Product Line Manager

Are you interested in working in a small team with a new market defining service?

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC is a new service VMware launched at VMworld 2019. This IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) on-premises service for Edge and Data Center locations defined the market category "Local Cloud as a Service" (LCaaS) and is one of the critical pieces of VMware's Hybrid-Cloud/Multi-Cloud strategy. The service is based on leading enterprise virtualization solution also known as VMware Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and is a joint effort with Dell EMC as a hardware partner. The service builds on top of creative compute, network and storage virtualization offerings along with industry leading hardware to provide best in class on-premise cloud service.The service is built within the Cloud Platform Business Unit in VMware and is funded and operates like a start-up. 

We are looking for a Product Line Manager who is passionate in working in a small group with all the challenges of an early stage company like scale, operations, features, GTM etc.. As a product manager in this role you will be responsible for defining the requirements for the service with a focus on Compute and Storage virtualization and related supporting cloud services but willing to take on additional responsibilities as the small team demands to get the job done. 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining product features and releases
• Work directly with engineering and UX to build exceptional products
• Build unrivaled differentiators for your products based on market analysis & customer feedback promoting these in social media, user groups & conferences
• Demonstrate high levels of creativity and right judgments, most of the time
• Understand business context to decisions made within and across groups
• Maintain a current understanding of industry and technology trends.
• Contribute to VMware's growth by working directly with our customers

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management with an technical engineering background
• Experience in Compute, Storage virtualization (Hyper Convergence is a big plus)
• Working knowledge in Networking technologies (routing, switching, network virtualization etc..)
• Experience launching or creating new services/products
• Good understanding of Data Center and Edge operations
• A strong customer first attitude
• A real passion for product design and design thinking.
• Proven ability to work with sales and sales engineering teams.
• Excellent social skills and experience leading complex enterprise partnerships
• Confident decision-making with the ability to influence internal and external partners
• A roll up the sleeves approach to getting the job done
• Strong partnering & teaming behavior to bring together diverse views
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation abilities
• Master's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Preferred

Understanding of Hybrid/Multi cloud technologies
Understanding of VMware SDDC technology is a big plus
MBA

Category : Marketing
Subcategory: Product Management
Experience: Business Leadership
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Work From Home: No
Posted Date: 2020-03-11

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