Product Manager – AI

Canonical is hiring a remote Product Manager – AI to shape the future of open source artificial intelligence for enterprises across the United States. If you pair a software engineering foundation with a drive to translate technical vision into market-leading products, this is your opportunity to help define how the world deploys open source AI.

About the Role

As a Product Manager – AI at Canonical, you will own the strategic direction of open source AI and machine learning products built on Ubuntu. This is a leadership track for technologists who want to grow into business executives and entrepreneurs while advancing the open source community. You will set a clear product vision, prioritise ruthlessly, and guide cross-functional teams to ship high-quality solutions that satisfy both user needs and commercial objectives. During interviews, we will match your interests to a specific product, which may span AI/ML and MLOps domains such as model lifecycle management, AIOps automation, Kubeflow, MLflow, KServe, and AI infrastructure spanning cloud and edge.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the full product lifecycle from concept to delivery, continually revisiting goals and priorities.
• Partner closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales to align decisions and keep execution on track.
• Run market research, study industry trends, and collect customer feedback to surface new opportunities.
• Communicate vision, progress, and key decisions clearly to maintain alignment and set expectations.
• Lead usability testing, interpret user feedback, and iterate to sharpen the user experience.
• Shape go-to-market strategies, author product documentation, and equip support teams through training.
• Support sales in winning new business by joining customer meetings and acting on their feedback.
• Oversee an entire product line, ensuring consistent strategy and resolving conflicts across teams.

Qualifications

• Outstanding academic achievement at both secondary school and university level.
• Working knowledge of Linux and the broader open source software ecosystem.
• Familiarity with computer architecture, application development, datacenters, cloud, or device technologies.
• Strong leadership, communication, and technical vision with a passion for product strategy.

About Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and the publisher of Ubuntu, the platform powering public cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT initiatives worldwide. Founder-led, profitable, and growing, Canonical is a pioneer of distributed collaboration, with 1,200+ colleagues across 75+ countries. Teams gather in person two to four times each year in locations around the globe to align on strategy and execution.

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