Chief of Staff, Global Support Services at Canonical

What your day will look like

• Work with department leadership to shape long term strategies for the department
• Understand, report and manage organisation and team level KPIs
• Prioritise growth initiatives and safeguard current operations
• Manage the strategic agenda of the leadership team
• Run leadership team meetings
• Ensure a strong, candid team dynamic with productive, professional dialogue
• Be a strategic adviser, confidant and proxy for the VP of Global Support
• Clarify and oversee connection points and initiatives across departments
• Optimise processes by looking for and addressing gaps and inefficiencies
• Travel internationally twice a year for up to straight two weeks for company events

What we are looking for in you

• You are an articulate communicator and master organiser
• You love open source software and working with brilliant people
• You enjoy getting all the details right and running a smooth organisation
• You're a proven generalist and follow industry trends and new technologies
• You understand and value getting things done the right way
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• You've worked with Linux, with a preference towards Ubuntu
• You are familiar with public and private cloud platforms