryDeveloper Tools & DevOps Platforms
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

Sonatype is the software supply chain security company. We provide the world’s best end-to-end software supply chain security solution, combining the only proactive protection against malicious open source, the only enterprise grade SBOM management and the leading open source dependency management platform. This empowers enterprises to create and maintain secure, quality, and innovative software at scale.
 
As founders of Nexus Repository and stewards of Maven Central, the world’s largest repository of Java open-source software, we are software pioneers and our open source expertise is unmatched. We empower innovation with an unparalleled commitment to build faster, safer software and harness AI and data intelligence to mitigate risk, maximize efficiencies, and drive powerful software development.
 
More than 2,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 100 and 15 million software developers, rely on Sonatype to optimize their software supply chains.
 

We are looking for team members who want to help us change the way the world innovates through software. The Sonatype team has already done this through its contributions to the Maven build system, the Nexus Repository Manager and Nexus Lifecycle, and most recently with Sonatype Lift – literally changing how the world builds and delivers software across thousands of organizations and millions of developers.
 
That was just the beginning. We need your help so that we can do it again. If you are interested in delivering value across nearly every decision made in the world of software development to help companies create better and safer software faster, to transform innovation through software, read on.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our Product Organization. Reporting to a Product Program Manager, this role will be responsible for driving the successful execution of complex, cross-functional technical initiatives, with a particular focus on data-centric projects spanning multiple product segments, including SCA, Repository, Platform, and Data.

You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to turn complex and sometimes ambiguous initiatives into clear, actionable project plans. You will establish ownership and accountability, proactively identify risks and dependencies, facilitate timely decisions, remove blockers, and ensure stakeholders have consistent visibility into project health and progress.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving SaaS environment, is comfortable navigating technical complexity and ambiguity, and uses AI and automation to make project execution more efficient and scalable.


What You’ll Do

  • Project Execution & Ownership: Own assigned projects from planning through completion. Build and maintain detailed project plans across multiple concurrent, complex tech/SaaS initiatives, ensuring milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and deliverables remain on track.

  • Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks and cross-team dependencies. Establish clear owners, mitigation plans, and escalation paths to prevent delivery delays.

  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Coordinate across multiple segments and teams—including Engineering Directors, Product Managers, Tech Leads, Marketing, CS, and Support—to align deliverables and resolve cross-segment dependencies.

  • Project Health & Reporting: Maintain clear visibility into project milestones, status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and changes to scope or timelines. Provide concise and actionable updates to Product and Engineering leadership.

  • Obstacle Removal & Stakeholder Touchpoints: Host regular syncs, manage ongoing communications, and proactively step in to clear blockers for engineering and product teams.

  • Decision & Escalation Management: Drive timely resolution of cross-functional decisions by identifying decision owners, documenting outcomes, and escalating unresolved issues when necessary.

  • Process Automation & Efficiency: Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline workflows, eliminate manual administrative overhead, and optimize operational


    • What You Bring

  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in technical Project Management within SaaS or technology companies..

  • Complex Deliverables: Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional tech and data projects with multiple dependencies

  • Technical Fluency: Comfortable working with Engineering and Product teams and understanding technical concepts such as APIs, integrations, data flows, architecture dependencies, and software delivery processes at a project-management level.

  • Planning Through Ambiguity: Demonstrated ability to take ambiguous or loosely defined initiatives and turn them into structured execution plans with clear milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and measurable outcomes.

  • Communication & Collaboration : Ability to synthesize complex project information into concise, actionable updates for Directors and senior leadership, including clearly communicating risks, tradeoffs, and decisions needed.

  • AI & Automation Mindset: Active user of AI tools and automation strategies to optimize day-to-day project workflows.

  • Project Management Tools: Experience using modern project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Google Workspace or equivalent platforms.

  • Location: Must be comfortable working effectively in a distributed, remote environment.

  • Certifications (Bonus): PMP certification is desired, but not mandatory.


    • Things that we are proud of
  • Fast Company Top 50 Companies for Innovators 2018, 2019, and 2020
  • 2019 Best Places to Work Washington Post and Washingtonian
  • 2019 Wealthfront Top Career Launch Company
  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019
  • Diversity & Inclusion Working Groups
  • Parental Leave Policy
  • Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
    • #L1-AL1

    At Sonatype, we value diversity and inclusivity. We offer perks such as parental leave, diversity and inclusion working groups, and flexible working practices to allow our employees to show up as their whole selves. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.
     
     
     

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