Director, Product Management

Lead, develop, and coach a team of product managers responsible for AFF systems and next-generation platform programs Set team priorities, operating cadence, and delivery standards; serve as point of accountability for the AFF franchise Represent the portfolio to senior leadership and communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and business performance Own product strategy for NetApp's AFF systems and define positioning across the broader portfolio Define and drive next-generation strategy for engineered systems with shared architectures across multiple product lines Develop and maintain multi-generation roadmaps across performance and capacity tiers, form factors, and technology transitions Track adoption, mix, capacity growth, and economics and translate metrics into roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market actions Drive concurrent new-product programs from requirements through qualification, general availability, sustaining, and end of life Ensure product requirements for engineering, operations, and planning are clear, prioritized, and aligned to launch commitments Own lifecycle discipline, including generation transitions, configuration optimization, and sustaining strategy Synthesize customer, field, and partner requirements into platform priorities and design decisions Own competitive positioning and convert gaps into requirements and actions Connect platform investments to customer outcomes and business impact through business cases and positioning Partner with product marketing and the field on messaging, positioning guidance, and enablement Coordinate accountability across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, and sales Influence architecture and system-level decisions spanning multiple product lines and generations Requirements 12+ years of product management or technical product planning experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or related hardware/software domains 5+ years leading product managers or equivalent people-leadership of a technical product team Proven ownership of a high-revenue hardware and/or systems product line, including roadmap, new product introduction, lifecycle, and business outcomes Strong understanding of enterprise storage architectures, including all-flash systems, file and block protocols, and modern data-center infrastructure Experience partnering with engineering on next-generation system definition, including architectures shared across more than one product line Experience driving cross-functional execution across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, and go-to-market Executive presence and ability to represent complex platform and business tradeoffs to senior leadership Familiarity with NetApp ONTAP or comparable unified storage platforms preferred Experience with storage economics, performance and capacity offerings, and platform generation transitions preferred Experience positioning storage for AI, virtualization, mission-critical applications, and other enterprise workloads preferred Core Competencies Demonstrates extensive experience in product management and technical product planning within enterprise infrastructure, particularly in storage systems. Proven ability to lead teams, define product strategy, and drive cross-functional execution to achieve business outcomes. Highest-signal resume keywords Product Management Experience Leadership of Technical Product Teams Enterprise Storage Architectures Cross-Functional Execution NetApp ONTAP Familiarity ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills Product Strategy Roadmap Development Lifecycle Management Competitive Positioning Storage Economics Performance and Capacity Offerings System Definition New Product Introduction Configuration Optimization Business Case Development Soft Skills Executive Presence Communication Skills Coaching and Mentoring Industry Keywords Enterprise Infrastructure All-Flash Systems File and Block Protocols Data-Center Infrastructure AI Workloads Virtualization Mission-Critical Applications Tools & Technologies NetApp ONTAP Unified Storage Platforms #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor