Remote Product Manager, Networking & Smart NICs

Canonical; Bordeaux; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Distributed team sprints in person

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Travel to new locations for events

Travel upgrades

Résumé du poste

Canonical is seeking a technology-led Product Manager for Networking to lead Ubuntu/Ubuntu Core integration in Smart NIC products and to shape the roadmap for ToR switch features. You will engage with customers and a broad partner ecosystem, overseeing product strategy and go-to-market execution across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales, translate market needs into product plans, and drive successful market launches while maintaining a strong

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
• Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
• Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscape.
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement.
• For more senior positions, product management experience in the software industry.
• Deep understanding of hyperscale and enterprise data centre architecture and challenges related to high parallelism workloads (HPC, AI and Big Data).
• Strong knowledge of the inner workings of network protocols, their implementation and optimization at the hardware, kernel and library layers.
• Understanding of computer architectures: x86, ARM, RISC-Vw
• Familiarity with relevant Smart NIC and ToR switches software, standards and the market, including trends, ODMs, silicons, cloud service providers and other key players
• Involvement with Linux networking distribution and software packages, such as SONiC, DENT, FRRouting, VyOS, Open Network Linux (ONL), or Cumulus
• Practical experience with large scale network design, implementation and operation.
• 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
• Ability to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long

Responsabilités

• Lead the product development lifecycle, reviewing the priorities and goals for your product.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
• Address common challenges across projects, align on priorities, enable informed decisions, and keep business execution on track.
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities.
• Communicate your product vision, status updates, and key decisions to ensure alignment and manage expectations.
• Conduct usability testing, analyse user feedback, and iterate on the product 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 our sales team in winning new opportunities, reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings.

Connaissances

Academic excellence

Linux expertise

Technical writing

Strong work ethic

Product management experience

Hyperscale & data centre know-how

Networking protocol knowledge

Computer architectures x86/ARM/RISC-V

Smart NIC/ToR knowledge

Linux networking distributions (SONiC,

Experience with large-scale networks

Curiosity & learning

Ownership & problem solving

English communication

Travel willingness

Outils

Kubernetes

Docker containers

Snaps

Description du poste

Canonical is seeking a technology-led Product Manager for Networking to lead Ubuntu/Ubuntu Core integration in Smart NIC products and to shape the roadmap for ToR switch features. You will engage with customers and a broad partner ecosystem, overseeing product strategy and go-to-market execution across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales, translate market needs into product plans, and drive successful market launches while maintaining a strong