Product Manager, OpenSearch

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s challenges into industry-leading solutions.

We are an infinitely curious team always seeking new possibilities and dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts ensuring exceptional client experiences with a focus on delivery excellence and obsession over customer outcomes.

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.

In this role you will serve as a technical Product Manager shaping the future of IBM’s OpenSearch offering. You will own product direction for core OpenSearch capabilities working deeply with engineering on architecture scalability performance and extensibility. You will translate complex customer and platform requirements into a clear product strategy that balances open-source innovation with enterprise needs driving adoption differentiation and long-term growth.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• OpenSearch Product Ownership:

Own a core OpenSearch product area defining product direction and roadmap for technically complex capabilities such as indexing query performance scalability security and extensibility. Drive adoption and growth across both open-source and enterprise distributions.

• Engineering Partnership and Execution:

Partner closely with engineering to plan prioritize and execute work across the full product development lifecycle. Operate as a hands-on technically fluent Product Manager who can engage meaningfully in design discussions tradeoffs and sequencing decisions.

• Platform Innovation and Technical Stewardship:

Drive innovation through a roadmap grounded in real customer workloads and system-level constraints. Balance new feature development with performance reliability and technical debt reduction in a large-scale distributed system.

• Cross-Functional Product Leadership:

Lead product strategy by aligning engineering design sales and field teams around clear priorities and outcomes. Ensure product decisions support IBM’s broader data and AI strategy while maintaining a strong independent OpenSearch product vision.

• Ecosystem and Open Source Engagement:

Work with open-source contributors partners and internal IBM teams to strengthen the OpenSearch ecosystem. Identify opportunities to extend the platform integrate with adjacent technologies and enable new enterprise use cases.

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Required Experience:

• Deep expertise in technical product management for complex platforms such as distributed systems data infrastructure or developer-focused products.
• Strong ability to work deeply with engineering teams on architecture performance tradeoffs and system design translating technical concepts into clear product direction.
• Demonstrated success owning product strategy and execution across the full product development lifecycle.
• Track record of incorporating customer feedback and real-world usage data into prioritization and roadmap decisions.
• Ability to influence and align diverse stakeholder groups through clear communication and technical credibility.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with search engines analytics platforms databases or large-scale data systems.
• Prior Product Management experience in a cloud-native Agile development environment with exposure to Kubernetes and public cloud platforms.
• Experience working with or alongside open-source communities including managing the balance between community innovation and enterprise requirements.