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Job type full-time
Full job description
Job summary: take the next step in your product management career through working on some of the most impactful open source software projects in the worldThe red hat hybrid cloud experience team is looking for a principal product manager to join usIn this role, you will help guide the definition and delivery for red hat software-as-a-service (saas) applications providing key management capabilities across red hat enterprise linux (rhel), red hat openshift container platform, and the red hat ansible automation platformYou will synthesize inputs from customers and key business stakeholders to generate integrated roadmaps, lead release planning, and continually engage with development to ensure successful product releases across the portfolioYou will engage with partners to collaboratively inspire and deliver roadmap vision between technologiesYou will implement consistency and continuity within our offering functionality and experienceYou will be a representative of the overall product team, and will be expected to create confidence and excitement among customers, internal stakeholders, and the broader product teamSuccessful applicants must reside in a state where red hat is registered to do businessPrimary job responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with application product teams to identify, understand, prioritize, and deliver stakeholder needs involving key services of red hat hybrid cloud experience applications while maintaining alignment to the strategic red hat objectives, portfolio opportunities, and peer product strategies
Identify solution-wide and individual service-level use cases delivering value across multiple hybrid cloud experience (hce) applications based on stakeholder input, customer interviews, and analysis
Define market problems and opportunities and promote customer personas, user stories, and business cases; document and socialize with internal and external stakeholders
Communicate and collaborate with strategic red hat partners, inspiring product direction and delivery of integration opportunities
Prioritize technical activities of the product team, including determining solution priorities, planning releases, leading feature and defect grooming processes
Be responsible for overall business and fulfillment aspects of software delivery for the product unit
Track the progress of existing or future hce service development, coordinate delivery, assess risk and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans to the product team and key stakeholders within the release window
Work closely with the product marketing team to develop positioning and go-to-market strategies
Serve as an evangelist to inform and educate the user community
Ensure cross-functional collaboration and communication with engineering, support, documentation, marketing, and other teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time and budget
Required skills:
6+ years of experience working in business or technical product management, product marketing, or customer account team in the software industry
5+ years of experience in it infrastructure software including linux and other operating systems, virtualization, and container technologies
3+ years of coordinating with larger enterprise customers in a software development, service delivery, support delivery, product definition, or sales role
Ability to think strategically and tactically to deliver product releases on time
Demonstrated record of inspiring others without having direct authority over them
Ability to cultivate team flexibility under changing conditions
Feels comfortable running discovery and development sprints in a short-cycle manner releasing functionality early and often while ensuring consistent delivery of customer value and quality
Proven ability to work cross-functionality in a highly matrixed organization
Solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to author blogs, develop, and deliver presentations, and function as a product spokesperson
Willingness to travel for planning meetings, customer engagements, partner enablement, and conferences, following red hat’s covid-19 guidelines
Solid interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional teams and motivate others
The following are considered a plus:
Familiarity and previous participation with agile development processes
Previous experiences and success of joint partner collaboration
Pragmatic marketing certification
Previous experiences involving planning or development of a software-as-a-service (saas) solution
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About red hat: red hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing linux, hybrid cloud, container, and kubernetes technologiesRed hat helps customers integrate new and existing it applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environmentsAward-winning support, training, and consulting services make red hat a trusted adviser to the fortune 500As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, red hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible spending account - healthcare and dependent care
Health savings account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Note: these benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at red hat located in the united states.
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