Product Manager: Data Security Software
IBM
We are seeking an experienced software product manager to join our global Data Security Product Management team. It is a team focused on an exciting, dynamic and expanding software business area. This role will focus on key elements across the product lifecycle from discovery to development to launch, collaborating with other key stakeholders such as design, architect, engineering, sales and marketing. The ideal candidate will possess past experience with enterprise cyber security / data security solutions.
Your Role and Responsibilities
As a data security product product manager, you would be part of a larger product management team, supporting and executing on evolving, prioritized initiatives across the product management discipline, such as:
- Understanding the market, ecosystem and competitive landscape for the product area, and defining product strategy
- Executing discovery phase with design and engineering teammates to determine a feature’s value, usability, feasibility, viablity
- Prioritizing roadmap based on requirements gathered from customer, partner and other market feedback during discovery
- Providing detail requirements by epic / use case story, including functional and non-functional requirements
- Working closely with engineering team to ensure the technical solution addresses the business requirement
- Supporting sales team, enablement and marketing teams’ go-to-market initiatives (e.g. assets, enablement, campaigns)
- Regularly engaging with customers and business partners as the product PM, for product feedback and in support of field sales
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of study
- Minimum of 3 years of software product management experience
- Experience in collaborating with design and engineering teams
- Experience in engaging in customer and business partner conversations
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel and work in fast-paced environment
- Adaptable to changing business needs and priorities
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Experience in cybersecurity market
- Experience in data security market