Chief Revenue Officer

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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 enterprise initiatives such as 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 founder-led, profitable and growing, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and a distributed model; most roles are not located in a single office.

We are hiring a Chief Revenue Officer to lead our enterprise sales, sales development, partner, channel, alliance, customer success and field engineering teams. This role reports to the CEO and collaborates with Canonical’s senior leaders to drive sustainable growth. It is program-, process- and metric-oriented, requiring leadership, rigor and insight into the global dynamics of enterprise software selection and procurement. It is not solely a sales position but a role that combines strategic planning with operational execution.

We are seeking a leader who is insightful and passionate about the impact of open source in the world.

Across compute categories from microcontrollers to GPUs, open source is growing in share and reputation. Our mission is to deliver the majority of open source software globally, efficiently and at low cost, while accelerating progress and preserving fair competition in silicon and cloud. We work with silicon and cloud providers to maximize performance and align with differentiated offerings, and we aim to earn trust with customers for the broadest open source software and best infrastructure and compute capabilities.

As Chief Revenue Officer you will be accountable for :

• Go-to-market strategy — prioritize sectors and markets, identify organizational gaps and lead hiring to close them
• Planning — challenge teams to develop ambitious but sustainable execution plans and metrics with cascading goals
• Execution — review data and adjust course on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
• Sponsorship — support leaders to close large ($10M+ ARR) deals with Global 10K enterprises and large, complex partners
• Insight — capture and share patterns and insights from customers and partners to broaden commercial awareness
• Staffing — supervise Canonical recruitment, selection and onboarding processes for your organization
• Productivity — design and lead career and skills development with continuous improvement
• Culture — foster transparent communication, accountability and the work ethic needed for success
• Inspirational leadership — demonstrate and cultivate passion for Canonical’s mission, customers and the market

The successful candidate will lead our revenue organization, including :

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Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience and background is valued, and every applicant will be given fair consideration.

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