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Sales Enablement Manager

Remote, Home based - EMEA·Added 4 months ago (last checked 26 Oct)

Canonical

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Work mode
Remote (Home based - EMEA)
Education
University degree

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Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Demonstrated experience coaching sales leaders and diagnosing business challenges to drive organizational improvement
  • Proficiency in a modern sales methodology such as MEDDPICC - able to coach leaders and sellers using this methodology
  • Ability to align and influence others, establish direction, achieve consensus, and execute
  • Experience building enablement programs from the ground up in emerging or high-growth markets
  • Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
  • Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
  • Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Appreciative of diversity and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organization
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice to have

  • Experience in sales enablement, technical training, or sales operations (level-dependent)
  • Proficiency with Salesforce, modern LMS platforms and project management tools (e.g. Jira)
  • Basic knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

The role

We are hiring a Sales Enablement leader to architect the growth journey for our global sales organization. At Canonical, sales enablement isn't just about onboarding; it's about ensuring our teams can articulate the complex value of Ubuntu, OpenStack, and AI infrastructure to the world's most sophisticated tech leaders. You will act as a trusted partner to identify, scope, and implement tooling and workflow improvements that drive efficiency and reduce friction in the sales process. You will sit at the intersection of Product, Marketing, and Sales, transforming high-level strategy into actionable field excellence.

If you are an experienced leader ready to lead global strategy, you will find a high-performance environment that challenges you. You will work with Sales Leadership to identify performance gaps, reduce ramp time, improve productivity and increase win rates. This is a high-visibility role where you will ensure our "distributed-first" workforce remains the sharpest in the industry.

  • Lead enablement programs to drive continuous improvement in sales productivity and ramp time
  • Lead the design and execution of global sales enablement strategies to drive revenue growth
  • Provide coaching and mentoring that incorporates sales strategy, process and proven sales methodology
  • Drive the creation of advanced sales plays and competitive intelligence resources for enterprise markets
  • Collaborate and align cross-functionally with Sales, Revenue Operations, Product, Marketing, and all GTM teams to ensure enablement strategy supports broader organizational objectives
  • Own the end-to-end sales onboarding experience, ensuring new hires reach peak productivity rapidly
  • Identify and deliver training needs for Sales teams for continuous improvements
  • Collaborate with Product Management and Marketing to translate technical roadmaps into value-based sales narratives
  • Manage the sales enablement tech stack (CRM, LMS, etc.) to ensure tools are optimizing, not hindering, the sales process through right-time right-place delivery
  • Provide a framework to relevant teams to develop and maintain high-quality sales assets, including discovery guides, pitch decks, and battlecards
  • Facilitate live and virtual training sessions on advanced product features and sales techniques
  • Coordinate the logistics for global sales training events and twice-yearly "sprint" weeks
  • Monitor, report and act on the adoption and effectiveness of enablement initiatives using data-driven insights
  • Support the senior team in preparing reports for leadership and auditing sales documentation for accuracy

How you'll work

Location: These are EMEA-based remote roles.

Hiring process

6 steps5 interviewsa task to doabout 3 months in all

  1. Application

  2. Written interview

    In your own time

    A written submission tailored to the role presenting your academic and professional accomplishments; you choose format and length, and two domain experts grade it.

  3. Psychometric assessment (GIA)

    Online test · 30–45 min

    A cognitive-ability test measuring aptitude, problem solving and speed of learning, required for all applicants.

  4. Technical assessment

    Not every role

    A domain-specific assessment for some roles, graded by domain experts and discussed in later interviews.

  5. Early stage interviews

    With future colleagues and stakeholders · 3 sessions

    Three interviews with future colleagues and stakeholders focused on technical and domain skills.

  6. Talent interview

    With Talent Science team

    Interview with the Talent Science team including a 10-minute Personality Profile Analysis; compensation is first discussed here.

  7. Late stage interviews

    With potential manager, Hiring Lead and senior stakeholders

    Meet your potential manager, the Hiring Lead and senior stakeholders; management and leadership candidates also meet the CEO.

  8. Offer and onboarding · With a Hiring Lead

  • After application review you get a personal dashboard showing your assessment and interview plan.
  • The written interview is submitted anonymously to reduce bias early on.
  • You may apply to a single job once, or to four different jobs, in any 180-day period.

About Canonical

Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used open-source operating system for cloud, IoT, and enterprise environments. Founded in 2004, the company is a global leader in open-source software, providing secure, supported Ubuntu solutions to enterprises, developers, and device manufacturers. With a distributed workforce spanning over 80 countries, Canonical drives innovation in areas like AI, edge computing, and cloud-native technologies, making it a key player in the open-source ecosystem.

Canonical has a strong presence in Spain, with a significant number of open roles across engineering, product, marketing, and sales. The company is known for its fully remote-first culture, allowing employees to work from anywhere, including Spain. For international professionals, Canonical offers a unique opportunity to contribute to world-class open-source projects, collaborate with a global team, and enjoy flexible work arrangements. The company values autonomy, excellence, and a passion for open-source, making it an attractive employer for those seeking a dynamic, remote-friendly environment.

Industry
Cloud/Ubuntu
Founded
2004
Employees
1,000–5,000
Headquarters
London, UK

Good to know if you are moving

  • Canonical is a remote-first company, allowing employees to work from anywhere, including Spain, with no requirement to relocate to a central office.
  • The company offers a diverse, international work environment with colleagues from over 80 countries, providing a global perspective.
  • Canonical is a major contributor to open-source projects, offering opportunities to work on widely-used technologies like Ubuntu, Kubernetes, and OpenStack.
  • Employees often receive a competitive salary and benefits, including home office setup allowances and professional development opportunities.
  • The company values autonomy and self-motivation, making it ideal for professionals who thrive in a flexible, results-driven culture.

In their own words

About the company & team

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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.

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 our 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.

Additional information

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.

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