Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems

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Requirements:

• Solid project management experience in delivering engineering services to customers managing software development teams and field engineers.
• Extensive experience successfully managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent internal and external project resources, preferably with resources in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
• Educational degree preferably in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math.
• Good knowledge of Linux and the wider Open Source Software community, and understanding of computer architecture.
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, in English.
• Strong leader and problem solver with extensive experience building successful internal and external partnerships and effective working relationships with demanding project sponsors in complex organizational environments.
• PMP/PMI or PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification preferred.
• Ability to work non-standard work hours in support of a worldwide sales and project team.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects through their complete life cycle and ensure that the overall goals for both Canonical and the client are met.
• Successfully deliver engineering professional services for assigned projects.
• Work with engineering teams on custom board enablement and delivery of Ubuntu images to the customers.
• Assist in the development of project statements of work.
• Draft and maintain project-specific schedules/project plans.
• Obtain client agreement to the project schedule and agreed-upon work items.
• Ensure projects are delivered within the time/resources/scope expectations.
• Manage project risk mitigation and plans.
• Drive technical issues to reach desired delivery outcomes.
• Maintain daily and weekly communication with the client and all internal stakeholders.
• Manage delivery schedule of critical third-party deliverables for the project.
• Keep management informed of the status of assigned projects.
• Identify custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contract.
• Advocate the appropriate technologies from Canonical's product portfolio to customers.
• Support different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required to support the assigned projects.
• You will be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously.