Introduction Ready to re-imagine the product management role? At IBM, as a Product Manager, you help support the product portfolio: from tackling competitive analysis to managing partner relationships and collaborating with cross-functional teams on special projects
Your Role and Responsibilities As a Product Manager, you help support the portfolio strategy and execution, and collaborate across product, development, design, sales, and marketing to help deliver differentiated enhancements and value to clients and partners. Other responsibilities include:
Collaborate with broader product team to help support portfolio and business. Manage reporting and dashboards, data gathering and analysis. Work across business unit to help create product SKUs, update/maintain documentation, track and report progress on launch readiness plans, and assist with client requests for licensing.
Collaborate with sales, marketing, and channel on GTM and partner enablement plans. Contribute to learning programs and enablement assets.
Analyse research on competitive landscape and market influencers (e.g., capabilities, pricing/packaging, GTM strategies).
Monitor key deals and progression in sales pipeline. Drive win/loss data collection and analysis.
Provide ongoing technical/operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conduct special projects.
Accountable for individual, team and department results, and for activities and/or projects involving multi-functional teams
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
3+ years of experience in product management, technical product marketing or related field
Hands-on, data-driven approach, and an ability to work concurrently on several projects while managing routine day-to-day activities
Experience with creating presentations and presenting to internal teams
Microsoft Office Suite with strong Excel skills
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
2+ years of product management experience with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) or Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings
Knowledge of the cloud infrastructure market segment – technologies, best practices, vendors, and competitive landscape
Knowledge of VMware technologies
Knowledge of VMware-powered SaaS or IaaS platforms, or knowledge of AWS or Azure IaaS platforms
Master's degree in business or related field preferred
About Business Unit
IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.
Your Life @ IBM
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About IBM
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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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