The Compute Product Manager will create go-to market plans and manage the development of products with cross-functional teams to meet product schedules and quality goals. Additional duties include managing multiple products, engaging in technical, product development, marketing, and pre/post-sales support activities, and providing the engineering/development team with product requirements.
The Compute Classic Product Manager will assist different teams to make sure all their requirements are being translated in to equivalent / best possible match IBM Cloud Compute / BM / Classic available profiles, input the request to the required teams, set customer expectations and track the requirement until delivery.
Your Role and Responsibilities- Act as the Subject Matter Expert for the Cloud IaaS Product portfolio.
- Manage the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
- Research market trends for IT infrastructure and develop strategies to ensure Compute Classic offering meets customer needs as trends evolve.
- Define product requirements and translate into actionable items for the engineering/development teams.
- Work across functional teams to continually improve the customer experience.
- Lead and manage new product launches.
- Identifying and retiring products that have reached end-of-life.
- Communicate across the organization, including to executive teams, on health of products in the IaaS Compute portfolio.
- Work with the sales organization on strategic customer engagements
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, or a related field
- Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) preferred
- 5+ years in a Product Management Role
- 2+ years managing compute classic / BM offerings
- Experience with compute/server hardware, software, and virtualization technologies.
- Experience in Cloud, Hosting, Managed Services, and Data Center markets.
- Demonstrated experience shipping multiple iterations of commercially successful products with hardware, software, and service dependencies.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products and projects on tight deadlines.
- Experience simultaneously coordinating multiple complex product development cycles and software development schedules.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
- Proven problem-solving skills, project management skills, attention to detail, and exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Knowledge of AWS or Azure IaaS platform
- Understanding of building cloud applications in an enterprise environment
- Understanding of cloud consumption and technology models such as pricing and utilization
- Experience in modern networking trends e.g., Cloud network, SD-WAN, network telemetry, network flow analysis
- Experience driving product vision, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions
- Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Engineering, UX/UI, Sales, Customer Support, Finance, or Marketing