Project Manager

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)