Senior Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description
A Project Manager at Canonical is responsible for overseeing the delivery of complex customer-facing projects related to Ubuntu embedded systems across various devices, ensuring successful project execution, managing cross-cultural teams, and maintaining strong client relationships in a remote, global environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage large, complex customer-facing projects throughout their entire lifecycle
- Coordinate project delivery between engineering teams and customers
- Develop and maintain project statements of work, schedules, and plans
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within resources
- Manage project risks and mitigation plans
- Communicate regularly with clients and internal stakeholders about project status
- Oversee delivery of third-party and engineering deliverables
- Identify and address custom engineering requests outside existing contracts
- Advocate for Canonical's technologies and solutions to customers
- Support project teams across different time zones and work hours
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 leader and problem solver 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 bonuses or commissions
Distributed work environment with the possibility of remote work
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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