Junior Project Manager

Canonical; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech firm is seeking a Junior Project Manager to drive the adoption of open source technology across global enterprises. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for ensuring project success by engaging stakeholders and maintaining a strong customer focus. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, a solid academic background in a technical field, and a passion for technology. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers a distributed work environment, with opportunities for personal development and international travel. This is your chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving industry.

Benefits

Personal Learning and Development Budget

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Team Member Assistance Program

Opportunity to Travel for Company Events

Wellness Platform

Qualifications

• Solid academic achievement in science, software engineering, or IT.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in school or university.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are delivered within schedule and budget.
• Support in identifying project risks and issues.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Negotiation Techniques

Leadership Skills

Technical Understanding

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Technical Subject

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 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 over 1000 colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office-based roles. 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.

We are hiring a Junior Project Manager.

Our 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.

Our 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.

The role entails:

1. Ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget, and resources expectations.
2. Supporting in identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively putting mitigating actions in place.
3. Maintaining a strong customer focus and working with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
4. Assisting in conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers.
5. Supporting the delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project.
6. Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical's portfolio.

What we are looking for in you

The successful Junior Project Manager will have a solid academic achievement in science, software engineering, and/or information technology, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and a solution-oriented mindset. You will be able to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques. Demonstrated leadership skills in school or university are essential.

• Exceptional academic record from high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path.
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation.
• Track record of exceeding expectations to achieve outstanding results.
• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives.
• The work ethic and confidence to collaborate with motivated colleagues.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Appreciation of diversity, politeness, and effectiveness in a multicultural, multinational organization.
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation.
• Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events, up to two weeks long.

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide additional benefits reflecting our values and ensuring 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.
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
• 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 publisher of Ubuntu, a key open-source project and platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are shaping the future of software. We recruit globally and set high standards for new hires. Most colleagues work remotely since our inception in 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and elevate your performance.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background enhances our work environment and products. We consider all applications fairly, regardless of your identity.