Manager - Web and Design Project Management at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager - Web and Design Project Management

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Description
What your day will look like:

• Lead a diverse and distributed team of project managers including performance management and mentoring
• Promote industry-recognized, best-in-class project management practices
• Lead the evaluation of project management tools, systems, and processes
• Drive resource capacity planning for the team, identifying gaps and actively looking for solutions to ensure efficient and effective team allocation utilization
• Drive continuous improvement and implementation of best practices
• Establish KPIs for project status reporting across Canonical
• Collaborate with web and design teams to address common challenges
• improve internal processes and identify ways to drive more efficiency and quality
• Drive execution excellence through continuous feedback and improvement
• Review web and design teams' feedback and participate in their meetings
• Develop your project management team through coaching, mentoring, and training
• Serve as the first escalation point on critical projects
• Act as a trusted adviser to company leadership, collaborating with stakeholders to enable web and design teams’ success

Requirements
What we are looking for in you:

• Degree-level Education in Computer Science or STEM field
• Experience leading diverse, remote project teams in a technology company
• Experience with cross-cultural and multi-continent projects
• Experience hiring, managing teams, and developing skills
• Strong software engineering project management experience
• Passion for agile methodology 
• A track record of success managing web teams that include project managers, UX/UI designers, and developers
• Adept at making things happen while successfully managing risks
• Experience building collaborative internal and external partnerships
• Attention to details and excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Flexibility to work non-standard hours when required, in support of worldwide project teams
• PMP/PMI or PRINCE2 practitioner certification
• Agile/SCRUM Certification
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.