Chief Operating Officer – Global Tech Sector

Iqtalent; Emea; Remote; IDR 450.000.000 - 550.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to oversee global operations and ensure effective communication between departments. You will manage significant global travel logistics and lead initiatives within the company's unique distributed work environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in leadership and a keen interest in technology. This position offers a competitive salary, annual bonuses, and various employee benefits, including a personal development budget.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual holiday leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Qualifications

• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• Lead global operations including documentation and business services.
• Manage customer delivery and implementation projects.
• Handle legal services, contracting, and compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Detail-oriented

Education

Exceptional academic track record

Job description

Overview

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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few roles based in offices. 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.

Chief Operating Officer is sought to lead business enabling operations that support our uniquely distributed work. The role requires an insightful and passionate leader who understands the impact of open source in the world.

Responsibilities

The scope for the position includes:

• Global operations, including company documentation, business services, offices and briefing centers
• Project management for customer deliveries and implementation as well as corporate initiatives
• Significant global travel procurement and logistics for company and industry events
• Legal services, global contracting and regulatory compliance
• Revenue operations ("sales ops"), the bridge between sales, legal and finance

Location: This role will be filled in Europe, Middle East or Africa time zones, with the option of home or London office.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a detail-oriented leader with a bias to action. A successful candidate might have any of a wide range of qualifications, such as legal or business, or a technical or engineering background.

• An exceptional academic track record in both high school and university
• Enthusiasm and personal interest in technology, especially open source
• A track record of leadership and innovation
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility
• Thoughtfulness, accountability and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills we would value

• Software engineering, preferably on Linux and open source
• Technical operations – IS, public or private cloud
• Project management expertise
• Procurement expertise
• Travel industry insights and experience
• Familiarity with legal concerns in multi-country contracting
• Understanding of sales processes and sales ops

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home 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.

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.