This role presents an exciting opportunity to lead a Professional Services team (also known as Field Engineering), assisting customers in understanding and implementing Canonical's open-source solutions both in public clouds and within their own data centers. The position encompasses a wide array of cloud offerings, from Ubuntu, virtualization, and private cloud to Kubernetes and sophisticated open-source solutions, such as MLOps platforms and data platforms. The team is rapidly expanding its services into new industries, including telecommunications, finance, healthcare, and media.
As a Cloud Professional Services Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the team's direction, focusing on delivery, and contributing technically when necessary. The ideal candidate should possess deep engineering expertise, with a commitment to developing management skills among engineers interested in soft skill training.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of engineers ranging from graduates to seniors.
- Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback.
- Identify and measure team health indicators.
- Implement disciplined engineering processes.
- Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers.
- Collaborate as part of the leadership team on goals and projects.
What We Are Looking For:
- Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies, including Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Practical experience with Linux and networking.
- Experience in technical presales.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- A track record of developing and mentoring engineers.
- Organized with the ability to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
- Exceptional academic background (preferably including university education).
- Willingness to travel up to 40% for internal events, external tech events, and customer meetings.
Additional Skills Considered a Plus:
- Proficiency in a second language (Spanish or French preferred).
- Knowledge of Python.
- Experience collaborating with external partners and internal teams.
Compensation and Benefits:
Canonical considers geographical location, experience, and performance when shaping compensation. Benefits include:
- 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 for team events and meetings.
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global shift towards open source and has been a remote-first company since 2004. We emphasize diversity and inclusion and provide equal opportunity for all applicants.
