A Public Cloud Project Manager at Canonical is responsible for leading and managing multiple enterprise cloud projects, ensuring timely delivery, stakeholder communication, and technical advocacy within a remote, global team environment.
Key Responsibilities
Manage multiple public cloud projects simultaneously, ensuring delivery within schedule, scope, cost, and resources.
Identify and mitigate technical and project risks and issues.
Maintain strong customer focus and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
Conduct regular status meetings and business reviews with customers.
Manage delivery schedules of third-party deliverables.
Shape Statements of Work (SoW) and manage cross-organizational engineering requests.
Advocate for Canonical's technologies to customers.
Requirements
Proven background in IT Cloud industry as a software development project manager, IT program project manager, agile software manager or scrum master
Deep understanding of Linux, Open source, and the Public Cloud space
Software engineering experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline
Project Management Certification, preferably PMP or equivalent certification
Agile Project Management certification, preferably Scrum Master or equivalent certification
Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally
Managing multiple projects simultaneously, including shaping Statements of Work (SoW) or similar agreements with clients
Managing projects through their life-cycles to meet schedule, scope, cost, budget, and resource expectations
Identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively implementing mitigating actions
Maintaining strong customer focus and working with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
Conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers and providing direction when needed
Managing the delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project
Identifying and managing cross-organization engineering requests outside existing business contracts
Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical’s portfolio
Benefits & Perks
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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
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