Cloud Professional Services Manager

Location: Home based, worldwide, managing a team in your time zone

Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm behind Ubuntu, leading open source innovation in AI, IoT, and cloud platforms with a global remote-first workforce.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers from graduate to senior levels
• Work remotely within a single major time zone
• Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback
• Implement disciplined engineering processes and measure team health
• Represent the team in technical presales and stakeholder engagements
• Collaborate with leadership and other teams to achieve goals

Requirements

• English: Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Strong knowledge of cloud computing technologies including Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, and Ceph
• Practical experience with Linux and networking
• Experience in technical presales and customer engagement
• Proven leadership skills in coaching and mentoring engineers
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for company and customer events

Nice to have

• Second language skills in Spanish or French
• Python programming knowledge
• Experience collaborating with external partners and internal teams

Culture & Benefits

• Distributed remote work environment with biannual in-person team sprints
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review and performance-driven bonus
• Generous holiday, maternity, and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme and travel benefits including Priority Pass