Junior Project Manager

Summary

Join Canonical, a leading open-source software provider, as a Junior Project Manager. You will ensure project success by managing schedules, budgets, and resources, mitigating risks, and engaging stakeholders. This role requires strong communication, leadership, and technical skills. You will support project delivery, conduct status meetings, and advocate for Canonical technologies. Canonical offers a distributed work environment with in-person team sprints, a personal learning budget, annual compensation reviews, and various other benefits. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional academic achievements, technical expertise, and a passion for technology.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
• The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
• Solid academic achievement in science, software engineering and/or information technology field
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English
• A solution oriented mindset
• You will be able to "make things happen" with a professional approach and effective negotiation techniques
• You have demonstrated leadership skills in your school or university life

Responsibilities

• Ensuring programs and projects are delivered within the schedule, scope, cost, budget and resources expectations
• Supporting in identifying key technical and project risks and issues and actively put mitigating actions in place
• Maintaining strong customer focus and work with all key stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes
• Assisting in conducting regular status meetings and business reviews with customers
• Supporting with the delivery schedule of critical third party deliverables for the project
• Advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from Canonical's portfolio

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
• Performance-driven annual bonus or commission