Associate Product Manager Automation

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 let’s talk.

You will join a dynamic Product Management group at IBM Automation. At IBM Automation we build best in class Automation products for different personas in an Enterprise… the Line of Business IT and Engineering….and address a wide range of use cases like Business Process Automation IT Observability Application Integration Dev Ops Automation to name a few. You will be a key contributor in the Automation division getting opportunities in performing a variety of roles in both Inbound and Outbound Product Management.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Product Manager you will own outcomes. This will include:

• Working closely with customers and other market experts to define capabilities that are needed for their success and support our business strategy
• Work closely with peer offering managers in defining and driving product/business strategy for the Automation portfolio to achieve business revenue targets and increase market share in a growing market
• Work closely with Design to concept delightful user experiences using narratives and well-baked requirements
• Work closely with Development to document requirements groom the backlog forecast releases plan iterations and deliver high quality product to end users
• Develop effective demos for sellers and sales engineers (e.g. client technical professionals)
• Collaborate with CTPs sellers CSMs Expert Labs technology partners and business partners
• Ideal candidates for this role are individuals who flourish in a high-performance environment and cultivate the same from peers and respective teams. In addition they are:

• Relentlessly passionate about product design user experience and implementing features with minimal complexity
• Skilled at breaking down high level initiatives into actionable work items which can be delivered through software release cycle
• Skilled at work prioritization and backlog management
• Stewards of process and practices but not to the point of conformity where it can impact business value and team productivity

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 6 months to 2 years of experience in a Technology role and exposed to agile software delivery practices working alongside design and development teams
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence people and establish relationships / build rapport with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• 6 months to 1 Year exposure to one or more industry leading enterprise agile planning or development tools such as IBM Engineering Workflow Management (formally known as Rational Team Concert) Microsoft’s Github/GitLab Aha! Portfolio Management Atlassian’s Jira etc.