Cloud Native Product Manager

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

As a Product Manager with Cloud Native PaaS team you will be responsible for planning delivering and growing usage of cloud-native services for the IBM public cloud including Kubernetes OpenShift observability and/or Developer Tools. Analyze the market and create innovative strategies and business plans to help IBM lead. Collect and track requirements from internal and external customers. Plan and deliver new offerings as well as enhance and maintain existing offerings. Analyze usage and costs to grow adoption revenue and profitability. Work with new and existing partners to ensure quality deliveries that meet customers’ needs.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years’ experience in Product Management or equivalent practical experience building or deploying products in a Cloud based software organization.
• 3+ years’ experience working in the Cloud or IT industry preferably related to Platform SaaS application software deployment or integrations.
• Understanding of product management lifecycle and practices
• Has a challenging mindset that will question processes and procedures and constantly strive to simplify and improve delivery and increase speed to market.
• Able to work autonomously and take balanced decisions.
• Strong communicator able to manage a wide audience at all levels of the organization through delivering simple and business driven messages.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills with ability to bring these to bear in all decision making.
• Positive can-do mind-set that is undaunted by challenges and relishes fixing and improving processes
• Good customer facing skills and able to manage client expectations.
• Able to build broad relationships and coalitions across the organization and to align different stakeholder to a common goal and vision.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including experience in high-level business discussions and low-level technical discussions.
• Understanding of cloud offering capabilities and security compliance and regulatory landscape for IBM Cloud.
• Practical knowledge of GTM strategy and working with marketing and sales.
• Track record of high-quality self-directed timely execution and attention to detail.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• NONE