Product Manager

Job Title: Product Manager
Location: Remote but CA is preferred
Salary: Market Rate
 We are looking for a candidate experienced in Product Management to develop and sustain products through the end-to-end product lifecycle.  This person will work with our senior technologists, architects and customers to identify products that are complementary to and/or fill a gap in the HPE IP portfolio and build a business case for adding the Partner product to the roadmap.  Y 
 •    Leads and drives the end-to-end strategy and operational product roadmap for one or more products.
•    Defines the value proposition, target customer segments, and business case to bring HPE Solutions with third party products to market with respect to the whole company product portfolio (i.e. Product configuration mix, Revenue/Margins, financials, market share).
•    Develops hardware bill of materials for optimized performance with third party software
•    Advises key stakeholders on the portfolio strategy across all phases of the lifecycle (e.g., planning, development, launch, management, end of life).
•    Creates and drives goal alignment and collaborates across one or more products' value chain Partners to optimize margins and enable success of products per plans across the product lifecycle. (ie. Engineering, Supply Chain, Marketing, Pricing).
•    Demonstrates understanding of Data Protection technology, market and customer for effective positioning within the market and HPE’s product portfolio
•    Engages closely with HPE and Partner technical and business teams to develop, structure and position competitive joint solutions
•    Performs cost modeling to develop price, discount, cost structure for product offering that is competitive and meets margin expectations 
•    Leads product management activities and influences extended cross-functional team ensuring compliance to all HPE New Product Introduction/Launch governance requirements to achieve targeted launch date
•    Collaborates with Partners, HPE Go To Market, Field Enablement and Engineering teams to enable delivery of effective technical and marketing content for leverage across HPE websites and tools (regional communication packages, white papers, reference architectures, tech talks, PODs, press releases)
•    Works with HPE Sales Teams to generate demand and build pipeline
•    Becomes a subject matter expert on the products and joint solutions
•    Supports customer deal engagement, configuration, quoting and escalated pricing process
•    Establishes positive Partner relationships, promoting development of joint opportunities that benefit both Companies
Supports Quarterly Business Reviews with Partners to report on business results and key performance metrics and align on go-forward strategic priorities
Required Skills:    
•    Strong thought leader and influencer of internal/external Partners and customers 
•    Strong teamwork skills, driving extended cross-functional teams to achieve desired results
•    Excellent in verbal and written communication, presentation and negotiation
•    Expert Partnering skills
•    Expert skills in cost efficient solution building, financial performance metric creation and analysis
•    Expert business acumen and knowledge of root cause analysis and problem detection
Preferred Qualifications:     
•    Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering or related field of study. MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering preferred
•    8+ years of work experience in related field
•    Technical understanding and knowledge of the relevant industry

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• Manage the product implementation of existing clients adding new business or modifying current business
• Responsible for client outreach to “kick off” the product implementation/migration process
• Present project plan to client on product modules to be implemented per signed contract
• Set client expectations and define scope of product migration activities
• Responsible to educate client on best practices and guide them through the product migration phase
• Manage all communication with the client including conducting meetings and conference calls
• Must be responsible for the coordination, communication and accurate reporting of all migration related activities under the supervision of Program Manager
• Facilitates training needs, schedules client training and reports on training completed
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently with aggressive timeframes
• Complete projects within set timelines while mitigating risks that could cause the project to delay.
• Manage detailed work plans, schedules and client status reports.
• Responsible for tracking and managing client product migration deliverables
• Responsible for gathering client requirements and collaborating with internal departments to resolve issues related to the client product migration
• Ensure successful hand-off to client services group for on-going support post product migration
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve client questions and issues during product migration
• Responsible for keeping the project on track and in scope, anticipating and assessing project issues
• Responsible for developing resolutions working with the team and management, to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goal