Product Management Director

Role Description

We are seeking a Director of Product Management to own the vision, strategy, roadmap, commercialization, and lifecycle management of Managed Private Cloud services powered by Red Hat OpenShift. This executive-level product leader will build new solutions and drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, operations, partner ecosystems, sales, finance, marketing, and executive stakeholders to build and scale differentiated managed Kubernetes, private cloud, AI-ready, and hybrid cloud offerings.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership
  • Define and execute the multi-year product strategy across Virtualization, Containerization, and AI services leveraging OpenShift.
  • Own business outcomes including growth, adoption, profitability, customer satisfaction, and market differentiation.
  • Drive prioritization across platform capabilities including private clusters, managed Kubernetes, platform operations, security, observability, lifecycle management, AI infrastructure, and VM-based services.
  • Drive investment prioritization, pricing strategy, packaging, partner engagement, and go-to-market execution across all MPC OpenShift offerings.
  • Establish success metrics for service adoption, customer satisfaction, revenue growth, platform utilization, and operational efficiency.
• Executive Partnership & Governance
  • Establish strategic partnerships with technology providers and ecosystem participants.
  • Define partnership operating models, executive escalation paths, governance mechanisms, and success metrics.
  • Lead executive reviews and resolve competing priorities across internal and external stakeholders.
  • Partner with product marketing to build robust messaging plan.
• Go-to-Market & Commercialization
  • Develop go-to-market strategy, launch plans, customer segmentation, and partner motions.
  • Identify and cultivate strategic alliances with global systems integrators, consulting organizations, channel partners, and service providers.
  • Lead pilot, soft-launch, and general availability programs to validate offerings and accelerate market adoption.
  • Drive pricing strategy, commercial models, business cases, and investment decisions.
• Customer & Market Leadership
  • Translate customer needs into differentiated product capabilities and roadmap priorities.
  • Maintain direct engagement with strategic customers and executive sponsors.
  • Assess market trends across cloud, Kubernetes, AI, edge computing, and managed services.
• Technical Product Leadership
  • Partner with engineering to deliver secure, scalable, enterprise-grade OpenShift solutions.
  • Drive integration requirements for identity, access control, authorization frameworks, platform services, networking, and infrastructure automation.
  • Champion Containerization, Kubernetes Orchestration, AI ready architectures, and emerging cloud-native technologies.
• Program Execution
  • Lead cross-functional planning and execution from discovery through launch and lifecycle management.
  • Oversee certification, compliance, partner program requirements, and contractual deliverables.
  • Coordinate product, engineering, operations, marketing, and partner teams to ensure predictable execution.
  • Proven ability to build roadmaps and manage backlog.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product management with significant leadership responsibility.
• Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and managed services.
• Experience leading strategic partnerships, business planning, GTM programs, and executive stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, hybrid cloud, private cloud, security, networking, and platform operations.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and lead large cross-functional initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience with AI infrastructure, GPU platforms, cloud service provider ecosystems, and partner programs.
• Background in managed private cloud, platform-as-a-service, or infrastructure services.
• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program available to all employees.
• Insurance: Health, life, disability, and voluntary plans available for you and your eligible family members.
• Retirement: Contributions to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: Accrued PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays.