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Manager, Product Manager - Doha - Canonical - Jobs

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Posted on February 11, 2025

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Manager, Product Manager - Doha - Canonical - Jobs

Canonical - Jobs Doha منذ يومين At Canonical, we are a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over 1200 colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. We are a founder-led, profitable and growing company. Our product management team consists of technologists who have a passion for delivering products and solutions that help shape market demands while elevating open source software everywhere. This is a general application track for the product management positions at Canonical, across all levels of team leads. As a manager, you will lead a team of product managers, mentoring them to ensure their success while driving alignment with company goals.

This role entails

  • Lead the product development lifecycle, reviewing priorities and goals for your product
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales
  • Address common challenges across projects, align on priorities, enable informed decisions, and keep business execution on track
  • Conduct market research, analyze industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities
  • Communicate your product vision, status updates, and key decisions to ensure alignment and manage expectations
  • Conduct usability testing, analyze user feedback, and iterate on the product to improve the user experience
  • Collaborate with marketing, sales, and support teams to develop go-to-market strategies, create product documentation, and provide training
  • Contribute to the success of our sales team in winning new opportunities, reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings
  • Guide and mentor a team of product managers, helping them grow in their roles and succeed in their projects
  • Oversee the work of multiple product lines, ensuring consistency in strategy and execution across your team
  • Facilitate collaboration and resolve conflicts within your team and across other departments

What we are looking for in you

  • Exceptional academic results at high school and university
  • Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community
  • Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscape
  • A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement
  • Curiosity, and the habit of continuous learning
  • A strong sense of ownership
  • Problem solving and the ability to innovate
  • Outstanding communications skills in English, both verbal and written
  • For more senior positions, product management experience in the software industry
  • Proven experience in managing and mentoring product managers or cross-functional teams
  • Ability to manage multiple projects or product lines while maintaining focus on key priorities
  • Demonstrated leadership in aligning diverse teams and driving consensus around product strategies
  • Willingness to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long

What we offer colleagues

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 recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. 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 Program
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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