The role
Canonical needs a manager to lead a product squad that turns workforce data into predictive tools and AI agents for managers. You'll report to the Global Head of Workplace Engineering.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor People data scientists, software engineers and UX designers
- Turn descriptive HR metrics into predictive and prescriptive insights
- Lead development of AI agents that surface insights to managers in real time
- Keep the People data stack secure, GDPR-compliant and a single source of truth
- Find places where high-tech tools free up time for human involvement
What they're looking for
Must-haves
- Background in data science, mathematics or engineering, with SQL and statistics
- Coding in Python, R or JavaScript, plus visualization such as Superset or Tableau
- Proven record leading others against roadmaps, with a coaching mindset
- Ability to turn business questions into research objectives and methods
- Business-level written and spoken English
Nice to have
- dbt, Airbyte, Ranger, Superset, Temporal or Trino
- Docker and Kubernetes basics
- Product management or UX and design experience
The company
Canonical
Profitable, founder-led open-source firm
Canonical is the open-source company behind Ubuntu, used across public cloud, AI, data science and IoT. It's founder-led, profitable and growing, with a distributed team and no central headquarters.
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