[Remote] Public Cloud Project Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. The Public Cloud Project Manager will manage multiple blue-chip company projects, ensuring successful delivery while collaborating with various stakeholders, and advocating for Canonical's technologies.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget and resources expectations
- Identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively put mitigating actions in place
- Maintaining strong customer focus and work with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
- Conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers and provide direction when needed
- Managing the delivery schedule of critical third party deliverables for the project
- Identifying and managing cross organization engineering requests that are not part of existing business contracts
- Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical's portfolio
Skills
- Proven background in IT Cloud industry as a software development project manager, IT program/project manager, agile software manager or scrum master
- Deep understanding of Linux, Open source, and the Public Cloud space
- Software engineering experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
- Strong communication skills
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline
- Project Management Certification, preferably PMP or equivalent certification
- Agile Project Management certification, preferably Scrum Master or equivalent certification
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally
Benefits
- 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
- 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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