Product Manager - Cloud Native

Canonical; City of Edinburgh; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Career opportunities to travel

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Product Manager - Cloud Native to lead product development in the cloud native landscape. You will collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to ensure execution excellence. The ideal candidate has strong experience in managing open source software operations and excellent communication skills. This role offers a distributed work environment and a personal learning budget.

Qualifications

• Seasoned product management experience in technical domains related to open source software.
• Good understanding of cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker containers.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive their execution to excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the lifecycle of the product development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on priorities.
• Conduct market research and gather customer feedback.

Skills

Product management experience in open source software

Understanding of cloud native technologies

Excellent communication skills in English

Leadership and mentoring skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Overview

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Location

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

Role context

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. The product management team are technologists who focus on delivering products and solutions that shape market demands while elevating open source software.

Responsibilities

• Lead the lifecycle of the product development by reviewing the priorities and goals for the products you are responsible for.
• Work closely with the engineering leads to oversee the product development process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales to address challenges across projects, align on priorities, make informed decisions, and keep business execution on track.
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities and ensure alignment with Canonical's overall vision.
• Develop and coach your team through mentoring and training.
• Establish KPIs for project status reporting and communicate them across Canonical.
• Drive execution excellence through continuous feedback and improvement.
• Contribute to the development of strategies to create and maintain high performing teams.
• Contribute to the success of our sales team in winning new opportunities by reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings.

What we are looking for

• Seasoned product management experience in technical domains related to the usage and/or the management of open source software in the cloud native landscape.
• Experience designing or managing software operations for large scale distributed systems.
• Good understanding of cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker containers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of common enterprise security and compliance requirements in software operations.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive their execution to excellence.
• Passion to write about technologies and experience in developer marketing.
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source philosophy.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience with CNCF projects, identity or observability systems is a plus.
• Demonstrate insatiable intellectual curiosity and be passionate about the future of technology.
• Strong sense of ownership; responsibility for the product's success and the team's success.
• Problem solver with the ability to think creatively and demonstrate visionary leadership.

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 and performance-driven bonus or commission where applicable.
• Additional benefits aligned with our values and local needs to ensure fairness globally.
• Career opportunities to travel to new locations to meet colleagues and participate in company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu, a key open source project and platform for AI, IoT and cloud. We recruit on a global basis and expect excellence. Most colleagues have worked from home since 2004.

Equal opportunity

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.