Product Manager - Compliance

Introduction
Ready to re-imagine the product management role?  At IBM, as an Offering Manager, you are responsible for the full lifecycle of an offering: from validating need to determining the business model and defining the solution requirements. Going beyond the traditional focus of timetables and budgets, you use your keen insights into what customers want in their own business plan – and work across disciplines to build the best solutions to a problem. If being the CEO of your offering excites you, consider an offering management career at IBM.

Your Role and Responsibilities
We’re looking for a Product Manager who is passionate about helping organizations meet their compliance needs and has fun doing so. You have a keen awareness and understanding of the security and compliance market for IT, while keeping abreast of rapidly evoving compliance frameworks and standards – both globally and regionally. You have smarts to be proactive in identifying compliance gaps and opportunities, planning an optimal roadmap to address improvement opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver on those plans.

As a Product Manager – IBM Cloud Compliance at IBM Cloud, you will create an outcome based roadmap within the framework of IBM Cloud compliance program. You will facilitate the delivery of roadmap elements, and collaborations that facilitate achieving planned compliance outcomes. You’ll join IBM Cloud office in Bangalore, where we collaborate with our development, design and sales team, learn from each other, and build our cloud community.

What you’ll do

• Explore and analyze security, resiliency and compliance priorities for the target market and industries
• Develop and articulate a point of view on market opportunity and approach for compliance requirements
• Develop an optimal roadmap and plan for security, resiliency and compliance programs
• Lead cross-functional execution against plan to complete compliance programs and ensure go to market enablement and delivery readiness
• Assess compliance program performance in meeting planned outcomes and address gaps
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders, including engineering, design, sales, marketing, analysts, ecosystem partners, to achieve compliance objectives
• Successfully manage compliance program communication from start to completion with minimal oversight
• Guide entry level product managers and participate in compliance program reviews to convey status and results
• Demonstrate committed and respectful collaboration between members of cross-functional teams and be part of promoting a positive team culture and work environment
• Develop expertise on the security and compliance standards and requirements for target market and industries

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT/Computer Science/Engineering
• 3+ years experience in Product Management or equivalent practical experience building or deploying products in a Cloud based software organization
• 5+ years experience working in the Cloud or IT industry
• 3+ years experience working in Regulatory, Security and Compliance areas for Cloud
• Experience in implementing agile practices and design thinking
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills in English
• Ability to work from the office in Bangalore

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Master’s in Business Administration
• Experience working in the regulated industry segments like BFSI, Healthcare, Telecom
• Certifications like CISA or CCSP
• Track record of high-quality, self-directed, timely execution, and attention to detail.
• Technical expertise and ability to communicate, work & build trust with stakeholders
• Experience in Public Cloud compliance programs
• Desire to make the best products in the industry hands-down
• Infectious curiosity — always looking for opportunities to learn new things
• Self-motivation, an open mind and a sense of humor