About Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, the Linux operating system used across public cloud, AI, IoT and enterprise computing. It employs more than 1,200 people in over 75 countries, and nearly every role is home-based. The company is founder-led and profitable.
About the Role
Canonical is hiring a Marketing Manager to turn complex open source products into clear stories and campaigns that bring in sales. Depending on the team, the focus may be product positioning, account-based marketing, partner messaging or product-led growth. You will work in a cross-functional unit and judge your work by results.
You will:
- Own go-to-market plans and run campaigns for a product portfolio, territory or industry
- Build marketing programmes that create sales opportunities and revenue
- Use data to improve content performance and conversion with other marketing teams
- Run joined-up campaigns with the events, content, paid media and social teams
About You
- Marketing experience in the technology sector, ideally SaaS or enterprise IT
- Comfortable reading performance data and acting on it
- Able to set strategy and also do the hands-on work
- Strong at writing messages that land with both technical and business readers
- Excellent written and spoken communication
- A fast learner who adapts quickly
What Canonical Offers
- Fully remote work
- A personal learning budget of $2,000 a year
- An annual pay review, with bonuses or sales incentives for some roles
- Recognition rewards, annual leave and parental leave
- An employee assistance programme
- Travel to team sprints in new locations, with Priority Pass and upgrades on long-haul trips
Tech marketers in Lagos, Nairobi or Johannesburg with B2B software experience are eligible, since the role covers EMEA. Apply on the official Canonical careers page.
