Chief of Staff, Canonical

• You are an articulate communicator and master organizer
• You love open source software and working with brilliant people
• You enjoy getting all the details right and running a smooth organization
• You’re a proven generalist and follow industry trends and new technologies
• You understand and value getting things done the right way
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• You’ve worked with Linux, with a preference towards Ubuntu
• You are familiar with public and private cloud platforms

• Work with department leadership to shape long term strategies for the department
• Understand, report and manage organizational and team level KPIs
• Prioritize growth initiatives while safeguarding current operations
• Manage the strategic agenda of the leadership team
• Running leadership team meetings
• Ensure a strong, candid team dynamic with productive, professional dialogue
• Be a strategic advisor, confidant and proxy for the VP, Global Support
• Clarify and oversee connection points and initiatives across departments
• Optimize processes by looking for and addressing gaps and inefficiencies
• Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events

• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance
• Learning and personal professional development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Generous parental leave
• Priority Pass for travel

Total funding: $10.6m

Canonical originally started as a company to help distribute Ubuntu (an operating system based on Linux). It is now a leader in delivering open source to the world quickly, securely and cost effectively.