Jobs at Canonical

The Communications manager will coordinate internal and external resources, working with in-house resources and with agencies depending on geography, to promote press releases and product updates, support live events and assist the Director of Communications with corporate news and the public image of Canonical

As a Communications Manager you will:

• Prepare and execute communications plans for product announcements, new partnerships etc
• Monitor perception and sentiment of Canonical and its products, and create campaigns to increase positive perception among relevant audiences
• Manage media relationships directly and through third-party agencies
• Create and present reports on communications activities, and track and manage PR spend.
• Direct communications elements of live and virtual events.
• Coordinate with Social Media and Marketing teams on unified campaigns
• Support Product and the Web team in the creation of supporting materials for news and announcements
• Support the Director of Communications on Corporate Communications initiatives

The successful Communications Manager will have:

• Experience of managing technology communications (agency or in-house)
• Existing media relations in their geography
• A track record of delivering innovative and successful communications campaigns in the technology space.
• Experience of cloud/SaaS/open source technology an advantage
• Excellent verbal, written, visual/presentation skills in English
• Additional language skills and experience of multinational communications an advantage
• Growth mindset - enthusiasm for challenges and strong work ethic with a 'can do' attitude
• Objectivity and openness to others' views while continuously building a positive team spirit
• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, and/or demonstration of professional competencies and qualifications
• Track record of delivering strong results and innovation in the technology area or SAAS.

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The successful candidate will have experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams, and demonstrate the ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems and deep knowledge of Linux.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of remote engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners
• Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Who you are

• You understand modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and K8s
• You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it
• You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills
• You have experience programming in C and/or Go.