Public Cloud Project Manager

2 Months ago • All levels • Project Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Public Cloud Project Manager, you will manage multiple blue-chip company projects simultaneously. Working with all stakeholders, you will shape the SoW or similar agreements with our clients, manage projects through their life-cycles, ensuring the overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met. You will be responsible for ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget, and resources expectations. Identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively put mitigating actions in place. Maintaining strong customer focus and work with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes. Conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers and provide direction when needed.
Must have:
  • IT Cloud industry experience as a software development project manager.
  • Deep understanding of Linux, Open source, and the Public Cloud space.
  • Software engineering experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams.
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline.
  • Project Management Certification, preferably PMP.
  • Agile Project Management certification, preferably Scrum Master.
  • Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
Perks:
  • 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

Job Details

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. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Public Cloud Project Manager. In this position, customer relationship management and advocacy for Canonical's technical assets are crucial. This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Project Management to build a career with Canonical.   If you have an affinity for software, great communication skills, and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

Public Cloud Project Managers provide account leadership and insight for Canonical’s key Tier 1 Enterprise Public Cloud accounts. This role will collaborate with individuals from Software Engineering through Senior Level Executives.  

As a Public Cloud Project Manager, you will manage multiple blue-chip company projects simultaneously. Working with all stakeholders, you will shape the SoW or similar agreements with our clients, manage projects through their life-cycles, ensuring the overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met. 

Periodic international travel is required. Travel amount and duration will vary based on company and program requirements. 

Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.

The role entails

  • Ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget and resources expectations
  • Identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively put mitigating actions in place 
  • Maintaining strong customer focus and work with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
  • Conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers and provide direction when needed
  • Managing the delivery schedule of critical third party deliverables for the project
  • Identifying and managing cross organization engineering requests that are not part of existing business contracts.
  • Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical's portfolio 

What we are looking for in you

  • Proven background in IT Cloud industry as a software development project manager, IT program/project manager, agile software manager or scrum master
  • Deep understanding of Linux, Open source, and the Public Cloud space 
  • Software engineering experience 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers.
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills 
  • Strong communication skills
  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline
  • Project Management Certification, preferably PMP or equivalent certification
  • Agile Project Management certification, preferably Scrum Master or equivalent certification
  • Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally

What we offer colleagues

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 provide all team members with additional benefits that 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
  • 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

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 of software. 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. 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.

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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