Software Alliance Ecosystem Manager

Overview of the Software Alliance Ecosystem Manager Role

The Software Alliances team at Canonical works with leading software companies to optimize and enable their products with Ubuntu and other Canonical software, such as our AI offerings. We develop joint product roadmaps, drive delivery, and formulate go-to-market plans, content, and processes. This approach enables differentiated offerings and robust product life-cycle support anchored to best-in-class Canonical products. Enterprises are able to receive the benefits of open source, securely maintained, and validated solutions from cloud to edge, whether purchased from Canonical, embedded in Alliance partners' products, or accessed through the cloud.

The successful candidate is someone who has a background in technology, engineering, or product management and is interested in continuing to grow their career in business development. If you are someone who can navigate complex new technical challenges, learn quickly, and architect solutions and strategies across global teams, this challenging role is for you. This role is ideal for early career professionals with up to 7 years of experience.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas or EMEA region.

The Role Entails

• Collaborating with product, engineering, alliance, and marketing teams at partners to align on open-source strategies.
• Capturing partner requirements, evaluating gaps, and identifying Canonical opportunities.
• Coordinating with marketing and product teams on messaging, content creation, and launch plans.
• Creating partner- and customer-facing materials like reference architectures, joint blueprints, webinars, presentations, videos, and white papers.
• Driving Ubuntu adoption within targeted alliance accounts, advocating its benefits to stakeholders and working with partners on enablement training for their development, delivery, support, and commercial teams.
• Influencing alliance partners to build with Canonical technology.
• Up to 25% travel, including internationally, for internal conferences and to drive partnerships in person.

What We Are Looking For in You

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path.
• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, and/or engineering.
• Experience in software development and system architecture.
• Customer-facing experience in software engineering, product management, business development, technology strategy, or similar functions.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of stakeholders - individual contributors to the C-suite; ability to grasp complex material and synthesize key points.
• Ability to think and work at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Disciplined and self-motivated for a remote-first workplace environment.

Nice-to-have Skills And Experience

• Experience with open source software and open source business models.
• Team leadership, product management, or program management experience.
• Understanding of marketing and go-to-market strategy.
• Sector-specific experience in finance, telecommunications, automotive, or public sectors.
• Working knowledge of independent hardware and software vendor go-to-market motions.
• Post-graduate degree in science, technology, or engineering field.

What We Offer Colleagues

We consider geographic 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 Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Key skills/competency

• Alliance Management
• Ecosystem Development
• Software Development
• System Architecture
• Business Development
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Open Source Software
• Ubuntu
• Product Management
• Stakeholder Communication