Business Services Team Manager

About This Role

Lead the Business Services Team, overseeing global travel, logistics, events, and expense management for Canonical. This role involves significant coordination, planning, and ensuring efficiency and compliance across a distributed workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead efficient and effective travel, logistics, event, scheduling, expense policy, and administration
• Coordinate large-scale company events for hundreds of people from 80+ countries four times a year
• Manage travel procurement and logistics for company events, ensuring efficiency and safety
• Serve as an independent check on expense claim approval, ensuring fairness and consistency
• Handle traditional 'EA' services across departments, including scheduling meetings and coordinating reports
• Oversee global duty of care, health, and safety programs with comprehensive policies and practices

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical or business subject
• Leadership and management skills
• Demonstrable good judgment in matters involving money, policy, and in-person interactions
• Ability to work in a global, multicultural organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility
• Responsibility, accountability, thoughtfulness, and self-awareness
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel up to four times a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in a technical or business subject

Nice to Have

• Travel industry experience
• Project management experience
• Event management and operations experience
• Business and corporate administration experience

Benefits