Engineering Director, Community at Canonical

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. If you’re interested in a career at Canonical, we are a remote-first company so please apply to any suitable role as skills are valued more than location, despite some having a preferred geographic preference. The role of an Engineering Director of Community at Canonical As the Engineering Director of Community you will have a broad impact and responsibility for growing community engagement and processes across all of engineering. If you want to define what building the next generation of open source community looks like, this is the role for you.You will be responsible for assisting various teams at Canonical in broadening their community engagement activities. You will ensure that all engineering teams make community an important aspect of how they do what they do. You’ll provide assistance to new and existing contributors seeking to get involved or expand their role, and connect community contributors with mentors. You will organise cross-team participation in community events and mentoring.Outside of those responsibilities you will assist the Ubuntu community team in ensuring community processes are high quality and consistently implemented. What your day will look like Collaborate proactively with multiple distributed teamsHelp engineering teams establish and achieve community engagement goalsEstablish consistency in community process, engagement, and interaction across engineeringInfluence others and represent technical insight to customers and other engineersSpend a significant amount of time mentoring others and providing cross-team inputWork from home with global travel 4 to 6 weeks for internal and external eventsCollaborate with the developer advocates and PR teams at Canonical to promote Ubuntu and related technologies via blogs and social mediaIdentifying relevant influencers and devising plans on how to effectively engage with them What we are looking for in you You have a long history and clear public record of community engagement, particularly with open source communitiesYou are capable of representing Canonical / Ubuntu externallyYou have experience leading successful projects and teamsYou are an articulate communicatorYou are comfortable preparing and giving presentationsYou love technology and working with brilliant peopleYou follow industry trends and new technologiesYou understand and value how you do what you do, as well as what you doYou have strong collaboration and influencing skillsYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountableYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedBS/BA or equivalent in Computer Science, Technical Communication, English, or a related field