Project & Community Manager - CHERI Alliance

This role is posted by Codasip in support and on behalf of the CHERI Alliance, an independent non-profit organization. This role is available for those with working rights and currently located in the UK, preferably part-time initially (though full-time can be considered) and as a contract role only (Outside IR35), reporting into BoD of Cheri Alliance**

The CHERI Alliance

Memory safety issues are the root cause of 70% of cyberattacks, which cause more than $10 trillion of damage worldwide, each year. We need to stop this.

Initially created via a joint research project between SRI international and Cambridge University, CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) extends conventional hardware Instruction-Set Architectures (ISAs) with new architectural memory protection features to address memory vulnerabilities in programming languages such as C and C++.

As an independent non-profit organization, the CHERI Alliance is on a mission to unite industry leaders, system developers and security experts to drive and promote CHERI as an efficient security standard.

Through building out the CHERI Alliance we aim to not only promote cybersecurity, but increase technical alignment, compliance and adoption of CHERI, as well as the ongoing education and support of the wider processor security community and ecosystem.

What you'll do:

As a CHERI Alliance project and community manager, you will be instrumental in setting-up, structuring and supporting the growth of an industry consortium to promote the CHERI security technology, which is poised to significantly improve cybersecurity worldwide.

Be present from the start of this journey! You will be in direct contact with leading companies worldwide, all motivated to build more secure products. You will grow with the structure and help it flourish, by progressively taking over and developing many responsibilities and managing the day-to-day operation of the initiative.

You will:

• Administration Management:
• Organize and maintain repositories of documents and information
• Manage suppliers and subcontractors such as accountants and subscriptions
• Assist with membership administration, including maintaining contact lists and organizing meetings
• Manage wider activities supporting the day to day operations of CHERI Alliance e.g. invoices, documentation
• Project Management:
• Coordinate tasks, allocate resources, track dependencies, and manage deadlines
• Ensure stakeholders remain engaged and informed throughout project lifecycles
• Marketing Support:
• Provide assistance with campaigns and marketing communications
• Support web administration and content management
• Engage in social media management and monitor industry trends
• Community Engagement:
• Manage a network of ambassadors and foster positive relationships with members
• Disseminate information and act as a point of contact for inquiries and requests
• Create and own current established and future communication channels

Requirements

What you have:

• Experience managing successful technical projects
• Efficient and comfortable with common office, communication and project management tools e.g. MS Office / Google suite, Jira, Trello, Asana, Primavera
• Technical background or exposure, comfortable in having informed discussions with electronics, software, or IT companies and professionals.
• Experience managing and supporting communities or organizations, including promotion and marketing activities
• The ability to collect and organize data efficiently, using adequate tools (including AI)
• The ability to build contacts and work across multi-cultural and international environments, with a diversity of stakeholders including C-suite executives
• A willingness to develop your technical understanding of the CHERI Alliance and its wider ecosystem, and grow into a key figure within the organization

What you might have:

• Project management certification or experience managing projects to recognised methods and processes e.g. Agile, Prince2, Scaled Agile etc.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity basics
• Experience working with open-source communities
• Experience or involvement in an early stage start-up
• Experience with Website management and tools, e.g. WordPress, site admin, hubspot etc.

Benefits

• Initial Members Join CHERI Alliance
• CHERI (Cambridge University)
• UK Government on CHERI
• Fine Grained Memory Protection (Codasip)
• Codasip RISC V Processor Solutions
• lowRISC Extends UKRI’s Digital Security
• Emerging tech radar