Senior Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems

July 29

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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

• 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 • Maintaining daily and weekly communication with the client and all internal stakeholders • Managing delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project • Keeping management informed of the status of assigned projects • Identify custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contract • Advocating for the appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers • Supporting different time zones and working non-traditional hours as required to support the assigned projects

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • Educational degree preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math • 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 • PMP/PMI or PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification preferred • 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

🏖️ 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 • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events