Chef Software is the industry leader in IT automation and DevOps solutions. We are a dynamic and rapidly growing software company with a strong sense of dedication to our customers and the Chef community. We are passionate about our work, while also respecting our work/life mix and ensuring we treat both with the respect they deserve. This is a very collaborative and inclusive work environment where individuals with strong attitudes and aptitudes will have an opportunity to grow their professional careers through working with some of the most advanced technologies and talented developers in the business. We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a professional yet relaxed atmosphere.

At Chef, we develop the world's best products for managing applications and infrastructure at scale, and we deploy them to solve real problems in all kinds of industries. We get to work with the latest in cloud and container technologies. We have the opportunity not just to follow but to shape best practice. Our platform is used to enable billions of people around the world to chat, fly, present, bank, game, shop, and learn. Chances are the applications and devices you use every day have infrastructure built, deployed, secured and run with our code.

Chef was recognized by the 2018 Computing’s Security Excellence Awards when Chef Inspec took home the award for DevSecOps. Chef Habitat was awarded the Most Innovative Service of the Year (2018) prize by Best in Biz Awards. Chef Inspec was again rewarded for its innovativeness and utility in 2018 in TMCnet’s Cloud Computing Security Excellence Awards presented by Cloud Computing Magazine. In addition Chef has won a spot on the Deloitte Fast 500 for the past four years running. As an employer Chef has been consistently recognized as best place to work in both Seattle and on Glassdoor.

The Product Operations team sits within the Chef Product and Engineering organization. We work closely with Product and Engineering teams to ensure there is full alignment to Chef’s strategy, goals and milestones. We help define program scope, create integrated plans, identify and track dependencies and risks. We then mobilize teams and create a structure for all team members to be successful throughout the SDLC process. By setting an operational cadence for the team we enable cross-team collaboration, timely communication of Chef organizational updates and program portfolio status. Through establishing metrics and standardizing processes we enable the Product and Engineering organization to function as a high performing, efficient team.

Who You Are:

• You love organization and structure! You are able to break apart complex problems into logical components and marshal resources to define innovative solutions and structured plans.
• You are results-oriented and have a proven track record of effective program management from project initiation through delivery with minimal supervision.
• You proactively identify and anticipate risks and issues and create mitigation and resolution plans.
• You use your strong interpersonal and leadership skills to build trusting relationships.
• You have excellent presentation and communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate ideas in both written and spoken form to executive staff, managers, and technical resources in clear concise language that is appropriate to the target audience.
• You have strong consulting, facilitation, negotiation and planning skills including the ability to workshop and translate strategy into actionable and resourced plans.
• You are proficient in business process optimization, defining success metrics and implementing Program Management best practices and standards.

Essential Qualifications:

• Demonstrated 10+ years of program management experience in a high-tech environment or project management certification.
• Proven track record of building successful relationships with peers, leadership, customers and partners.
• Experience with various project planning tools such as Aha!, JIRA/Confluence, Google, Microsoft Project and SmartSheets.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp new technologies.
• Experience in the high-tech and / or software industry.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Hands-on technical experience in infrastructure, security and/or DevOps is a strong plus.
• Change management experience.

Work isn’t just about work though. We offer competitive salaries, equity, fantastic benefits, and flexible hours. You’ll also get to work with some of the most down to earth, driven, intelligent and well read engineers in the industry!

If this sounds like a team you’d enjoy working with and technology you want to spend time on, for a product you can get behind, get in touch!

At Chef, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our products and our community to flourish. Chef is honored to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or Veteran status.