Recruitment Project Manager H/F

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. We are hiring a Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems at Canonical

As a Project Manager for Canonical's Devices business, this role is responsible for the coordination and completion of large complex customer-facing projects, overseeing all aspects of project delivery and acting as the primary delivery liaison between Canonical's engineering teams and Canonical's customers.

You will be managing the projects that involve the delivery of Ubuntu images on a wide variety of devices ranging from robots, edge gateways, and IoT devices to PCs and automotive systems. This is a high-profile project management position where you are expected to build and maintain working relationships with team members, customers, other partners/vendors (Silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, IHVs), and other Canonical departments/teams.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the AMERICAs and/or EMEA regions.

Managing projects through their complete life cycle and ensuring that the overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met

Successfully delivering engineering professional services for assigned projects

Working with engineering teams on custom board enablement and delivery of Ubuntu images to the customers

Assisting in the development of project statements of work

Drafting and maintaining project-specific schedules/project plans

Obtaining client agreement to the project schedule and agreed-upon work items

Ensuring projects are delivered within the time/resources/scope expectations

Managing project risk mitigation and plans

Driving technical issues to reach desired delivery outcomes

Managing delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project

Keeping management informed of the status of assigned projects

Identifying custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contract

Advocating the appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers

Supporting different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required to support the assigned projects

Solid project management experience in delivering engineering services to customers managing software development teams and field engineers

Extensive experience successfully managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent internal and external project resources, preferably with resources in Asia, Europe, and the Americas

Good knowledge of Linux and the wider Open Source Software community, and understanding of computer architecture

Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, in English

Strong leader and problem solver with extensive experience building successful internal and external partnerships and effective working relationships with demanding project sponsors in complex organizational environments

Ability to work non-standard work hours in support of a worldwide sales and project team

Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

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 recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.

Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.