Senior Product Manager, Open Source, Canonical and Ubuntu
Company: Canonical
Location: Dallas
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
This is the Fast Track application process for Senior Product
Managers at Canonical. It is designed for be a central pathway for
strong product management candidates to apply for an open role at
Canonical. During the recruitment process we will assess the best
fit to existing public and confidential initiatives, and shape
later stages of the process for the candidate specifically. We
expect leaders in product management at Canonical to be experts in
the business of software - from ideation, to investment, promotion,
advocacy, marketing and sales. As the global platform company
behind Ubuntu, with the mission to deliver all of open source
wherever it is the critical ingredient, we offer a wide range of
software opportunities. If you agree that open source is the future
of most software, then you'll enjoy being part of the team that
aims to deliver it. If you have a strong business head and a
passion for software, with interests anywhere from IoT and the edge
to the heart of public cloud, we can likely find a very interesting
product for you to drive. We are hiring product management in the
following areas:
- Cloud native development and operations (Docker, Kubernetes,
CAAS, PAAS)
- Web services and online services - REST APIs and
database-driven sites
- IoT - embedded Linux technologies and capabilities
- Systems management for IoT devices, desktops, servers and
VMs
- Containerisation and virtualization technologies
- Devsecops tooling, practices and services
- Commercial business systems for Canonical itself
- Data applications from SQL databases to big data
- AI/ML ops and technologies
- Robotics and embedded Linux in a wide variety of
industries
- Security offerings, practices and services
- Storage from raw disk to filesystem to network block and object
storage
- Networking from bare metal to SDN and overlays
- Distributed systems design and implementation
- Linux, the kernel and Ubuntu itself
- Desktop Linux and desktop applications on Windows and macOS
Product managers at Canonical must have software engineering
experience in order to work effectively with their product
engineering counterparts. They should drive product choices and
priorities in partnership with those engineers. They should also be
forceful presenters, speakers and writers, capable of generating
interest and excitement in their innovation and their products.
Product managers are particularly focused on the marketing and
go-to-market strategy for their products. They need to be
comfortable with a requirement of content strategy and execution -
building a following, optimising for search traffic, driving the
narrative and generating leads that turn into business for the
company around their ideas and their products. We think of product
managers as "startup founders", which comes with the bottom line
expectation that you know where you want to drive your product, how
you're going to beat the competition, and how to sell that story to
the world. In return, you get the brand of Ubuntu and Canonical
behind you, and access to the machinery that powers the most widely
used open source platform on the planet. What could you do with
that? Let's find out. About Canonical Canonical is a growing,
international software company that works with the open-source
community to deliver Ubuntu -- the world's #1 cloud operating
system. Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in
the lives of individuals and organisations. Our services are
helping businesses worldwide to reduce costs, improve efficiency
and enhance security with Ubuntu. Canonical is a unique tech
company - global, remote-first, open source, with 700 professionals
across 50 countries - we want to be the world's best, not biggest,
global software company. With almost every team remote by default,
Canonical sets the pace on the 21st-century digital workplace. What
Canonical offers:
- Work from home
- Learning and development allowances
- Competitive Salary
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Generous annual leave
- Paid maternity, paternity and sick leave
- Priority Pass for travel
- Exposure to international business and technology 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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