Product Manager Network

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IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive. Your Role and Responsibilities The IBM Cloud Infrastructure organization is looking for an experienced, innovative Offering Manager to join the team responsible for the IBM Cloud Infrastructure portfolio and lead our IBM Cloud Network family of offerings. As an offering manager, you will act as an entrepreneur, strategist, technical visionary, cross-functional team leader, and client advocate. Responsibilities include define and delivering on a differentiated roadmap, building relationships with key stakeholders and internal cross-functional teams including sales, pricing, and engineering to drive offering strategy and execution, and tracking and monitoring the progress, risks, and outcomes of your product deliverables. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in offering or product management and an understanding of the cloud infrastructure market or traditional network hardware and workloads.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Overall 5+ Years' experience

At least 2+ years of experience as a Product Manager in B2B or Cloud businesses (SaaS, PaaS or IaaS products)

Networking domain expertise & Exposure to Virtual Private Network (VPN) services.

Experience as a Product Manager in the past with deep experience in cloud technologies, IT/Network Infrastructure products or services

Strong understanding of multiple aspects of Cloud Networking technologies and products such as, Software defined networking, data-center networking, network connectivity fundamentals, VPC, load balancers, Cloud firewalls, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), etc

Understanding of cloud platforms and cloud buyer journey

Experience in leading cross-org products - Experience with creating presentations and presenting to internal teams, executives and clients.

Must demonstrate consolidated knowledge & experience in Core Network and Cloud deployments

Hands-on, data driven approach and an ability to work concurrently on several projects.

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