Public Cloud Project Manager at Canonical

Role overview

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Canonical is hiring a Public Cloud Project Manager to lead work for key Tier 1 enterprise public cloud accounts. The role combines customer relationship management, project delivery, and advocacy for suitable technologies from Canonical’s portfolio, working with stakeholders from software engineering teams through senior executives.

You will oversee several projects for major companies at once, collaborating with clients and internal teams to shape statements of work or similar agreements and guide projects through their full life cycles. You will be accountable for aligning delivery with agreed goals and expectations for schedule, scope, cost, budget, and resources. Periodic international travel is required; its frequency and duration depend on company and program needs. The position is remote in the Americas region.

Canonical describes its work environment as distributed, with colleagues meeting in person for team events. The listed benefits include a USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget, annual compensation reviews, a performance-driven annual bonus or commission in addition to base pay, recognition rewards, holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, a team member assistance program and wellness platform, and travel opportunities for company events. Compensation is shaped by location, experience, and performance.

Role at a glance: Remote Americas role leading enterprise public cloud projects, customer relationships, delivery risks, schedules, and cross-functional stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities mentioned in the listing

• Deliver programs and projects within agreed schedules, scope, cost, budget, and resource expectations.
• Identify technical and project risks and issues, and put mitigation actions in place.
• Work with customers and stakeholders to support successful outcomes.
• Hold regular customer status meetings and business reviews, providing direction when needed.
• Manage schedules for critical third-party project deliverables.
• Identify and manage cross-organization engineering requests outside existing business contracts.
• Recommend appropriate technologies from Canonical’s portfolio to customers.

Qualifications stated in the listing

• Demonstrated experience in the IT cloud industry as a software development project manager, IT program or project manager, agile software manager, or scrum master.
• Deep knowledge of Linux, open source, and public cloud.
• Software engineering experience.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experience leading cross-cultural, remote, and global project teams and working with customers.
• Strong negotiation and influencing abilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline.
• Project management certification, preferably PMP or equivalent.