The role is explicitly scoped to AMER (Americas region) with 'Home Based - Americas' location, and Canonical is a fully remote-first organization with no office requirements beyond twice-yearly in-person team meetings. The target user in Jamaica (UTC-5) is geographically within AMER, English is the only language required ('Fluent in business English'), and there is no work authorization requirement stated. The twice-yearly travel requirement is discretionary ('Willingness to travel') and the user's Caribbean residency does not preclude participation.
“Home Based - Americas” Geographic scope — Americas / AMER / Western Hemisphere — includes the anglophone Caribbean.
“Regional HR Manager - AMER” Geographic scope — Scope explicitly restricted to AMER region, which includes the Americas and encompasses the Caribbean.
“Home Based - Americas” Geographic scope — Geographic scope stated as Americas, confirming region_restricted to AMER and LATAM is NOT mentioned.
“Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.” Physical presence — In-person meetings are infrequent (2-4x yearly) and location-agnostic; not a commuting or relocation requirement.
“Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events” Physical presence — Travel is a stated willingness (not mandate) and applies to internal events only; does not exclude Caribbean residency.
“Fluent in business English (written and spoken)” Language — English is the only language explicitly required; no additional languages mandated.
“Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person” Timezone — No timezone overlap requirement stated; role is fully asynchronous-compatible within AMER region.
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 1300+ 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.
We are hiring a Regional HR Manager at Canonical to support our AMER region.
With colleagues across 75+ countries, we require a People function that thinks and acts globally. We're looking for a regional lead that will report into our Global Head of HR who can help build our company as we go through continued growth plans. It's an exciting time to join with the opportunity to help shape and create an HR function for the future. You will lead the Americas team of HR professionals to provide precise, compliant and scalable HR operations to the business, advise and execute on HR issues across the whole employee life-cycle, and partner with senior leadership in your region. You will have an analytical approach, a keen eye for detail and the ability to interpret data trends and themes.
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 recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. 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.
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.
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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