Senior Product Manager Integration & Modernization

Software AG customers, large enterprises and government organizations around the world, have developed business-critical applications based on Adabas & Natural. In order to bring these business applications into the future, it is a key objective to integrate and modernize these systems.

For this purpose, we are looking for an experienced and visionary Senior Product Manager that will drive and lead the evolution of Natural, Adabas and CONNX into modern, connected and intelligent enterprise platform. This role will define the cross products strategy for Integration, AI and mainframe modernization.

This job requires a high-level of technical credibility, a customer-centric mindset and a passion for making a new product successful within a high collaborative environment.

Essential Functions

• Full ownership of all integration products management tasks within the context of an international B2B software vendor working with mission-critical applications

• Engage with customers globally within a multi-stakeholder environment (e.g., sales, presales, professional services, partner, ).

• Collect, review and manage customer requirements/feedback and translate them into ranked feature backlogs by decomposing complex problems into smaller manageable tasks.

• Manage the full product life cycle including Strategy, product launch, release/roadmap planning, agile development (DevOps), delivery, pricing, technology partnerships and product validation (e.g., MVP).

• Lead global Proof of Values (PoV) with customers and partners to validate the product capabilities and value propositions.

• Create content and market awareness through multiple channels (e.g., Webinars, events, social media, Blogs, communities/user groups, product demo) working closely with marketing.

• Enable and coordinate with internal stakeholders, e.g., sales, presales, professional services, R&D, support, business operations, legal.

• Observe and fully understand relevant integration and mainframe modernization market trends and the competitive landscape.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field. Advanced degree or relevant professional mainframe certifications/badges (e.g., IBM, Interskill).

• 7+ years of product management experience working at an international B2B software vendor, ideally with mission-critical applications.

• Proven ability to manage the full life cycle and processes of an enterprise-class software product.

• Customer-focused mindset: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with customers, partners and internal stakeholders.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical mindset to structure and solve complex tasks.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written) in English to convey technical concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Longstanding experience in working with large-scale integration and application modernization technologies (e.g., API, MQ, AI, Kafka, DevOps, Data Integration, etc.).

• Ability to work in a highly agile environment with globally distributed teams.

• Experience in enabling and mentoring stakeholders.

• Self-learning and self-driving attitude delivering results according to goals and measurements.

• Proven ability to collaborate with R&D, effectively set priorities, manage tasks, and establish clear acceptance criteria to drive success.

• Proven experience in working with product management related tools for roadmap planning, requirement/feature management, collaboration, presentation, etc. (e.g., Aha!, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Microsoft 365 )

• Occasional international travel is required (less than 20%).