Location: Austin,TX, USA
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
Start dates for this position are January 2025, with additional start dates throughout 2025.
IBM Product Managers deliver business results by bringing high-quality products to market by defining the strategy and execution plans while continuously innovating to achieve market leadership. Product Managers are experts at market and business analysis, product definition, product roadmap, pricing, ecosystem, channel strategy, strategic planning, competitive analysis, innovation, and leading cross-functional teams. They manage the product lifecycle from inception through growth, maturity, and end of life stages and define partnership and ecosystem strategy for product execution. Product Managers maximize internal and external relationships interfacing with design, product marketing, ecosystem partners, analysts, engineering, sales, and services teams to deliver a successful product with defined routes to market. They are experts in the field and are recognized as a credible voice in the market.
We look for emerging leaders who are entrepreneurial, adaptable, analytical, creative problem solvers, persuasive, empathetic and tenacious. We also look for those who have been exposed to, and are well versed in, technology concepts.
Our Product Managers operate in a demanding role at the epicenter of multidisciplinary teams which include design, engineering, sales, marketing, finance and legal. Our clients rank among the world's largest, most influential companies and governments, and our product teams serve their needs under constantly changing priorities. We are passionate about using technology to solve these problems.
When considering applicants for this role, we look for education and background in a combination of areas such as business / data analytics, computer science, design thinking, engineering, entrepreneurship, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, market / user research, product management, product development, and technology commercialization.
As the voice of the business and users, Product Managers:
* Articulate markets, research users and define competitive landscape
* Innovate with established & emerging technology - software, hardware and services
* Negotiate and collaborate on strategic initiatives, partnerships and acquisitions
* Develop and execute experience-based roadmaps, business models and go-to-market plans
* Collaborate closely with design and engineering to ship products
* Partner with sales, marketing, finance and legal
* Define pricing, packaging, and positioning and measure (everything)
* Act as change agents and transformation champions
* Are passionate and curious
Join the next generation of user-centric, data-driven, innovators and entrepreneurs who are working to solve big, meaningful problems.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
* At least 1 year of experience, (academic and internships may be included) in product management, product development, technical acumen, entrepreneurship, design thinking, market research, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, business analytics, or other related work.
* Exposed to and well versed in technology concepts.
* Aptitude and experience relevant to product management.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
* 1 or more years of job-related experience in product management, product development, technical acumen, entrepreneurship, design thinking, market research, go-to-market (GTM) strategy, business analytics, or other related work.
* Bachelors or Masters Degree.