Principal Product Manager, Portworx Backup

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SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

As a Principal Product Manager in Pure’s Cloud Native Business Unit (Portworx), this role will be responsible for expanding our market leading Kubernetes Backup offering - PX-Backup. Your focus will be to  align on themes and feature prioritization, distillation of features into user stories, ensuring Engineering can execute stories by working with the UX team and meeting the definition of ready, day-to-day prioritization, engagement in customer calls, and owning the overall execution. You will be part of the larger initiative that shapes how customers build new age application platforms using cloud native services.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING...

• Lead the market leading product into the next stage of growth by shaping the roadmap in key areas of simplicity, automation and scalability.
• Represent the customer for the PX-Backup product and help identify new use cases and requirements by understanding customer pain points and business value drivers.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX, and the overall Product Management organization to elevate the product experience and bring new capabilities to the customers.
• Work closely with the stakeholders in roadmap execution by driving grooming sessions and handle day-to-day prioritization when new work should be planned / backlog needs attention 
• Follow the lean startup methodology to ensure that the product/market fit is constantly measured, product direction continues to delight customers and velocity of execution remains high
• Align with the leadership team to establish the scope and goals of the effort and provide leadership for the program teams
• Assist the go-to-market team in showcasing product capabilities through blogs, demos,webinars and solution briefs.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

• Overall 15+ years of experience in managing Enterprise/Cloud/Saas products with 10+ years of experience in product management
• Demonstrated ability to take charge of tough problems, attacking them from different angles and bring together a diverse array of stakeholders on the same page and drive great business results. 
• Broad understanding of the cloud native services in areas of storage, data management, backup and security
• Good knowledge of how cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes are transforming the infrastructure landscape and prior experience with cloud infrastructure technologies
• Ability to define the right metrics, track and refine them and extract insights to drive decision making. 
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, agile development environment and manage multiple, concurrent priorities and projects
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent, Master’s Degree/MBA a plus

 

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And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.

 

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Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.

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