Enterprise Project Manager At Canonical

Canonical Project Managers are responsible for ensuring project success through owning, driving, communicating and respectfully engaging all stakeholders, valuing integrity and accountability.Within a portfolio of projects with complex and changing software technologies, customer and partner satisfaction is only possible because of exceptional Project Managers who know how to respect and engage all stakeholders.What we are looking for in youThe successful Project Manager will have solid IT project management experience in a software engineering and/or information technology field, excellent written and verbal communications skills in English and experience leading cross-cultural, remote and global project teams and customers. You will be able to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques. You have Agile expertise and Project Management certification.If this sounds like you and you have experience in the areas below, we'd love to hear from you:Enterprise IT ProgramsProcess ImprovementSoftware Engineering Project ManagementAdditional Skills That You Might Also BringLeading diverse, remote project teamsExperience with cross-cultural and multi-continent projectsHiring, managing teams and helping to develop team skillsSW engineering and IT project managementDriving project success while managing risksExperience in building collaborative internal and external partnershipsSolid commercial skills; experience in dealing with contractsEffective negotiator, comfortable in a customer facing roles for complex projectsDegree level education in Computer Science or STEM field, ideally also an MBA or similar qualificationAble to travel 6-8 weeks a year, up to two weeks at a time, sometimes internationallyFlexibility to work non-standard hours when required, in support of a worldwide sales and project team