The Linux Foundation
Non-profit • Education • Enterprise
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides a neutral, trusted platform for developers and organizations to collaborate on open technology projects and ecosystems. With a diverse array of initiatives, it supports over 900 open source projects and has trained over 3 million developers. The foundation aims to drive the future of open technology by providing tools and expertise to scale community projects across open software, hardware, standards, and data. It also actively works on security, digital trust, and sustainability, contributing significantly to open-source strategies and best practices worldwide. Additionally, The Linux Foundation offers educational resources and research initiatives to further promote open source technology and collaboration.
Community Director – Europe
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November 25
The Linux Foundation
Non-profit • Education • Enterprise
The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides a neutral, trusted platform for developers and organizations to collaborate on open technology projects and ecosystems. With a diverse array of initiatives, it supports over 900 open source projects and has trained over 3 million developers. The foundation aims to drive the future of open technology by providing tools and expertise to scale community projects across open software, hardware, standards, and data. It also actively works on security, digital trust, and sustainability, contributing significantly to open-source strategies and best practices worldwide. Additionally, The Linux Foundation offers educational resources and research initiatives to further promote open source technology and collaboration.
📋 Description
• Drive open source adoption across European energy infrastructure by nurturing relationships with system operators, regulators, and policymakers to help deliver affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy. • Translate technical capabilities into business value, identifying regulatory barriers, and creating pathways for organizations to contribute to and deploy LF Energy projects. • Organize workshops and events, represent LF Energy at industry conferences, facilitate special interest groups, and oversee funded technical development with subcontractors. • Partner with Linux Foundation teams to document successes and build thought leadership. • Track adoption metrics and report on community growth.
🎯 Requirements
• Established network and track record of building relationships with European TSOs, DSOs, regulators and policymakers • Ability to understand and communicate the business value of technology solutions across a diverse set of stakeholders • Technical expertise at the intersection of energy systems (grid operations, power systems, energy markets) and digital technology (software, data platforms, automation) • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with proven experience presenting technical and policy topics to executive, regulatory, and technical audiences • Proven ability to build alignment among diverse stakeholders and unite organizations around open source projects, driving consensus and collective action in distributed and asynchronous environments. • Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently and drive complex initiatives from concept to execution with minimal supervision • Team player with a positive, solution-oriented approach • Comfort with frequent travel throughout Europe (up to 30%) and occasional work outside standard business hours • Fluency in English
🏖️ Benefits
• Opportunity to make a significant impact on the clean energy transition across Europe • Work with cutting-edge open source energy technology and innovative industry leaders • Flexible, remote-first work environment with a collaborative, mission-driven team • Travel to exciting industry events and conferences across Europe • Be part of the Linux Foundation, the world’s leading open source foundation
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