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As a Senior Project Manager for Canonical’s Devices business, you will be responsible for the coordination and completion of large complex customer-facing projects. You will oversee all aspects of project delivery and act as the primary delivery liaison between Canonical's engineering teams and customers. It is a high-profile position where you are expected to build and maintain working relationships with team members, customers, partners/vendors, and other Canonical departments/teams.

The role of a Senior Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems at Canonical

As a Senior Project Manager for Canonical’s Devices business, this role is responsible for the coordination and completion of large complex customer-facing projects, overseeing all aspects of project delivery and acting as the primary delivery liaison between Canonical's engineering teams and Canonical's customers.
 

You will be managing the projects that involve the delivery of Ubuntu images on a wide variety of devices ranging from robots, edge gateways, and IoT devices to PCs and automotive systems. This is a high-profile project management position where you are expected to build and maintain working relationships with team members, customers, other partners/vendors (Silicon vendors, OEMs, ODMs, IHVs), and other Canonical departments/teams. 

Location: This role will be based remotely in the APAC region

What your day will look like

  • Manage projects through their complete life cycle and ensure that the overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met
  • Successfully deliver engineering professional services for assigned projects
  • Work with engineering teams on custom board enablement and delivery of Ubuntu images to the customers
  • Assist in the development of project statements of work
  • Draft and maintain project-specific schedules/project plans 
  • Obtain client agreement to the project schedule and agreed-upon work items
  • Ensure projects are delivered within the time/resources/scope expectations
  • Manage project risk mitigation and plans
  • Drive technical issues to reach desired delivery outcomes
  • Maintain daily and weekly communication with the client and all internal stakeholders
  • Manage delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project
  • Keep management informed of the status of assigned projects
  • Identify custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contract
  • Advocate the appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers
  • Support different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required to support the assigned projects
  • You will be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously

What we are looking for in you

  • 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

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • 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 Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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Company

Canonical

Job Posted

a year ago

Job Type

Full-time

WorkMode

Remote

Experience Level

3-7 Years

Category

Product Management

Locations

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Qualification

Bachelor

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