Linux Evangelist - Novell - Any Location

Job Title:		Linux Evangelist

Company: 		Novell,  Inc.

URL: 		www.novell.com

Job Location: 	Any location

Apply: 		Email resume to [email protected] and indicate JOB
NUMBER 7086 in subject line of email.


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Location: Anywhere in the world
Business Unit: Open Platform Solutions
Department: Linux Marketing
Travel: 50%, including international

Novell is seeking a dynamic open source leader, speaker and developer
to be our Chief Evangelist for the openSUSE community.  If you choose
to accept this mission, you will have four main objectives:

1) Promote the spread and adoption of openSUSE
2) Increase awareness of Novell's contributions to the open source
community
3) Improve & maintain Novell's relationship with key open source
influencers & project maintainers
4) Provide critical feedback and a "voice of the community" back to
Novell's senior leadership team

This is a global role, and as such, you can be located anywhere in the
world.  Novell's corporate headquarters are in Waltham, MA, and SUSE
Linux is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, but relocation to those
sites is not required.

Key Responsibilities:
-  Develop and execute a community growth and evangelism plan
-  Develop and execute community marketing plan (incl. budget and
activities)
-  Develop and nurture the openSUSE communities
-  Interact closely with internal openSUSE team and openSUSE Board
-  Coordinate open source message with internal and external key
spokespersons
-  Act as a frequent public face of Novell to the open source
community by blogging, participating in IRC chat and other discussion
forums
-  Travel to Linux community events to speak on behalf of openSUSE and
Novell
-  Organize and manage the first ever openSUSE conference
-  Manage Novell's engagement with university students by developing
forums and codefests
-  Attract developers to the openSUSE communities
-  Collect requirements from the community about the needs of
developers
-  Be responsive to community requests and make sure that Novell is
responsive as well!

Qualifications and Requirements
-  Bachelor's Degree preferred
-  Minimum of five years of contributing to the open source community
-  Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including
public-speaking skills.
-  Strong organizational skills & ability to meet deadlines
-  Teamwork - the ability to work both within the product team and
across other marketing teams.

Disclaimer: This job description is for informational purposes, to
describe the primary duties, skills and abilities necessary to meet
the requirements of this position.  This description is not intended
to be an exhaustive list of all requirements or essential functions;
it is subject to change at any time.

Novell is an equal opportunity employer and an advocate for workforce
diversity.