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 very widely used in breakthrough enterprise 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.

We are hiring a Marketing Manager

Canonical is looking for a creative and data-driven Marketing Manager to lead marketing initiatives that generate awareness engagement and pipeline for our products. This role blends strategy with hands-on execution from crafting compelling campaigns and driving demand generation to collaborating cross-functionally with Sales SDRs Product Communications and Alliances.

As a key contributor to our marketing team you’ll take ownership of high-impact programs including integrated campaigns product launches events and account-based marketing. You’ll play a pivotal role in connecting our products with the right audiences whether enterprise customers developers or strategic partners.

You thrive in fast-paced environments love experimenting and optimizing based on data. You are passionate about technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. You bring curiosity ownership and a strong desire to make things better for your campaigns your team and your own growth. If you enjoy building smart scalable marketing engines with a bit of creative flair we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Remote EMEA

What your day will look like

• Own end-to-end go-to-market planning and campaign execution across portfolios territory or vertical.

• Develop and lead marketing programs that engage with prospects to drive opportunities and revenue.

• Collaborate closely with other marketing teams to improve content performance and conversion through data-driven insights.

• Partner with events content paid media and social media teams to execute integrated campaigns across channels.

What we are looking for in you

• Experience in a marketing role in the technology sector (SaaS or enterprise IT preferred).

• Data-driven mindset with the ability to evaluate performance and optimize for impact.

• Comfortable balancing strategy with hands-on execution a true self-starter.

• Strong storytelling skills—you know how to craft messaging that resonates with both technical and business audiences.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Adaptable fast learner with a growth mindset and a passion for innovation.

What we offer you

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location level of experience knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.

In addition to a competitive base pay we provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and for more information on these please ask your Talent Partner.

• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!

• Personal learning and development budget of 2000USD 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 Canonical

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.

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