Business Services Team Manager

Canonical; Málaga; A distancia; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading open source software provider in Spain is seeking a Business Services Team Manager to lead travel logistics, event coordination, and expense policy administration. The ideal candidate will have leadership skills, an exceptional academic record, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment. This executive role involves managing significant operational costs and demanding a rigorous approach to logistics and event management. A commitment to excellence and the ability to travel for company events are essential for this position.

Servicios

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 Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Formación

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical or business subject.
• Drive, with a track record of exceeding expectations.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Good judgement in money and policy matters.
• Ability to work in a global, multicultural organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, and flexibility.
• Responsibility, accountability, thoughtfulness, and self-awareness.
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel up to four times a year for company events.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee travel approvals, logistics, and operations.
• Handle expense review in accordance with policies.
• Plan complex company events four times a year.
• Manage health and safety programs and policies.

Descripción del empleo

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 more than 80 countries and very few roles based in offices.

Canonical is a founder‑led, profitable and growing company. We are hiring a Business Services Team Manager to lead efficient and effective travel, logistics, event, scheduling, expense policy and administration.

This executive role requires outstanding coordination, planning, decision‑making, budgeting, procurement, reporting and management. It is a fast‑paced and complex operation in the tech industry.

We coordinate large‑scale company events which involve travel for hundreds of people from 80+ countries. We run such events four times a year, a significant investment in our ability to shape culture, teamwork, execution plans and strategy. Our team is responsible for travel procurement and logistics, ensuring that these events run efficiently and safely. Visas, travel complications and unexpected situations make this a complex operation to run efficiently, demanding a rigorous approach and high work ethic in the team.

This team also serves as an independent check on expense claim approval, ensuring fairness and consistency across teams and countries. This requires integrity, transparency and accountability, and a willingness to set and politely defend the same expectations of the most senior and most junior colleagues.

Together these responsibilities amount to tens of millions in operational costs and a significant number of tactical and operational decisions.

Our team also provides traditional 'EA' services for company leads, though they do this across departments and as a consistent service rather than as personal assistants; they set and deliver to expectations on specific kinds of work. They schedule meetings, coordinate monthly reports, handle delegated approvals for travel and expenses, work across teams, coordinate with suppliers, and run small projects or initiatives.

Location: Worldwide, home based, except in locations where we have an office, such as London, Taipei and Beijing.

Responsibilities

• Travel approvals, logistics and operations
• Expense review in line with policies
• Planning of complex company events four times a year
• Company offices that provide executive briefing and operational facilities
• Our global duty of care, health and safety programs with comprehensive policies and practices

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• An undergraduate degree in a technical or business subject
• Drive, and a track record of going above‑and‑beyond expectations
• Leadership and management skills
• Demonstrable good judgement in matters involving money, policy and in‑person interactions
• Ability to work in a global, multicultural organisation
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility
• Responsibility, accountability, thoughtfulness and self‑awareness
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel up to four times a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring

• Travel industry experience
• Project management experience
• Event management and operations experience
• Business and corporate administration experience

What we offer you

• 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 Programme
• 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. Canonical has been a remote‑first company 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.