Product Manager (Apprentice Conversion)

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM product managers deliver business results by bringing high-quality products to market by defining the strategy and execution plans while continuously innovating to achieve market leadership. Product Managers are experts at market and business analysis product definition product roadmap pricing ecosystem channel strategy strategic planning competitive analysis innovation and leading cross-functional teams. They manage the product lifecycle from inception through growth maturity and end-of-life stages and define partnership and ecosystem strategies for product execution. Product Managers maximize internal and external relationships interfacing with design product marketing ecosystem partners analysts engineering sales and services teams to deliver a successful product with defined routes to market. They are experts in the field and are recognized as a credible voice in the market. Influences Functional Strategy.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Successful completion of the IBM Apprenticeship Program
• Understanding of IBM’s internal processes and controls
• Ability to steer IBM Storage products through the various NPI checkpoints
• Ability to analyze complex/new situations anticipate potential problems and future trends and assess opportunities impacts and risks. Develop and implement solutions.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Financial acumen; ability to build a business case
Understanding of automation technologies and how they could apply to our portfolio; and the ability to drive change into the organization