Product Manager - Industrial Sector Lead

Summary

Join Canonical, a leading open-source software provider, as a Product Manager - Industrial Sector Lead. This remote EMEA-based role focuses on leading the product lifecycle for industrial technologies, including IoT, edge computing, and robotics. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, conduct market research, and develop go-to-market strategies. The ideal candidate possesses strong product management experience in technical domains, a solid understanding of Industry 4.0 technologies, and excellent communication skills. Canonical offers a competitive compensation package, including a performance-driven bonus, personal learning budget, and opportunities for professional development and travel.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic results at high school and university
• Practised product management experience in technical domains related to the usage and/or the management of open source software
• Solid knowledge of Industry 4.0, IoT, and edge computing technologies
• Excellent writing and presentation skills
• Commercial astuteness for pricing and product strategy
• Understanding of physical compute - servers, networking, storage
• Understanding of industrial-specific open source software such as IoT frameworks, OPC UA, EdgeX Foundry, ROS (Robot Operating System), and industrial automation platforms
• Understanding of the open source infrastructure projects such Kubernetes and Openstack
• Solid knowledge of Linux and the wider Open Source Software community and understanding of computer architecture, including awareness of Ubuntu offering
• Very good communications skills in English, both verbal and written
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Responsibilities

• Lead the lifecycle of the product development by reviewing the priorities and goals for the product you are responsible for
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to address common challenges across projects, to align on priorities, to enable informed decisions in the teams, and to keep business execution on track
• Conduct market research, analyse industry trends, and gather customer feedback to identify opportunities, and to ensure alignment with Canonical's overall vision
• Communicate the 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, by reviewing customer feedback and participating in customer meetings

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion to write about technologies and the Tech landscape with an insatiable intellectual curiosity, and be passionate about the future of technology
• Have a strong sense of ownership with a view that every part of the product's success is your responsibility
• Be a problem solver and have the ability to think out of the box
• A strong work ethic, and personal interests aligned with the open source philosophy

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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 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