Graduate Partner Marketing Manager at Canonical

Role overview

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Canonical is a remote-first open-source software company that publishes Ubuntu and serves enterprise and technology markets. Its distributed workforce includes more than 1,200 colleagues across 75+ countries, with teams meeting in person two to four times a year. This full-time graduate role is remote in the Americas region and reports to the Partner Marketing Team Manager.

The Graduate Partner Marketing Manager will develop marketing with global partners across public cloud, silicon, and hardware, including organizations such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, NVIDIA, Intel, Arm, Qualcomm, AMD, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. The work spans joint go-to-market planning, integrated campaigns and launches, educational and marketing content, and development of partner programs covering hardware vendors, software vendors, and channel resellers.

Canonical is seeking recent graduates with marketing fundamentals, including familiarity with enterprise marketing, common marketing platforms, social media, and business technology. The company says it provides a structured career journey to build technical and commercial knowledge of open source. Benefits listed include a $2,000 annual learning and development budget, annual compensation reviews, recognition rewards, holiday and parental leave, an Employee Assistance Programme, and opportunities to travel for colleague sprints and company events. Base pay varies by location, experience, knowledge, and skills; some roles may also qualify for annual bonuses or sales incentives.

Role at a glance: Remote Americas role for a recent graduate developing joint marketing campaigns and programs with Canonical’s global technology partners.

Responsibilities mentioned in the listing

• Create go-to-market plans with global partners, from messaging through pipeline generation.
• Lead integrated campaigns, industry announcements, and product launches for technical and executive audiences.
• Develop educational and marketing content that explains open-source technology.
• Help shape and expand programs for hardware vendors, software vendors, and channel resellers.

Qualifications stated in the listing

• Recent graduate with a strong commitment to professional growth.
• Understanding of marketing, particularly in enterprise settings, and familiarity with common marketing platforms, social media, and business technology.
• Ability to work across complex organizations and build lasting relationships.
• Analytical approach, using data to assess value and decide whether to expand or refine experiments.
• Self-directed and comfortable working in a fast-paced remote environment while taking projects through completion.