Product Manager - Cloud

Product Manager – Cloud

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. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing, with over 1200 colleagues in more than 75 countries. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person around the world to align on strategy and execution, while maintaining a flexible, remote‑first culture.

Canonical’s product management team consists of technologists who passion for delivering products and solutions that shape market demands while elevating open source software everywhere. This role is part of our Cloud Native product group and will drive product strategy, commercial positioning, and marketing leadership for selected cloud‑native operations products.

• Lead the lifecycle of the product development by reviewing priorities and goals for the products you are responsible for.
• Work closely with engineering leads to oversee the product development process.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales to address challenges, align priorities, and keep business execution on track.
• Conduct market research, analyze industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities and ensure alignment with Canonical’s overall vision.
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Establish KPIs for project status reporting and communicate them across Canonical.
• Drive execution excellence through continuous feedback and improvement.
• Contribute to the development of strategies to create and maintain high‑performing teams.
• Support the sales team in winning new opportunities by reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings.

• Juju – an open‑source orchestration engine for software operators that enables the deployment, integration, and lifecycle management of applications at any scale on any infrastructure using charms.
• Identity Management – defining the way authentication, authorization, and identity governance controls are applied across Ubuntu One SSO and other Canonical products.
• Observability – outlining the strategy for how Canonical products and charms perform tracing and discern underlying system health.

Remote within the EMEA region. Candidates must be based in EMEA.

• Seasoned product management experience in technical domains related to the usage and/or management of open source software in the cloud native landscape.
• Experience designing or managing software operations for large‑scale distributed systems.
• Good understanding of cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker containers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of common enterprise security and compliance requirements in software operations.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and drive their execution to excellence.
• Passion for writing about technologies and experience in developer marketing.
• A strong work ethic, with personal interests aligned with the open source philosophy.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events.

• Experience with CNCF projects, identity, or observability systems.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and passion for the future of technology.
• Strong sense of ownership over product and team success.
• Problem‑solving mindset with visionary leadership capabilities.

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly sprints in person; remote work since 2004.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review and performance‑driven bonus or commission.
• Recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others.
• Priority Pass for travel and upgrades for long‑haul company events.

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu
, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, Canonical is shaping the future of software. Most colleagues work from home since 2004, and new hires are expected to excel, think differently, learn new skills, and raise their game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer that fosters a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.