Product Manager - Desktop

Canonical; Madrid; A distancia; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Canonical seeks a Product Manager for Desktop to lead product strategy and innovate within the open-source space. The role demands strong leadership and communication skills, engaging with users and stakeholders to drive the vision of the desktop experience while contributing to the Linux community. Ideal candidates will have a deep understanding of technology and a passion for open-source values. This remote position in the EMEA region offers opportunities for international collaboration.

Formación

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
• Understanding of Linux and open source community.
• Knowledge of computer architecture, application development, and cloud.

Responsabilidades

• Lead product development lifecycle, setting priorities and goals.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams.
• Conduct market research and gather customer feedback.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Innovation

Curiosity

Educación

High school and university academic results

Descripción del empleo

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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. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and few office-based roles. Teams meet 2-4 times yearly in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Our product management team comprises technologists passionate about delivering products that shape market demands and elevate open source software. This application track is for a product management position on Ubuntu Desktop. Apply if you excel in leadership, communication, and technical vision, and can drive product strategy for business and open source community needs.

We believe open source is transforming enterprise solutions. Although around for thirty years, it is now fundamental to the software landscape. We aim to make open source easier, reliable, and secure, starting with Ubuntu and expanding to all applications and compute classes. We select product managers for their intellect and drive to advance the open source community, aiming to improve quality, outreach, and impact. Our product managers set vision and direction, ensuring timely delivery into new and existing markets, pushing technological boundaries.

Ubuntu is the world's favorite Linux, used globally by developers. Canonical offers products and services addressing key challenges for developers and deployers. If you have deep empathy for developers and administrators and a drive to deliver the best open source desktop OS, you'll thrive here.

This role offers an opportunity for a technical leader to :

• Drive the vision of our desktop experience
• Lead the desktop product roadmap
• Build partnerships with silicon vendors and OEMs
• Contribute to the Linux open source community
• Define future business models considering the competitive landscape
• Engage with the Ubuntu user community, partners, hardware manufacturers, and key customers to enable success and go-to-market strategies

The role involves product leadership and go-to-market strategy, translating vision into plans and market launches. Product managers oversee the entire lifecycle, blending technical expertise, strategic thinking, analytics, project management, and communication to meet user needs and business goals.

Location : This role is remote within the EMEA region, and you are expected to reside there.

The responsibilities include :

• Leading product development lifecycle, setting priorities and goals
• Collaborating with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams
• Addressing challenges, aligning priorities, enabling decisions, and ensuring execution
• Conducting market research, analyzing trends, and gathering customer feedback
• Communicating product vision, status, and decisions
• Performing usability testing, analyzing feedback, and iterating
• Developing go-to-market strategies, documentation, and training with marketing, sales, support
• Supporting sales efforts, reviewing feedback, and participating in customer meetings

Qualifications :

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university
• Understanding of Linux and open source community
• Knowledge of computer architecture, application development, enterprise IT, cloud, or devices
• Passion for technology writing and landscape
• Strong work ethic and alignment with open source values
• Curiosity and continuous learning
• Ownership mindset
• Problem-solving and innovation skills
• Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for up to two weeks

Nice-to-have skills include familiarity with Linux ecosystems, silicon and hardware ecosystems, and connected device technologies.

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