Open-Source Alliances Lead (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.

United States

Remote

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus/commission
Annual holiday leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Professional learning budget (USD 2,0

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a versatile, early-career professional with a background in technology, engineering or product management to join the Software Alliances team. The role focuses on coordinating with partners and internal teams to drive open-source initiatives and go-to-market plans across global accounts.

You will work across product, engineering and marketing to capture requirements, develop joint materials and enable partners through training and content creation, with travel up to 25% for

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in science, technology and/or engineering required.
  • Experience in software development and system architecture.
  • Customer-facing experience in software engineering, product management or related fields.
  • Excellent communication across stakeholders from staff to executives.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product, engineering, alliance and marketing teams to align open-source strategies.
  • Capture partner requirements, evaluate gaps and identify Canonical opportunities.
  • Coordinate messaging, content creation and launch plans with marketing and product teams.
  • Create reference architectures, joint blueprints, webinars, presentations and white papers.
  • Drive Ubuntu adoption within alliance accounts and enable partner development teams.
  • Influence alliance partners to build with Canonical technology and travel up to 25%.

Skills

Software development
System architecture
Customer-facing experience
Communication skills
Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in science/technology/engineering

Job description

Canonical is seeking a versatile, early-career professional with a background in technology, engineering or product management to join the Software Alliances team. The role focuses on coordinating with partners and internal teams to drive open-source initiatives and go-to-market plans across global accounts.

You will work across product, engineering and marketing to capture requirements, develop joint materials and enable partners through training and content creation, with travel up to 25% for

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