Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems

Canonical Group - Milwaukee, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Milwaukee, WI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems at Canonical is responsible for coordinating and completing complex customer-facing projects, ensuring successful delivery of Ubuntu images across various devices. This role acts as the primary liaison between Canonical's engineering teams and customers, managing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects through their complete life cycle to meet overall goals for Canonical and clients.
• Deliver engineering professional services for assigned projects.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on custom board enablement and delivery of Ubuntu images.
• Assist in developing project statements of work.
• Draft and maintain project-specific schedules and plans.
• Obtain client agreement to project schedules and work items.
• Ensure projects are delivered within time, resources, and scope expectations.
• Manage project risk mitigation and plans.
• Drive technical issues to achieve desired delivery outcomes.
• Maintain daily and weekly communication with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Manage delivery schedules of critical third-party deliverables.
• Keep management informed of project statuses.
• Identify custom engineering requests outside existing contracts.
• Advocate appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers.
• Support different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Requirements

• Solid project management experience in delivering engineering services to customers.
• Extensive experience managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent resources.
• Educational degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math preferred.
• Good knowledge of Linux and the Open Source Software community.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills with experience in building partnerships.
• PMP/PMI or PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification preferred.
• Ability to work non-standard hours to support a worldwide team.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with IoT devices and automotive systems.
• Familiarity with project management tools and software.

Benefits

• Performance-driven annual bonus.
• 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 Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events.