Enterprise Project Manager

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team sprints in person

Learning budget USD 2000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee assistance program

Travel to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical seeks an Enterprise Project Manager to own and drive complex software/IT projects across global teams. You will engage stakeholders, negotiate effectively, and ensure successful delivery in a distributed, remote-first environment with periodic in-person sprints and travel.

The role requires solid IT project management experience, Agile expertise, and PM certification, with the ability to lead cross-cultural, remote teams and navigate contracts and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Solid IT project management experience in software/IT field.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English.
• Experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams.
• Agile expertise and Project Management certification.

Responsibilities

• Own, drive and communicate project progress to all stakeholders.
• Engage with customers and partners to ensure project success and alignment with contracts.
• Identify and manage risks; drive process improvements within projects.
• Build collaborative internal and external partnerships to deliver outcomes.

Skills

IT project management

Agile expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-cultural leadership

Education

BSc/BS in Computer Science or STEM

MBA or similar qualification

Job description

Defining the future of work & living globally

The role of a Enterprise Project Manager at Canonical

Canonical’s mission is to streamline and accelerate the adoption of open source across the entire global enterprise technology market. Our customers embrace the Canonical approach to open source for complex projects on bare metal, on the cloud, and at the edge.

Canonical Project Managers are responsible for ensuring project success through owning, driving, communicating and respectfully engaging all stakeholders, valuing integrity and accountability.

Within a portfolio of projects with complex and changing software technologies, customer and partner satisfaction is only possible because of exceptional Project Managers who know how to respect and engage all stakeholders.

What we are looking for in you

The successful Project Manager will have solid IT project management experience in a software engineering and/or information technology field, excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers. You will be able to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques. You have Agile expertise and Project Management certification.

If this sounds like you and you have experience in the areas below, we'd love to hear from you:

• Process Improvement
• Software Engineering Project Management

Additional skills that you might also bring

• Experience with cross-cultural and multi-continent projects
• Hiring, managing teams and helping to develop team skills
• SW engineering and IT project management
• Driving project success while managing risks
• Experience in building collaborative internal and external partnerships
• Solid commercial skills; experience in dealing with contracts
• Effective negotiator, comfortable in a customer facing roles for complex projects
• Degree level education in Computer Science or STEM field, ideally also an MBA or similar qualification
• Able to travel 6-8 weeks a year, up to two weeks at a time, sometimes internationally
• Flexibility to work non-standard hours when required, in support of a worldwide sales and project team

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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company 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