Associate  Product Manager - Data Services

Introduction
Ready to re-imagine the product management role?  At IBM as an Offering Manager you are responsible for the full lifecycle of an offering: from validating need to determining the business model and defining the solution requirements. Going beyond the traditional focus of timetables and budgets you use your keen insights into what customers want in their own business plan – and work across disciplines to build the best solutions to a problem. If being the CEO of your offering excites you consider an offering management career at IBM.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We look for emerging leaders who are entrepreneurial adaptable analytical creative problem solvers persuasive empathetic and tenacious. We also look for those who have been exposed to and are well versed in technology concepts.

Our Product Managers operate in a demanding role at the epicenter of multidisciplinary teams which include design engineering sales marketing finance and legal. Our clients rank among the world’s largest most influential companies and governments and our product teams serve their needs under constantly changing priorities. We are passionate about using technology to solve these problems.

When considering applicants for this role we look for education and background in a combination of areas such as business / data analytics computer science design thinking engineering entrepreneurship go-to-market (GTM) strategy market / user research product management product development and technology commercialization.

As the voice of the business and users Product Managers:

• Articulate markets research users and define competitive landscape
• Innovate with established & emerging technology – software hardware and services
• Negotiate and collaborate on strategic initiatives partnerships and acquisitions
• Develop and execute experience-based roadmaps business models and go-to-market plans
• Collaborate closely with design and engineering to ship products
• Partner with sales marketing finance and legal
• Define pricing packaging and positioning and measure (everything)
• Act as change agents and transformation champions
• Are passionate and curious

Join the next generation of user-centric data-driven innovators and entrepreneurs who are working to solve big meaningful problems.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 1 year of experience (academic and internships may be included) in product management product development technical acumen entrepreneurship design thinking market research go-to-market (GTM) strategy business analytics or other related work.
• Exposed to and well versed in technology concepts.
• Aptitude and experience relevant to product management.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• None