Lead Cloud Networking Product Manager – SaaS

IBM; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Cloud Networking team. You will own major network initiatives in Confluent Cloud, driving end-to-end product delivery from concept through launch, ensuring scale, cost efficiency, and a strong user experience across global customers.

You will collaborate with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to align on strategy, prioritize roadmap items, and measure impact, while guiding a rapidly growing organization toward successful market

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Product Manager with cloud tech focus.
• Experience building and supporting enterprise-grade products as a PM, engineer, or solutions architect.
• Experience writing and defending a clear product roadmap back by user stories and customer research.
• Excellent analytical, communication & collaboration skills.
• Ability to build relationships with global colleagues and customers.
• Demonstrated ability to drive business outcomes through product changes.

Responsibilities

• Understand users through interviews and data analysis to define personas and jobs-to-be-done.
• Own major product initiatives from conception to launch for Confluent Cloud networking.
• Coordinate with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to enable right tradeoffs and market success.
• Define interfaces powering API, CLI, and Terraform; launch new network options and iterate on existing ones.
• Lead multi-team, cross-functional initiatives and drive delivery and ongoing iteration after launch.
• Set quantitative and qualitative targets, measure progress, and share results with stakeholders.

Skills

PM experience in cloud tech

Enterprise-grade product experience

Roadmap & backlog management

Analytical & communication skills

Global stakeholder collaboration

Driving business outcomes

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Envoy

Service Mesh

Kubernetes Networking

DNS

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Cloud Networking team. You will own major network initiatives in Confluent Cloud, driving end-to-end product delivery from concept through launch, ensuring scale, cost efficiency, and a strong user experience across global customers.

You will collaborate with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to align on strategy, prioritize roadmap items, and measure impact, while guiding a rapidly growing organization toward successful market