Business Services Team Manager

April 25

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Canonical

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Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

• Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. • The role requires outstanding coordination, planning, decision-making, budgeting, procurement, reporting and management. • We coordinate large-scale company events which involve travel for hundreds of people from 80+ countries. • This team also serves as an independent check on expense claim approval, ensuring fairness and consistency across teams and countries. • Together these responsibilities amount to tens of millions in operational costs and a significant number of tactical and operational decisions. • Our team also provides traditional 'EA' services for company leads, coordinating with suppliers, and running small projects or initiatives. • This team has a direct impact on every team at Canonical, requiring excellent judgment and interpersonal skills. • As a manager, your team would be responsible for travel approvals, logistics, and operations as well as expense review in line with policies.

🎯 Requirements

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • An undergraduate degree in a technical or business subject • Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations • Leadership and management skills • Demonstrable good judgement in matters involving money, policy and in-person interactions • Ability to work in a global, multicultural organisation • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility • Responsibility, accountability, thoughtfulness and self-awareness • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Ability to travel up to four times a year, for company events up to two weeks long • Travel industry experience • Project management experience • Event management and operations experience • Business and corporate administration experience

🏖️ Benefits

• 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