Certification Project Manager

About Us SUSE is a global leader of   enterprise open source software. By transforming community innovations into secure, sovereign and AI-ready solutions, SUSE empowers customers to escape vendor lock-in and regain control of their IT destiny. Through industry-leading Linux, Kubernetes, Edge and AI infrastructure solutions, SUSE delivers the flexibility to innovate everywhere—from the data center to multi-cloud and out to the edge. Only SUSE also manages many Linux and Kubernetes distributions. At SUSE, Choice Happens because we prioritize community, interoperability and relentless innovation. Discover how we power mission-critical resilience at www.suse.com .  Certification Project Manager    Job Description    Leading end-to-end security certification projects, ensuring our enterprise portfolio maintains high-assurance compliance. Driving precise delivery milestones, mitigate project risks, and align complex software architectures with strict evaluation criteria by leveraging deep domain expertise in cloud-native virtualization, KVM-based hypervisors, and containerized hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). Responsibilities End-to-End Certification Ownership: Drive complex certification cycles (e.g., Common Criteria, FIPS) from initiation to completion for enterprise products, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, and quality while leveraging AI-enabled project practices. Milestone & Requirement Integration: Translate security functional/assurance requirements (SFRs/SARs) into actionable engineering milestones and rigorously track their progress. Authority & Lab Interface: Act as the primary interface for evaluation labs (ITSEFs) and international certification bodies (e.g., BSI, NIAP, ANSSI), managing application paperwork and technical inquiries. Cross-Functional Coordination: Liaise across Engineering, PM, external consultants, and partners to align compliance requirements and manage project expectations. Secure Environment Rigor: Manage projects handling sensitive security data, proprietary information, and maintaining meticulous, audit-ready cycle documentation. Knowledge Enablement: Organize targeted events, workshops, and enablement sessions to foster internal security awareness and share compliance standards. Candidate Profile Experience: 5+ years in the software product development industry or enterprise IT infrastructure. Domain Expertise: Minimum 1-2 years managing product security compliance, with a primary focus on Common Criteria (specifically NIAP VPP or GPOS), alongside NIST/FIPS or ISO standards. Virtualization & Cloud-Native Expertise: Technical familiarity with Linux operating systems, hypervisor technology stacks (e.g., KVM), containerized virtualization, hyperconverged architecture, and a strong understanding of their security boundaries. Project Execution: Strong track record of milestone execution and data-driven prioritization using standard tracking tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project)…