Product Manager - Data

Product Manager – Data

Join Canonical as a Product Manager – Data. Canonical is 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 pioneered global distributed collaboration, with 1,200+ 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.

Our product management team are technologists who have a passion for delivering products and solutions that help shape market demands while elevating open source software everywhere. This role allows you to set a clear vision, prioritize work effectively, and ensure the team delivers high‑quality products that meet business and user needs.

Location: These roles are home‑based in the EMEA time zone and you will be expected to be located in this region.

• Lead the product development lifecycle and review the 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.
• Oversee the work of a product line, ensuring consistency in strategy and execution across different teams.
• Facilitate collaboration and resolve conflicts within different teams and across other departments.

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university.
• Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community.
• Understanding of computer architecture, application development, datacenters, cloud, or devices.
• Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscape.
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement.
• Curiosity and a habit of continuous learning.
• A strong sense of ownership.
• Problem solving and the ability to innovate.
• Outstanding communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• For more senior positions: product management experience in the software industry.
• 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.

• Familiarity with particular verticals (e.g., Telco, Finance, Industrial, Automotive).
• Familiarity with the technology ecosystem including Silicon, IHV, ISV, ODM/OEMs, cloud service providers, and channel.
• Familiarity with cloud‑native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker containers, and Snaps.
• Familiarity with embedded and connected device technology and ecosystems.
• Familiarity with networking technologies – Ethernet, IPv4 and IPv6, routing, firewalling, overlay networking such as OVN/OVS, VPNs, SR‑IOV, Infiniband.
• Familiarity with telco networking – RAN, Core, CPE.
• Experience in leading distributed teams across different time zones.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration and innovation in team settings.

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
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