Marketing Manager - remote job

Canonical is hiring a Marketing Manager - a lead role, which means responsibility for a team or a direction. The role sits in Marketing and is fully remote. The company hires candidates based in Europe.

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Canonical builds open source software and operating systems for enterprise and technology markets worldwide. Ubuntu, our platform, underpins major enterprise work in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Among our customers are the biggest public cloud and silicon providers, plus leaders across many industries. We pioneered distributed collaboration globally: 1200+ colleagues spread across 75+ countries, with almost no office-based positions. Two to four times a year, teams gather in person in interesting places worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

Founder-led, profitable, growing.

The open role: Marketing Manager

Our marketers protect the brand and generate demand. They turn dense open-source technology into messaging, narratives and strategy that shape how the market understands what we're building. Some concentrate on positioning products and portfolios distinctly; others go deep on account-based engagement, partner and alliance messaging, or product-led growth. Regardless of focus, every marketer sits inside a cross-functional unit, feeding in campaigns and insights that speed up company learning and growth.

We prefer action, put effort where impact is highest, and own our results. Buying cycles here run long, so we pair narrative with data, run experiments, measure outcomes, and iterate quickly until something works.

Canonical marketers do more than promote open source. They amplify it, getting our innovations in front of the right audience at the right moment with clarity and intent, whether that audience is developers or decision makers.

Location: Remote, EMEA and Americas

Your day to day

* Take full ownership of go-to-market planning and campaign delivery across portfolios, a territory or a vertical.

* Build and run marketing programs that reach prospects and convert into opportunities and revenue.

* Work hand in hand with the other marketing teams, using data-driven insight to lift content performance and conversion.

* Team up with events, content, paid media, and social media colleagues to run integrated cross-channel campaigns.

Who we want

* A background in marketing within the technology sector; SaaS or enterprise IT is a plus.

* A data-driven approach, able to assess performance and tune for impact.

* Someone equally at home with strategy and hands-on delivery. A genuine self-starter.

* Sharp storytelling ability. You can shape messaging that lands with technical and business audiences alike.

* Strong communication, written and spoken.

* Adaptable, quick to learn, growth-minded, excited by innovation.

What you get

Base pay varies with geographical location, experience level, knowledge and skills. Beyond the benefits listed here, some roles also qualify for extras such as annual bonuses and sales incentives tied to revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy centres on equity across our entire global workforce.

Alongside competitive base pay, every team member receives further benefits that reflect our values and ideals. Note that extra benefits can vary by work location; your Talent Partner can tell you more.

* A fully remote working environment. We have worked this way since 2004.

* A personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum

* Annual compensation review

* Recognition rewards

* Annual holiday leave

* Parental Leave

* Employee Assistance Programme

* The chance to travel to new places and meet colleagues at 'sprints'

* Priority Pass for travel, plus travel upgrades on long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the worldwide shift to open source. We publish Ubuntu, one of the most significant open source projects anywhere and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, which means we change the world every day. Hiring happens globally and our bar for joining is very high. Excellence is the expectation; being the best at what we do is what success requires.

Since it began in 2004, Canonical has been remote-first. Working here means stepping into the future. It will push you to think differently, work smarter, pick up new skills, and lift your game. Canonical offers a rare view into 21st-century digital business.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We take pride in maintaining a workplace without discrimination. Varied experience, perspectives, and backgrounds produce a better working environment and better products. Your application will get fair consideration whatever your identity.

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