Junior Project Manager

Canonical; Victoria; Remote; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech firm is seeking a Junior Project Manager to streamline the adoption of open source technology. In this role, you will ensure project success by engaging stakeholders and delivering projects on time and within budget. Join a dynamic team that values integrity, accountability, and exceptional communication skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a distributed environment with colleagues from around the world, participate in team sprints, and contribute to groundbreaking projects in AI, IoT, and cloud technology. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this role is for you!

Benefits

Personal Learning and Development Budget

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Annual Holiday Leave

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Wellness Platform

Opportunities to Travel

Priority Pass for Travel Upgrades

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic achievement in science or IT.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in school or university life.
• Ability to make things happen with effective negotiation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are delivered within schedule, scope, and budget.
• Maintain strong customer focus and engage key stakeholders.
• Conduct regular status meetings and business reviews.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Negotiation Techniques

Technical Knowledge

Problem-Solving

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Technical Subject

Job description

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 across various sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ 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 Junior Project Manager.

Our mission is to streamline and accelerate the adoption of open source across the entire global enterprise technology market. Our customers embrace the Canonical approach to open source for complex projects on bare metal, on the cloud, and at the edge.

Our Project Managers are responsible for ensuring project success through owning, driving, communicating, and respectfully engaging all stakeholders, valuing integrity and accountability.

Within a portfolio of projects with complex and changing software technologies, customer and partner satisfaction is only possible because of exceptional Project Managers who know how to respect and engage all stakeholders.

The role entails:

1. Ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget, and resources expectations.
2. Supporting in identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively putting mitigating actions in place.
3. Maintaining a strong customer focus and working with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
4. Assisting in conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers.
5. Supporting the delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project.
6. Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical's portfolio.

What we are looking for in you:

• Exceptional academic achievement in science, software engineering, and/or information technology.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and a solution-oriented mindset.
• Ability to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in school or university life.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path.
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation.
• Track record of exceeding expectations to achieve outstanding results.
• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives.
• Strong work ethic and confidence to collaborate with motivated colleagues.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Appreciation of diversity, politeness, and effectiveness in a multicultural, multinational organization.
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation.
• Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks.

What we offer colleagues:

• A distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
• A 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.
• Opportunities 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 publisher of Ubuntu, a key open-source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are changing the software landscape. We recruit globally and set high standards for new hires, expecting excellence in all we do. Most colleagues work remotely; working here is a future-oriented experience that challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and elevate your performance.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination, valuing diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds to create a better work environment and products. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and will consider each application fairly.