General Manager – Open Source Engineering & Delivery, Kochi, India

Job Title: General Manager – Open Source Engineering & Delivery

Location: Kochi, Kerala, India

Experience: 10 years (6 years in Open Source technologies and 4 years in leadership)

Role Summary

A highly technical and hands-on General Manager to lead an Open Source engineering, support, and documentation center in Kochi. Acts as the site lead and primary responsible authority for operational excellence, global delivery, and open-source community engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Site leadership — single point of accountability for the Kochi delivery center
• Lead engineering, DevOps, support, and documentation teams (25–50+ members)
• Manage project budgets, operational expenses, and resource utilization
• Ensure delivery excellence across Linux, Odoo (OCA), and Qt/QML/C++ initiatives
• Oversee architecture, security, scalability, and SLA performance
• Promote open-source culture and upstream community contributions
• Coordinate with international stakeholders and global open-source vendors
• Drive hiring, capability development, performance reviews, and KPIs
• Ensure local compliance and support finance/accounting reporting

Mandatory Qualifications

• Strong hands-on expertise in: Linux systems, Odoo OCA contributions, Qt/QML and C++ development, Python, PostgreSQL
• Verifiable open-source contribution record (GitHub/OCA/etc.)
• Proven leadership managing mid-large technical teams
• Experience managing distributed, multi-vendor global delivery environments
• Strong financial and operational management capability
• Excellent English communication for international stakeholder engagement

Good to Have

Cloud-native & DevOps deployment experience (Docker/Kubernetes/CI-CD)

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