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Posting Open Date: 1/9/2025
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 3/1/2025
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Title: Program Lead, Open Source and Open Web Initiatives (Fast Forward)
Fastly is seeking a relationship-focused leader to help scale our open-source strategic initiatives to the next stage of success.
Tens of millions of developers worldwide use Fastly to instantly power their projects, ranging from small independent startups to the Fortune 100. Many of these developers first engage with Fastly through our community investments, where Fastly provides critical infrastructure services for the world's largest Open Source, Open Web, and Open Education ecosystems.
You’ll work closely with the large established Open Source organizations and rapidly growing new projects to provide them with Fastly services and growth strategy in promoting openness and freedom on the web. Fastly has already provided nearly $100MM in in-kind services to open source, open web, and open education initiatives, and this role will have the opportunity to exponentially expand those services and grow their impact far beyond services alone.
What You'll Do:
Work internally to unify Fastly’s open-source strategy and operational processes across the company.Design operational changes to grow our open-source and open-web partners by 3-5x in the coming yearsWe support and advise our program partners on growth, governance, and operational best practices to support their mission.Collaborate with Fastly field operations to enable storytelling at scale across our marketing, sales, and client services teams
What We're Looking For:
At least 12 years of experience in the following areas:Building and supporting open-source products and communities.Managing high-scale governance models for open-source ecosystemsOrganizing and leading a “program of programs” model for open source or nonprofit ecosystems.A track record of creativity and tenacity to overcome roadblocks in your charter of serving millions of open-source developers. An eye for best-in-class open-source experiences and an ability to simplify program administrative workflows to enable broader accessibility
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- A portfolio of interesting side-projects or blogs that highlight your opinions, thought processes, and decision-making around delightful open-source experiences and products.
- Familiarity with and thoughtful opinions on modern open-source ecosystems, governance, and maintainer standards.
Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
The preferred locations for this position are:
- New York
- San Francisco
- Denver
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.
This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary:
The estimated salary range for this position is $195,720 to $234,864.
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
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Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.
Why Fastly?
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We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
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We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
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We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
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We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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