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
IBM Cloud Databases is seeking a product manager who:

• Will support key areas of our Cloud Databases portfolio and is motivated to build fully managed cloud services leveraging technologies including Postgresql MongoDB Elasticsearch Apache Kafka MySQL and Redis.
• Is comfortable working with a high level of autonomy to deliver client value through both organic development and leveraging internal / external partnerships.
• Maintains a deep understanding of market dynamics competitive landscape develops robust business plans and enables product and Go To Market (GTM) readiness for a product.
• Facilitates cross-functional investment prioritization and works with peer product managers to lead decisions and activities across divisions/units and/or with external stakeholders.
• Will be accountable for key business metrics including revenue usage user experience market sales and operational metrics.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years’ experience in Product Management or equivalent practical experience in product management in a Cloud or Software as a Service organization.
• Able to build broad relationships across the organization and to align different stakeholder to a common goal and vision.
• Strong communicator able to manage a wide audience at all levels of the organization taking complex concepts and communicating in simple effective messaging.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills with ability to utilise in all decision making and demonstrate impact on all initiatives that they lead.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including experience in high-level business discussions and low-level technical discussions.
• 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

• Master’s in Business Administration
• Experience working in the regulated industry segments like BFSI Healthcare Telecom