The role of a Enterprise Project Manager at Canonical

Canonical’s mission is to streamline and accelerate the adoption of open source across the entire global enterprise technology market. Our customers embrace the Canonical approach to open source for complex projects on bare metal, on the cloud, and at the edge.

Canonical Project Managers are responsible for ensuring project success through owning, driving, communicating and respectfully engaging all stakeholders, valuing integrity and accountability.

Within a portfolio of projects with complex and changing software technologies, customer and partner satisfaction is only possible because of exceptional Project Managers who know how to respect and engage all stakeholders.

What we are looking for in you

The successful Project Manager will have solid IT project management experience in a software engineering and/or information technology field, excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers. You will be able to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques. You have Agile expertise and Project Management certification.

If this sounds like you and you have experience in the areas below, we'd love to hear from you:

Enterprise IT Programs
Process Improvement
Software Engineering Project Management

Additional skills that you might also bring

Leading diverse, remote project teams
Experience with cross-cultural and multi-continent projects
Hiring, managing teams and helping to develop team skills
SW engineering and IT project management
Driving project success while managing risks
Experience in building collaborative internal and external partnerships
Solid commercial skills; experience in dealing with contracts
Effective negotiator, comfortable in a customer facing roles for complex projects
Degree level education in Computer Science or STEM field, ideally also an MBA or similar qualification
Able to travel 6-8 weeks a year, up to two weeks at a time, sometimes internationally
Flexibility to work non-standard hours when required, in support of a worldwide sales and project team

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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