Product Manager Unified Storage - Flash
Apply NowCompany: NetApp
Location: San Jose, CA 95123
Description:
Job Summary
NetApp is looking for a Product Manager to join the product management team, who has successfully managed Unified storage for block and file workloads in larger enterprise companies. He/she has a track record of working in highly effective product management teams and working collaboratively with global R&D.
This is an individual role reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, he/she will work closely with the company Product leadership teams, Sales, TME, Procurement, Marketing, Engineering and Support teams to execute a compelling product strategy working on the fastest growing segment within NetApp's portfolio!
The ideal candidate for this role has a background in building and scaling product(s), strong technical hardware and business acumen, and vision to deliver product(s) that transforms the industry and most importantly has a software and hardware background around SAN and NAS and storage technologies for on-premises. This role is focused on all flash unified storage, which is an evolving market bridging the gap between spinning media and high-performance flash media.
Position Responsibilities & Essential functions
Gather, validate, and evaluate product/market requirements through market and customer research, competitive and product research involving customer visits, advisory councils, industry events, analyst relationships, etc.
Provide insights into the business through analytics and market research in collaboration with Product and Technical Marketing, the data analytics and the Procurement teams
Coordinate with engineering and the field to facilitate BETA testing activities with end users/testers
Translate system functionality into a business relevant language
Influence pricing and cross functional requirements (sales, channels, services and marketing) to bring offer(s) to market for on-premises and cloud deployments covering CAPEX and OPEX and consumption-based pricing and As-a-Service offerings
Manage pricing and work with supply chain and procurement and vendor partners to improve margins and/or reduce costs
Collaborate with R&D to translate market requirements into innovative new technology and with support to deliver solutions that have fast time-to-value and accelerate time-to-revenue
Execute product vision, direction, and business plans, including product plans/roadmaps, product evolution and product lifecycle process
Exhibits advanced wide-ranging experience, using in-depth professional knowledge, acumen, concepts and company objectives to develop, resolve complex models and procedures.
Provides solutions to issues in creative and effective ways.
Understands the interrelationships of different disciplines.
Able to independently resolve most blockers and raise major issues proactively
Job Requirements
Minimum requirements:
8+ years in product management.
Experience in hardware product management
Experience in server, networking and storage technology related experience for data centers, on-premises and understanding of storage technologies such as FCP, iSCSI, NVMe, SMB, NFSv3/NFSv4, S3, SATA, SAS, RAID and erasure coding topology
Knowledge with backup and disaster recovery architectures for SAN and NAS environments
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary
Work on the technical issues reported by customers on the new/deployed product
Strong analytical and logical skills
Ability to build and/or use tools for BOM, Sizing, Pricing, etc.
Problem-solving and organizational skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Experience working with teams across geographies and business units.
Excellent listening, oral, and written communication/presentation skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
BA/BS required, in Computer Science or related technical degree preferred
Preferred requirements:
Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, SalesForce, Jira
Hands on experience on provisioning of storage devices for out of box experience
Deep knowledge around CPUs, GPUs and DPUs and PCIe, NVMe and SSDs
Ability to identify, analyze, and solve ambiguous problems with extreme attention to detail
MBA
Travel requirements:
15% to 25% of travel is required
Education
NetApp is looking for a Product Manager to join the product management team, who has successfully managed Unified storage for block and file workloads in larger enterprise companies. He/she has a track record of working in highly effective product management teams and working collaboratively with global R&D.
This is an individual role reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, he/she will work closely with the company Product leadership teams, Sales, TME, Procurement, Marketing, Engineering and Support teams to execute a compelling product strategy working on the fastest growing segment within NetApp's portfolio!
The ideal candidate for this role has a background in building and scaling product(s), strong technical hardware and business acumen, and vision to deliver product(s) that transforms the industry and most importantly has a software and hardware background around SAN and NAS and storage technologies for on-premises. This role is focused on all flash unified storage, which is an evolving market bridging the gap between spinning media and high-performance flash media.
Position Responsibilities & Essential functions
Gather, validate, and evaluate product/market requirements through market and customer research, competitive and product research involving customer visits, advisory councils, industry events, analyst relationships, etc.
Provide insights into the business through analytics and market research in collaboration with Product and Technical Marketing, the data analytics and the Procurement teams
Coordinate with engineering and the field to facilitate BETA testing activities with end users/testers
Translate system functionality into a business relevant language
Influence pricing and cross functional requirements (sales, channels, services and marketing) to bring offer(s) to market for on-premises and cloud deployments covering CAPEX and OPEX and consumption-based pricing and As-a-Service offerings
Manage pricing and work with supply chain and procurement and vendor partners to improve margins and/or reduce costs
Collaborate with R&D to translate market requirements into innovative new technology and with support to deliver solutions that have fast time-to-value and accelerate time-to-revenue
Execute product vision, direction, and business plans, including product plans/roadmaps, product evolution and product lifecycle process
Exhibits advanced wide-ranging experience, using in-depth professional knowledge, acumen, concepts and company objectives to develop, resolve complex models and procedures.
Provides solutions to issues in creative and effective ways.
Understands the interrelationships of different disciplines.
Able to independently resolve most blockers and raise major issues proactively
Job Requirements
Minimum requirements:
8+ years in product management.
Experience in hardware product management
Experience in server, networking and storage technology related experience for data centers, on-premises and understanding of storage technologies such as FCP, iSCSI, NVMe, SMB, NFSv3/NFSv4, S3, SATA, SAS, RAID and erasure coding topology
Knowledge with backup and disaster recovery architectures for SAN and NAS environments
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary
Work on the technical issues reported by customers on the new/deployed product
Strong analytical and logical skills
Ability to build and/or use tools for BOM, Sizing, Pricing, etc.
Problem-solving and organizational skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Experience working with teams across geographies and business units.
Excellent listening, oral, and written communication/presentation skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
BA/BS required, in Computer Science or related technical degree preferred
Preferred requirements:
Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, SalesForce, Jira
Hands on experience on provisioning of storage devices for out of box experience
Deep knowledge around CPUs, GPUs and DPUs and PCIe, NVMe and SSDs
Ability to identify, analyze, and solve ambiguous problems with extreme attention to detail
MBA
Travel requirements:
15% to 25% of travel is required
Education