Product Manager

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. Canonical is founder-led, profitable and growing. Teams are distributed globally, with ****+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times a year in person at locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.
Canonical's product management team are technologists who deliver products and solutions that shape market demands while elevating open source software. This is an application track for a product management position focused on Cloud Native. Apply here if you excel at leadership, communication, and technical vision, and believe you can drive product strategy for tomorrow's business needs.
We believe open source is transforming how enterprises solve business challenges. Open source is now fundamental to the software landscape, and we expect it to have an even bigger impact as it moves into specialised vertical markets. Our goal is to make open source easier, more reliable and more secure for deployment and development. We aim to provide "most software to most companies", starting with Ubuntu and expanding to cover every class of application on every compute class.
We select product managers for intellect and drive to advance the open source community. Together, we aim to improve open source quality, outreach and impact. Our product managers set the vision and direction to ensure teams deliver the right products in the right markets at the right time, pushing the boundaries of the technology landscape to identify and deliver products into new and existing market opportunities.
Juju is an open source orchestration engine for software operators that enables deployment, integration and lifecycle management of applications at any scale, on any infrastructure using charms. Juju is used by our clients, partners and community to orchestrate both small and enterprise-scale deployments across substrates.
This role is responsible for the commercial strategy and marketing leadership of one of our cloud native operations product areas, including:
Juju - the open source orchestration engine for software operators that enables deployment, integration and lifecycle management of applications at any scale, on any infrastructure using charms
Identity management - defining authentication, authorization and identity governance across Ubuntu One SSO and other Canonical products
Observability - outlining the strategy for how Canonical products and charms perform tracing and discern underlying system health
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. You will be expected to be based in this region.
This role entails
Lead the lifecycle of product development by reviewing priorities and goals for the products you are responsible for
Work closely with engineering leads to oversee the product development process
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales) to address challenges, align on priorities, make informed decisions, and keep business execution on track
Conduct market research, analyze industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities and align with Canonical's overall vision
Develop your team through coaching, mentoring and training
Establish KPIs for project status reporting and communicate them across Canonical
Drive execution excellence through continuous feedback and improvement
Contribute to developing strategies to create and maintain high-performing teams
Contribute to the success of our sales team in winning new opportunities by reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings
What we are looking for in you
Seasoned product management experience in technical domains related to the usage and/or management of open source software in the cloud native landscape
Experience designing or managing software operations for large-scale distributed systems
Good understanding of cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker containers
Comprehensive knowledge of common enterprise security and compliance requirements in software operations
Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive execution to excellence
Passion to write about technologies and experience in developer marketing
Strong work ethic and alignment with the open source philosophy
Excellent English communications skills, both verbal and written
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice-to-have skills
Experience with CNCF pro