Product Marketing Lead

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, including the widely used Ubuntu platform. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, seeking a Product Marketing Lead to take ownership of our product messaging and market strategy in a fully remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Own positioning, messaging, and the narrative hierarchy for your product area, ensuring consistency across all channels.
• Lead product launches end-to-end, including cross-functional planning, asset creation, and post-launch reporting.
• Build and maintain a competitive picture to understand market positioning and win rates.
• Develop sales enablement materials such as battlecards, discovery questions, and demo narratives.
• Conduct structured customer and community research to ground messaging in real-world insights.

Requirements

• Proven product marketing experience in B2B software, SaaS, or open source environments.
• Strong track record of owning positioning and messaging strategies independently.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Technical curiosity to engage effectively with product managers and engineers.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across product, sales, and marketing teams.
• Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple dependencies.

What we offer

• Fully remote working environment with a global team.
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum.
• Annual compensation reviews and recognition rewards.
• Opportunity to travel to international locations for team sprints.
• Comprehensive parental leave and employee assistance programs.