Product Manager, Virtualization & Customer Engagement

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Colorado; On-site; USD 133,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a hands-on Product Manager for Customer Engagement & Solutions (Virtualization). You will work directly with strategic enterprise customers to shape virtualization solutions built on HVM (KVM-based) and guide their move from legacy virtualization into the product roadmap.

You will lead technical discovery, design reference architectures, and translate customer needs into prioritized product requirements while supporting sales and early-access programs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, solutions engineering or infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with HVM / KVM (libvirt, QEMU).
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere or Nutanix AHV.
• Strong networking fundamentals: VLANs, L2/L3, routing, bonding, Linux bridges / Open vSwitch, VXLAN.
• Working knowledge of virtualized storage and Linux administration.
• Excellent communication with both executive and engineering audiences.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery and workshops with customer infrastructure teams and executives.
• Design HVM-based solutions, reference architectures and migration approaches
• Turn customer needs and competitive gaps into prioritized product requirements.
• Run proofs of concept, pilots and early-access programs.
• Support sales, partners and presales on strategic deals with demos and competitive positioning.
• Create ref guides, blogs, migration playbooks etc.

Skills

HVM/KVM (libvirt, QEMU)

VMware vSphere

Nutanix AHV

Networking fundamentals

Linux administration

Executive/engineering communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a hands-on Product Manager for Customer Engagement & Solutions (Virtualization). You will work directly with strategic enterprise customers to shape virtualization solutions built on HVM (KVM-based) and guide their move from legacy virtualization into the product roadmap.

You will lead technical discovery, design reference architectures, and translate customer needs into prioritized product requirements while supporting sales and early-access programs.