Business Services Team Manager

Canonical; Delhi (OH); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic Business Services Team Manager to lead travel, logistics, and event management. This role requires exceptional coordination and decision-making skills to ensure efficient operations across the company. You'll manage large-scale events, oversee expense policies, and provide essential support to executives. With a commitment to diversity and excellence, this remote-first company offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development. If you're driven and ready to make an impact in a global organization, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Performance Bonuses

Learning Budgets

Travel Opportunities

Remote Work Flexibility

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and management skills are essential.
• Ability to work in a multicultural, global organization.

Responsibilities

• Oversee travel approvals, logistics, and operations.
• Plan and manage large-scale company events four times a year.

Skills

Coordination

Planning

Decision-making

Budgeting

Procurement

Management

Interpersonal Skills

Integrity

Accountability

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Technical or Business Field

Exceptional Academic Record

Job description

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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. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring a Business Services Team Manager to oversee travel, logistics, events, scheduling, expense policies, and administration.

This executive role demands excellent coordination, planning, decision-making, budgeting, procurement, reporting, and management skills. It involves managing large-scale company events with international travel, expense review, and providing 'EA'-like services to company leads. The role requires integrity, transparency, accountability, and the ability to handle complex operations efficiently.

Location: Worldwide, home-based, except in offices like London, Taipei, and Beijing.

Leadership and Accountability

This team impacts every department at Canonical. The manager must have sound judgment, interpersonal skills, confidence in accountability, and a strong work ethic. Participation in company events from planning to execution is essential.

Responsibilities include:

• Travel approvals, logistics, and operations
• Expense review in line with policies
• Planning and managing large-scale company events four times a year
• Managing company offices for executive and operational needs
• Implementing global health and safety programs

Candidate Requirements:

• Exceptional academic record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical or business field
• Proven drive and ability to exceed expectations
• Leadership and management skills
• Good judgment in financial, policy, and interpersonal matters
• Ability to work in a multicultural, global organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility
• Responsibility, accountability, self-awareness
• Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year for events up to two weeks long

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Travel industry experience
• Project and event management experience
• Business and corporate administration experience

What We Offer:

Competitive worldwide compensation with annual reviews, performance bonuses, benefits, and allowances for travel and development. We support remote work with occasional in-person team sprints, learning budgets, and travel opportunities.

About Canonical:

Canonical pioneers in open source, publishing Ubuntu, and advancing AI, IoT, and cloud technologies. We are a remote-first, inclusive employer committed to diversity and excellence.