NetApp is looking for a Product Manager to join the product management team, who has successfully managed Unified storage for block and file workloads with a focus on midrange and entry systems. He/she must have a track record of working in highly effective product management teams and working collaboratively with global R&D.
This is an individual role reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, he/she will work closely with the company’s Product leadership teams, Sales, TME, Procurement, Marketing, Engineering and Support teams to define and execute a compelling product strategy for the fastest growing segment within NetApp’s portfolio!
The ideal candidate for this role has a background in creating compelling product strategy that positions the product as industry leader with the vision to deliver, experience in both on-premise storage hardware and software for both SAN and NAS environments, strong business acumen, and ability to pursue cross-functionally and up through the leadership chain. This role is focused on flash storage but requires an understanding of other storage types.
Position Responsibilities & Essential functions
• Define and execute product vision, direction, and business plans including product plans/roadmaps, and product requirements
• Provide insights into the business through analytics and market research
• Gather, validate, and evaluate product/market requirements through market and customer research, competitive analysis, product research involving customer visits, advisory councils, industry events, analyst relationships, understanding primarily uses and associated software
• Collaborate with Research & Development to translate market requirements into innovative new technology
• Influence cross functional teams (sales, channels, services and marketing) to bring offer(s) to market for on-premises and cloud deployments covering CAPEX and OPEX and consumption-based pricing and As-a-Service offerings
• Manage pricing and work with supply chain and procurement and vendor partners to improve margins and/or reduce costs
• Prioritize product requirements to support multiple phase release schedule
• Able to independently resolve most blockers and raise major issues proactively
• Coordinate with Engineering and the Sales to facilitate BETA testing activities with end users/testers
• Translate system functionality into a business relevant language
Minimum requirements:
• 8+ years in product management.
• Experience in hardware product management with focus on Midrange and Entry systems
• Experience in server, networking and storage technology related experience for data centers, on-premises and understanding of storage technologies such as FCP, iSCSI, NVMe, SMB, NFSv3/NFSv4, S3, SATA, SAS, RAID and erasure coding topology
• Knowledge with backup and disaster recovery architectures for SAN and NAS environments
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary
• Work on the technical issues reported by customers on the new/deployed product
• Strong analytical and logical skills
• Ability to build and/or use tools for BOM, Sizing, Pricing, etc purposes
• Problem-solving and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Experience working with teams across geographies and business units.
• Excellent listening, oral, and written communication/presentation skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
• BA/BS required, in Computer Science or related technical degree preferred
Preferred requirements:
• Experience with Tableau, SalesForce, Jira
• Hands on experience on provisioning of storage devices for out of box experience
• Deep knowledge around CPUs, GPUs and DPUs and PCIe, NVMe and SSDs
• Ability to identify, analyze, and solve ambiguous problems with extreme attention to detail
• MBA
Travel requirements:
15% to 25% of travel will be required