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

　　The product manager, of XaaS workloads and solutions offerings management will play critical role in driving the growth of the IBM Systems XaaS business. The offering leader in this position will partner with offerings leaders across Storage, Z-Systems, Power, TLS, competitive intelligence team, corporate strategy, cloud team, GTM including sales, partners to establish and execute the IBM as a service workloads and solutions roadmap enabling IBM to win in new as a service segment.

　　Responsibilities:

　　In this role, you will own product management activities in developing and delivering the XaaS workloads and solutions roadmaps in conjunction with other product leaders across IBM.

　　You will be responsible for driving the execution of the roadmap for key investment areas towards building the right solution for market lead portfolio per function.

　　You will be responsible for grooming the backlog with the right set of capabilities for the identified products/solutions (defining strategic requirements, detailed requirement, design features, prioritization of backlog, etc).

　　The team will consist of technical product managers, product owners focused on XaaS workloads, and solutions.

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　15+ years of experience in Software Industry

　　Understand the market/client needs to develop roadmap for delivering differentiated capabilities. Co-create with clients the product roadmap.

　　Collaborate with key stakeholders (engineering, marketing, GTM) on the product roadmap from conception to delivery to the market. Work with the program management leads to execute and deliver on launches.

　　Work in close cooperation with the Product Management Executive team, other executives, peers and cross-functional colleagues to meet product and business objectives.

　　Collaborate with the product designers and engineering team on grooming the backlog with a set of new features and capabilities. Define and prioritize features based on strategic objectives.

　　Drive the sprint planning by working with the design and engineering teams on clear understanding of features and deliver on it.

　　Work closely across teams on the delivery of new releases to the market on timely manner based on roadmap.

　　Be engaged on sponsor user validation program to co-create optimal client experience by establishing a continuous feedback loop with our clients.

　　5+ years upline management experience in SW development and/or product (offering) management.

　　Experience with Agile Development and Design Thinking.

　　Strong written and oral communication skills.

　　Experience speaking with and presenting to customers, both pre- and post-sales.

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　At least two previous upline and/or EA roles

　　MBA or advanced degree in computer science or Engineering

　　Experience in XaaS 'Everything as a service' model

　　Foundational knowledge of cloud computing and cloud services.

　　Foundational knowledge of data storage and data protection.

　　Foundational knowledge of Power Systems

　　Foundational knowledge of Zsystems

　　About Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

　　This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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