Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems

About This Role

This project management role is responsible for coordinating and completing large, complex customer-facing projects within Canonical's Devices business. The Project Manager acts as the primary delivery liaison between Canonical's engineering teams and customers, overseeing all aspects of project delivery. The role involves managing projects for the delivery of Ubuntu images on a wide variety of devices, including robots, edge gateways, IoT devices, PCs, and automotive systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects through their complete life cycle and ensure overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met
• Successfully deliver engineering professional services for assigned projects
• Work with engineering teams on custom board enablement and delivery of Ubuntu images to customers
• Assist in the development of project statements of work
• Draft and maintain project-specific schedules/project plans
• Obtain client agreement to the project schedule and agreed-upon work items
• Ensure projects are delivered within time, resources, and scope expectations
• Manage project risk mitigation and plans
• Drive technical issues to reach desired delivery outcomes
• Maintain daily and weekly communication with the client and all internal stakeholders
• Manage delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project
• Keep management informed of the status of assigned projects
• Identify custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contract
• Advocate for the appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers
• Support different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required to support assigned projects

Requirements

• Solid project management experience in delivering engineering services to customers, managing software development teams and field engineers
• Extensive experience successfully managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent internal and external project resources, preferably with resources in Asia, Europe, and the Americas
• Educational degree preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math
• Good knowledge of Linux and the wider Open Source Software community, and understanding of computer architecture
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, in English
• Strong leader and problem solver with extensive experience building successful internal and external partnerships and effective working relationships with demanding project sponsors in complex organizational environments
• Ability to work non-standard work hours in support of projects

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