.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 1100+ 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 Associate Sales Operations Analysts to support a team of experts who help Canonical sales teams achieve their business goals. The Sales Operations team drives continuous process and data quality improvement to ensure orders are processed correctly. The successful candidate will be collaborative and demonstrate initiative in improving the way the team works, maintaining compliance and associated governance.The success of the role is measured against increasing the velocity of deals and the quality of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data used to drive key business decisions. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented problem solver and team player who is passionate about the opportunity to partner with sales teams, is also passionate about our role in the technology industry bringing open source to a wider audience of innovators and enterprises, and will support the delivery of programs to enable Canonical's continued success.Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA and Americas regions.The role entails:Support all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the sales function globallyCheck opportunities for accuracy and provision orders on successful closure of a dealSupport the Sales Operations Analysts and Manager to report on and improve sales data quality and processesSupport the sales team globally on CRM and other sales operations systemsDeliver sales metrics, dashboards and other ad-hoc analytical tasksAssist the team with automation and streamlining of the Lead to Order processWhat we are looking for in you:An exceptional academic track record from high school and universityExperience working in an entry-level role in sales operations or related (e.G