Product Manager - Networking

Canonical

Stockholm

Remote

SEK 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Job summary

Canonical, a leading open source software company, is hiring a Product Manager - Networking to lead product strategy for Smart Network Interface Cards. This role demands strong leadership, communication skills, and technical vision. Ideal candidates will possess a deep understanding of networking protocols and open source software. This full-time position supports remote work within the EMEA region.

Qualifications

Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
Experience in product management within the software industry for senior roles.
Strong knowledge of network protocols and their implementation.

Responsibilities

Lead the product development lifecycle and market launches.
Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
Conduct market research and analyze customer feedback.
Perform market research and gather customer feedback to inform strategy.
Communicate product vision and decisions clearly to stakeholders.
Coordinate go-to-market plans and product documentation.
Support sales with technical inputs and customer meetings.
Drive continuous improvement for user experience and performance.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Technical vision

Problem solving

Innovation

Networking protocols

Open source understanding

English fluency

Travel willingness

Education

Exceptional academic results at high school and university

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Ubuntu

FRRouting

Job description

Overview

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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 breakthrough 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. Canonical is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times per year in person in locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

Canonical\'s product management team are technologists who have a passion for delivering products and solutions that help shape market demands while elevating open source software. This is an application track for a product management position at Canonical for Networking. Apply here if you excel at leadership, communication, and technical vision, and believe you can drive product strategy for the business needs of tomorrow.

We believe open source is transforming how enterprises solve business needs. Open source is fundamental to the software landscape and will have an even bigger impact as it moves into specialised vertical markets. Our goal is to make open source easier, more reliable and more secure for deployment and development. We aim to be the provider of \'most software to most companies\', starting with Ubuntu but expanding to cover every class of application on every class of compute. We select product managers for intellect and drive to advance the open source community. Together, we aim to improve open source quality, outreach, and impact. Our product managers set the vision and direction to ensure teams deliver the right products in the right markets at the right time, and push the boundaries of the technology landscape to identify and deliver products into new and existing market opportunities.

Smart Network Interface Cards (Smart NICs, including DPU, IPU, etc) are gaining functionality and processing power to offload more workloads from the host. Networking equipment with proprietary NOS is being replaced by whitebox hardware running Linux-based NOS. This creates a need for a reliable, open and easy-to-use operating system to host these functionalities and workloads. Linux is positioned as the kernel and a platform for this ecosystem. Leveraging and complementing Ubuntu, Ubuntu Core, OpenStack, Kubernetes and Juju, Canonical is creating products and services addressing security, device management and orchestration between the Smart NIC, its host, ToR switches and gateways. This role encompasses leadership of the product and go-to-market in the Smart NIC and ToR switches sector and requires an analytical storyteller with strong message discipline and understanding of challenges in leveraging Smart NIC and ToR technologies with Linux. Experience with software engineering management is preferred for those aiming to define product strategy and drive engagement. You will engage with the broader open-source community and industry-leading partners to develop Smart NIC and ToR solutions and contribute to Canonical products across devices and use cases.

This role is an exceptional opportunity for a technology leader in the Networking industry to:

The role entails leadership of the product and go-to-market strategy, ensuring the product vision is translated into actionable plans and successful market launches, overseeing the entire product lifecycle from conception to delivery, while staying ahead of market demands. Product Managers identify market opportunities, bridge technology and business, and understand user perception to drive product success. They collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and management to gather insights, align business goals with market needs, and drive product success and overall business strategy. Canonical seeks product managers with a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, project management skills, and effective communication to deliver technology products that meet user needs and business objectives.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. You will be expected to be located within this region.

The role entails

Lead the product development lifecycle, reviewing 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.

What we are looking for in you

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-V
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

Nice-to-have skills

Familiarity with verticals (e.g. Telco, Finance, Industrial, Automotive)
Familiarity with the technology ecosystem including Silicon, IHV, ISV, ODM/OEMs, cloud service providers and channel
Familiarity with cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker containers & Snaps
Familiarity with embedded and connected device technology and ecosystems

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 Program
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, we are changing the world of software. We recruit globally and set a high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence and encourage thinking differently, working smarter, learning new skills, and raising your game. Most colleagues have worked from home since Canonical\'s inception in 2004.

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.

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