Business Services Team Manager

Canonical; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking a Business Services Team Manager to oversee logistics, travel, and event management. This role demands exceptional planning and decision-making skills, along with the ability to manage large-scale company events and ensure operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will thrive in a multicultural environment and possess strong leadership qualities. With a commitment to diversity, this forward-thinking firm offers a distributed work culture and a generous annual learning budget. Join a team that values innovation and growth while making a significant impact in the tech industry.

Benefits

Annual learning and development budget

Generous leave policies

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel perks such as Priority Pass

Opportunities for travel and networking

Qualifications

• Strong academic background with a focus on leadership and management.
• Experience in a multicultural, global organization is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage travel approvals, logistics, and operations for large-scale events.
• Review expenses for compliance and manage operational costs.

Skills

Coordination

Planning

Decision-making

Budgeting

Procurement

Management

Interpersonal skills

Result-oriented

Education

Undergraduate degree in technical or business field

High school diploma

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 top 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 requires excellent coordination, planning, decision-making, budgeting, procurement, reporting, and management skills. It involves managing large-scale company events with extensive travel, handling visa and travel issues, and ensuring safety and efficiency. The team also reviews expense claims for fairness and compliance, requiring integrity and transparency. Responsibilities include managing operational costs and tactical decisions, and providing 'EA'-like services for company leaders, such as scheduling and project coordination.

Location: Worldwide, home-based, with exceptions for locations with offices (e.g., London, Taipei, Beijing).

Leadership and Responsibilities

• Travel approvals, logistics, and operations
• Expense review aligned with policies
• Planning and executing quarterly large-scale events
• Managing company offices for executive and operational needs
• Implementing health and safety programs and policies

Candidate Requirements

• Strong academic background 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 and interpersonal matters
• Experience working in a multicultural, global organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility
• Responsibility, accountability, self-awareness
• Result-oriented with a commitment to meet deadlines
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year, with trips up to two weeks

Preferred Additional Skills

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

What We Offer

• Distributed work environment with biannual in-person team sprints
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review and recognition rewards
• Generous leave policies including maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities for travel and networking
• Travel perks such as Priority Pass and upgrades

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech company leading the open source movement. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming software. We hire globally, uphold high standards, and promote a remote-first culture since 2004. Working here means innovation, learning, and growth.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring fair consideration for all applicants regardless of background.