Graduate Partner Marketing Manager

About the Position

Graduate Partner Marketing Manager

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Responsibilities

As a Graduate Partner Marketing Manager, you will:

• Architect joint success: Build high-velocity go-to-market plans with global partners, moving from initial messaging to full-scale pipeline generation.
• Launch at scale: Lead integrated campaigns, industry announcements, and product launches that reach everyone from developers to C-suite decision-makers.
• Creative packaging: Translate cutting-edge tech in the open-source world into educational and marketing content that resonates.
• Ecosystem evolution: Shape and scale our partner programs to keep pace with an ever-expanding network of hardware vendors, software vendors, and channel resellers.

Requirements

• The marketing basics: You understand how marketing works (especially within enterprises) and have familiarity with common marketing platforms, social media, and business technology.
• The relationship builder: You can navigate complex and dynamic organizations and build lasting rapport.
• The analytical thinker: You obsess over value and use data to decide which experiments to scale and which to iterate.
• The self-starter: You thrive in a fast-paced, remote environment and aren't afraid to "roll up your sleeves" to get a project across the finish line.

We Offer

• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is 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 on a daily basis. 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.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

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.