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Senior Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted June 19, 2025
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Job Description

A Senior Project Manager responsible for coordinating and delivering complex customer-facing projects related to Ubuntu embedded systems across various devices, ensuring successful project execution, stakeholder communication, and technical collaboration in a remote, global environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the full lifecycle of complex customer-facing projects related to Ubuntu embedded systems
  • Coordinate between engineering teams and customers to ensure project delivery
  • Develop and maintain project statements of work, schedules, and plans
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within resources
  • Mitigate project risks and resolve technical issues to meet delivery goals
  • Communicate regularly with clients and internal stakeholders about project status
  • Manage third-party deliverables and ensure alignment with project timelines
  • Identify and address custom engineering requests outside existing contracts
  • Advocate for appropriate Canonical technologies to customers
  • Support projects across different time zones and work hours as needed

Requirements

  • Solid project management experience in delivering engineering services to customers managing software development teams and field engineers
  • Extensive experience successfully managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent internal and external project resources, preferably with resources in Asia, Europe, and the Americas
  • Educational degree preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math
  • Good knowledge of Linux and the wider Open Source Software community, and understanding of computer architecture
  • Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, in English
  • Strong leadership and problem-solving skills with extensive experience building successful internal and external partnerships and effective working relationships with demanding project sponsors in complex organizational environments
  • PMP, PMI, or PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification preferred
  • Ability to work non-standard work hours in support of a worldwide sales and project team
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Benefits & Perks

Compensation is based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and potential for bonuses or commissions
Distributed work environment with in-person team sprints twice a year
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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