Senior Product Manager Job in Vmware

Responsibilities:

• Understand the IT networking and security market and leverage this knowledge to produce a leading product offering.
• Good understanding of feature offerings of NIC vendors like Intel, Mellanox, Broadcom
• Identify a variety of customer needs and use this information to define user personas, user stories, use cases, and product requirements for product features.
• Participate in the product feature planning process; ensure that the product feature set meets the requirements of customers and the marketplace.
• Work closely with VMware customers, developers, and key VMware stakeholders including Engineering, Support/Services, Product Management, and Sales.
• Deliver presentations to Sales, Sales Engineering and Customers on the features and benefits of those features at events such as VMworld, Tech Summit, Partner Exchange and other online seminars.

Desired Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent industry technical skills. A Masters in Business Administration (MBA) is highly desired.
• At least 3 years work experience in product management, product marketing, product engineering, sales engineering, IT operations or equivalent experience in the enterprise software technology industry. Hands on experience with VMware products is a plus.
• Ability to translate technology features into business benefits
• Proven analytical skills and strategic thinking
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative/non-traditional solutions
• Knowledge of either networking and security operations or Cloud Management Platforms (e.g. Openstack, vRealize Automation, vCloud Director) is ideal
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the ability to present to large audiences (e.g. VMworld)
• Previous experience interacting with and presenting to customers and prospects
• Ability to quickly understand technologies, algorithms, and architecture, and interpret and articulate them into customer-facing implications
• Understanding the needs, scenarios, and common deployments in the enterprise datacenter is highly desirable
• Strong team skills and experience to bring together diverse views