Product Manager

Summary

Join Canonical, a leading open-source software provider, as a Product Manager for Anbox Cloud. This remote EMEA-based role involves leading the product roadmap, collaborating with engineering and marketing teams, defining business models, and engaging with the cloud gaming ecosystem. You will drive product strategy, ensuring successful market launches and aligning with business objectives. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional academic achievements, a strong understanding of Linux and open-source, and outstanding communication skills. Canonical offers a competitive compensation package, including a performance-driven bonus, personal development budget, and a distributed work environment with in-person team sprints.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university
• Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community
• Understanding of computer architecture, application development, data centers, cloud or devices
• Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscape
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source movement
• Curiosity, and the habit of continuous learning
• A strong sense of ownership
• Problem solving and the ability to innovate
• Outstanding communication skills in English, both verbal and written
• Ability to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long

Responsibilities

• Lead the roadmap of Anbox Cloud features and drive our strategy of Android virtualization and containerization
• Work with our engineering team to shape the development roadmap for Anbox Cloud
• Define future business models taking into account the competitive landscape
• Engage with the cloud gaming ecosystem and leading customers, enabling commercial success and driving go-to-market
• Lead the product development lifecycle, reviewing the priorities and goals for your product
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales
• Address common challenges across projects, align on priorities, enable informed decisions, and keep business execution on track
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities
• Communicate your product vision, status updates, and key decisions to ensure alignment and manage expectations
• Conduct usability testing, analyse user feedback, and iterate on the product to improve the user experience
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and support teams to develop go-to-market strategies, create product documentation, and provide training
• Contribute to the success of our sales team in winning new opportunities, reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with a particular verticals (e.g. Telco, Finance, Industrial, Automotive)
• Familiarity with the technology ecosystem including Silicon, IHV, ISV, ODM/OEMs, cloud service providers and channel
• Familiarity with cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker containers & Snaps
• Familiarity with embedded and connected device technology and ecosystems
• Familiarity with networking technologies - ethernet, IPv4 and IPv6, routing, firewalling, overlays such as OVN/OVS, VPNs, SR-IOV, Infiniband
• Familiarity with Linux containerization and virtualization, including LXD and docker
• Familiarity with low latency streaming infrastructures, GPU architectures, and cloud gaming technologies
• Familiarity with Android, its components and its maintenance

Benefits

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally
• 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events