Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
In this role, you’ll play a central role leading and orchestrating the definition of product requirements and go-to-market strategy to solve challenges of enterprise and mid-market clients. This role requires collaboration and coordination across internal and external teams and will be visible at the highest levels of our organization. What you’ll do: Part of a team focused on a specific product area within WebSphere, including becoming a technical SME for that area.

• Work with customers and our field to identify necessary improvements to existing functionality, as well as define new functionality to maximize customer adoption and business value with the product.
• Work with development and testing teams to define clear, accomplishable requirements for new public cloud functionality.
• Use a combination of customer data and market research to prioritize new functionality into an aggressive roadmap that balances new functionality, improvements, and technical debt.
• Ensure field teams have the content and context necessary to help customers leverage all functionality (new and existing) in your defined area.
• Maintain a current understanding of industry and technology trends. What you’ll bring:
• A customer-centric focus on how to deliver business value with a keen understanding of Development and DevOps practices.
• Enjoy working with highly technical customers and team members.
• Proven ability to work with sales and sales engineering teams.
• Proven ability to work with development teams.
• Proven ability to work with large enterprise customers and executives.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to make recommendations and measure success.

What you’ll do:

• Part of a team focused on a specific product area within WebSphere, including becoming a technical SME for that area.
• Work with customers and our field to identify necessary improvements to existing functionality, as well as define new functionality to maximize customer adoption and business value with the product.
• Work with development and testing teams to define clear, accomplishable requirements for new public cloud functionality.
• Use a combination of customer data and market research to prioritize new functionality into an aggressive roadmap that balances new functionality, improvements, and technical debt.
• Ensure field teams have the content and context necessary to help customers leverage all functionality (new and existing) in your defined area.
• Maintain a current understanding of industry and technology trends.

What you’ll bring:

• A customer-centric focus on how to deliver business value with a keen understanding of the IT enterprise ecosystem.
• Enjoy working with highly technical customers and team members.
• Proven ability to work with sales and sales engineering teams.
• Proven ability to work with development teams.
• Proven ability to work with large enterprise customers and executives.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use data and metrics to make recommendations and measure success.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Keen understanding of enterprise best practices of Development and DevOps
• Insight into how enterprises are modernizing applications for the cloud.
• Demonstrated experience driving product ownership and growth.
• Demonstrated experience presenting to customers and/or speaking at public events.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years with Product Management experience
• Product management experience managing enterprise Java or Runtimes technologies.
• Proven experience maintaining large product revenue on an enterprise platform or product