Director, Product Management – Enterprise Systems

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San Jose (CA)

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USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

NetApp in San Jose, CA seeks a senior product leader to own the AFF systems portfolio, guide multi-generation roadmaps, and drive platform strategy across the broader NetApp portfolio. You will lead a team of product managers, coordinate with engineering, supply chain, and go-to-market, and translate customer requirements into competitive platform decisions.

This role requires deep storage domain expertise, executive presence, and a proven record of delivering high-revenue hardware and software

Qualifications

12+ years of product management or technical product planning experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or related hardware/software domains
5+ years leading product managers or equivalent people-leadership of a technical product team
Proven ownership of a high-revenue hardware and/or systems product line, including roadmap, new product introduction, lifecycle, and business outcomes
Strong understanding of enterprise storage architectures, including all-flash systems, file and block protocols, and modern data-center infrastructure
Experience partnering with engineering on next-generation system definition, including architectures shared across more than one product line
Experience driving cross-functional execution across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, and go-to-market
Executive presence and ability to represent complex platform and business tradeoffs to senior leadership
Familiarity with NetApp ONTAP or comparable unified storage platforms
Experience with storage economics, mix across performance and capacity offerings, and platform generation transitions
Experience positioning storage for AI, virtualization, mission-critical applications, and other enterprise workloads

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and coach a team of product managers responsible for AFF systems and next-generation platform programs
Set team priorities, operating cadence, and delivery standards; serve as point of accountability for the AFF franchise
Represent the portfolio to senior leadership and communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and business performance
Own product strategy for NetApp's AFF systems and define positioning across the broader portfolio
Define and drive next-generation strategy for engineered systems with shared architectures across multiple product lines
Develop and maintain multi-generation roadmaps across performance and capacity tiers, form factors, and technology transitions
Track adoption, mix, capacity growth, and economics and translate metrics into roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market actions
Drive concurrent new-product programs from requirements through qualification, general availability, sustaining, and end of life
Ensure product requirements for engineering, operations, and planning are clear, prioritized, and aligned to launch commitments
Own lifecycle discipline, including generation transitions, configuration optimization, and sustaining strategy
Synthesize enterprise customer, field, and partner requirements into platform priorities and design decisions
Own competitive positioning and convert gaps into requirements and actions that improve win rates
Connect platform investments to customer outcomes and business impact through business cases and prescriptive positioning
Partner with product marketing and the field on messaging, positioning guidance, and enablement
Coordinate engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, and sales for the AFF systems portfolio
Influence architecture and system-level decisions spanning multiple product lines and generations

Skills

Product Management

Cross-Functional Execution

People Leadership

Enterprise Storage Architectures

Executive Presence

Communication

Coaching

Influencing

Roadmap Development

Lifecycle Management

Go-To-Market Strategy

Technical Product Planning

Job description

Lead, develop, and coach a team of product managers responsible for AFF systems and next-generation platform programs
Set team priorities, operating cadence, and delivery standards; serve as point of accountability for the AFF franchise
Represent the portfolio to senior leadership and communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and business performance
Own product strategy for NetApp's AFF systems and define positioning across the broader portfolio
Define and drive next-generation strategy for engineered systems with shared architectures across multiple product lines
Develop and maintain multi-generation roadmaps across performance and capacity tiers, form factors, and technology transitions
Track adoption, mix, capacity growth, and economics and translate metrics into roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market actions
Drive concurrent new-product programs from requirements through qualification, general availability, sustaining, and end of life
Ensure product requirements for engineering, operations, and planning are clear, prioritized, and aligned to launch commitments
Own lifecycle discipline, including generation transitions, configuration optimization, and sustaining strategy
Synthesize enterprise customer, field, and partner requirements into platform priorities and design decisions
Own competitive positioning and convert gaps into requirements and actions that improve win rates
Connect platform investments to customer outcomes and business impact through business cases and prescriptive positioning
Partner with product marketing and the field on messaging, positioning guidance, and enablement
Coordinate engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, and sales for the AFF systems portfolio
Influence architecture and system-level decisions spanning multiple product lines and generations

Requirements

12+ years of product management or technical product planning experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or related hardware/software domains
5+ years leading product managers or equivalent people-leadership of a technical product team
Proven ownership of a high-revenue hardware and/or systems product line, including roadmap, new product introduction, lifecycle, and business outcomes
Strong understanding of enterprise storage architectures, including all-flash systems, file and block protocols, and modern data-center infrastructure
Experience partnering with engineering on next-generation system definition, including architectures shared across more than one product line
Experience driving cross-functional execution across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, and go-to-market
Executive presence and ability to represent complex platform and business tradeoffs to senior leadership
Familiarity with NetApp ONTAP or comparable unified storage platforms
Experience with storage economics, mix across performance and capacity offerings, and platform generation transitions
Experience positioning storage for AI, virtualization, mission-critical applications, and other enterprise workloads

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product management for enterprise infrastructure, particularly in all-flash systems and storage architectures. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive product strategy, and connect technical investments to business outcomes.

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