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 widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across 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 own high-impact programs including integrated campaigns, product launches, events, and account-based marketing. You\'ll connect our products with the right audiences—enterprise customers, developers, and strategic partners. You thrive in fast-paced environments, love experimentation, and optimize 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 improve campaigns, the 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

• Own end-to-end go-to-market planning and campaign execution across portfolios, territory or vertical.
• Develop and lead marketing programs that engage prospects to drive opportunities and revenue.
• Collaborate 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.

• 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.

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

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with benefits reflecting our values. Some benefits may vary by location; please ask your Talent Partner for details.

• Fully remote working environment – we\'ve been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD 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
• Travel upgrades for long-haul company events

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we recruit on a global basis and uphold high standards for joining the company. Canonical has been remote-first since 2004 and seeks excellence in all we do.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background enriches our environment and products. We will consider all qualified applicants fairly.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.