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Position Summary:
We are looking for a customer-focused staff product manager to drive the vision & execution for Platform9's Private Cloud Director - our flagship private cloud management product that offers enterprises the best alternative to VMware, and that enables customers to manage their virtualized and Kubernetes infrastructure across private or co-location hosted data centers and edge locations. You will be the product owner of the platform that is setting a new standard for private clouds. You will work closely with Platform9 customers, engineering and GTM teams to define our product roadmap and then ensure it’s being executed. This role reports into our VP of Product.
Responsibilities:
Define and lead comprehensive product strategy development for Platform9's private cloud infrastructure stack on virtualization and bare metal platforms in close collaboration with the Engineering leadership team.
Work closely with Platform9 customers and users to build a deep understanding of their processes and pain points.
Deep dive into industry and ecosystem to understand leading trends in virtualization and / or container orchestration in the industry.
Transform your knowledge and expertise into defining innovative products and solutions that redefine how private cloud technology is consumed
Work on complex business problems with a high level of ambiguity. Add clarity and context and details then transform them into products that make an impact on Platform9 GTM.
Define metrics for customer engagement and product success and ensure measurement and execution. Present reports on metrics to management.
Act as a trusted advisor for select Platform9 customers, communicate roadmap, enable successful product deployment and consumption.
Work with the go-to-market team (sales, marketing) to enable sales by providing training on new features, collateral, battle cards, and other necessary content.
Being the voice of our customers internally to the Platform9 team, proactively communicate requirements and influence product roadmap.
Communicate best practices, reference architectures and other training material to customers
Collaborating with the engineering team to lead public documentation for the products and / or components you own.
Requirements:
MS in Computer science or an equivalent degree with minimum 12 years of experience building enterprise software products
Exceptional verbal and written communication, organization and presentation skills
Demonstrated leadership and ability to lead through influence
Proactive, energetic, creative, loves working on hard problems
Highly organized, efficient at driving multiple projects with high priority and execute against strict deadlines
Basic domain knowledge of virtualization and technologies such as VMware, Linux/KVM
Background in any of the following is a plus: virtualization, containerization, private/public cloud
Enjoy discovering customer use cases, identifying gaps and resolving issues in the product.
Passion for cloud technologies
A background of product management, sales engineering or customers success is a plus
Benefits and Perks:
Employees today are looking for companies that truly care and recognise their whole person. Platform9's benefits and perks have been carefully designed to ensure that we take care of an employee's emotions and physical well-being. Many of our benefits extend to families, who form a significant part of our well-being at work
Please note that benefits change by country.
Competitive Compensation and Equity
Medical Healthcare for you and your family
Hybrid Work Model
Professional Development/Global certifications
Reward and Recognition Programs
Team Building Activities
Our benefits have been carefully selected, keeping in mind employees requirements and personal situations now and for the future.
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Worksite address
san jose, CA, 95199, US
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