Product Manager - Hardware Certification

Canonical; Manama; Remote; BHD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A global software company is seeking a Product Manager for Hardware Certification to manage the product roadmap and drive partnerships. The ideal candidate will have strong understanding of Linux, excellent communication skills, and familiarity with the tech ecosystem. This remote role involves engaging with the Ubuntu community and other stakeholders to ensure commercial success. The company offers a distributed work environment and generous benefits.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Qualifications

• Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• Lead the roadmap of the Hardware Certification effort and drive partnership with OEMs.
• Engage with the Ubuntu user community, key partners, OEMs and leading customers.
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback.

Skills

Understanding of Linux

Problem solving

Outstanding communication skills in English

Education

Exceptional academic results at high school and university

Job description

Company Overview

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 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.

Canonical is founder‑led, profitable and growing. Our product management team are technologists who have a passion for delivering products and solutions that help shape market demands while elevating open source software everywhere.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Product Manager for Hardware Certification. Ubuntu is the world’s favourite Linux, used by developers around the world. Canonical has created a line of products and services that address primary challenges for those developing and deploying software.

As a Product Manager, you will lead the roadmap of our Hardware Certification effort, partner with OEMs, and shape the development roadmap for the Hardware Certification scheme. You will also define future business models, engage with the Ubuntu user community, key partners, OEMs and leading customers, enabling commercial success and driving go‑to‑market.

Responsibilities

• Lead the roadmap of the Hardware Certification effort and drive partnership with OEMs.
• Work with engineering to shape the development roadmap for the Hardware Certification scheme.
• Define future business models taking into account the competitive landscape.
• Engage with the Ubuntu user community, key partners, OEMs and leading customers to enable commercial success and drive go‑to‑market.
• Lead the product development lifecycle, review priorities and goals, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities.
• Communicate product vision, status updates, and key decisions to ensure alignment and manage expectations.
• Conduct usability testing, analyse user feedback, and iterate to improve the user experience.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales and support teams to develop go‑to‑market strategies, create product documentation, and provide training.
• Contribute to the success of the sales team in winning new opportunities, reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings.

Location

This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. You will be expected to be located in this region.

What we are looking for

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
• Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
• Understanding of computer architecture, application development, datacenters, cloud or devices.
• Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscape.
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement.
• Curiosity, and the habit of continuous learning.
• A strong sense of ownership.
• Problem solving and the ability to innovate.
• Outstanding communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Nice‑to‑have skills

• Familiarity with the technology ecosystem including Silicon, IHV, ISV, ODM/OEMs, cloud service providers.
• Familiarity with embedded and connected device technology and ecosystems.
• Familiarity with hardware/software testing frameworks.
• Experience building a certification program.

What we offer

• 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 Program.
• 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 its 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.