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Job Description
The job involves leading a team of product managers at Canonical, overseeing the product development lifecycle, and ensuring alignment with company goals while delivering high-quality open source software products. Candidates should possess strong leadership, communication, and technical skills to drive product strategy and mentor team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the product development lifecycle and review priorities and goals.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
- Conduct market research and analyze industry trends to identify opportunities.
- Communicate product vision, status updates, and key decisions.
- Conduct usability testing and iterate on the product based on user feedback.
- Develop go-to-market strategies and create product documentation.
- Guide and mentor a team of product managers.
- Oversee multiple product lines ensuring consistency in strategy and execution.
- Facilitate collaboration and resolve conflicts within the team and across departments.
Requirements
- Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
- Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
- Understanding of computer architecture, application development, datacenters, cloud or devices.
- A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement.
- Curiosity, and the habit of continuous learning.
- A strong sense of ownership.
- Problem solving and the ability to innovate.
- Outstanding communications skills in English, both verbal and written.
- For more senior positions, product management experience in the software industry.
- Proven experience in managing and mentoring product managers or cross-functional teams.
- Ability to manage multiple projects or product lines while maintaining focus on key priorities.
- Demonstrated leadership in aligning diverse teams and driving consensus around product strategies.
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range
Work schedule
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 Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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