Open Source Enterprise Sales / Alliances

Open Source Enterprise Sales / Alliances role at Canonical

This is a general track role, hiring for opportunities across all levels of seniority in our Sales and Alliances teams. Apply if you possess outstanding revenue generating experience from the Technology industry. 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 breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many 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. As we continue to grow we are looking to hire both Enterprise Sales and Alliances Sales representatives to drive revenue growth and meet our goals.

Location : We have remote opportunities available globally.

These roles entail

• Advancing a deep understanding of Linux and cloud software ecosystem, and open source selling models
• Experience with negotiating contracts and commercial business terms
• Building and expanding strategic relationships
• Building and owning the strategy and the development of the sales engagements
• Growing customers awareness of open source capabilities on Canonical Ubuntu
• Delivering on targets, objectives and providing a voice of the partner and / or customer
• Travelling both domestically and internationally to drive partnerships in person
• Aligning and supporting internal field teams to identify, support, grow and transact
• Working closely with Marketing, Sales Engineering and Product Management to deliver on targets, objectives and provide a voice of the partner and / or customer
• Leading executive interlocks between partners / customers and our own leadership team

What we are looking for in you

What we offer colleagues

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Sales and Business Development

Industries

Software Development

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