SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE…
Pure Storage builds the industry's most innovative, easiest to use, high-performance, and highly available portfolio of products that are designed for the most demanding mission critical applications. While we deliver a hardware storage array, over 90% of our engineering staff are software engineers. Our customers are the most important part of our business and they love FlashArray and FlashBlade for their simplicity of management, the constant flow of new and exciting upgrades, and ability to live on the cutting edge of technology while never taking downtime, ever. Most recently, we extended the value of our capabilities into the cloud with CloudSnap and Cloud Block Store for AWS and Azure. These new innovations enable our customers to leverage the agility of the public cloud for both traditional IT and cloud-native applications.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...
8+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager; MS in computer science, MBA or engineering management equivalent with direct knowledge in the following areas:
Networking and Access technology, storage technology, network/access security architecture for cloud and edge
Deep experience/understanding of the full network stack - L2/L3 switching and routing as well as network infrastructure technology such Firewall, VPN, DHCP, DNS, Zero touch provisioning
Understanding of storage protocols such as FCP, iSCSI, NVMe and experience with storage area network design
Understanding of network security and zero trust network architecture for managed service and Cloud connectivity
Network virtualization (ESXi) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) knowledge
Experience in IPv6 certification a plus
Experience in aaS development environments is preferred.
Big picture owner providing clarity on what we are trying to accomplish, understanding of the business objectives and driving the outcome for the program
Demonstrated change agent with capabilities to identify and deliver on process changes that would enable faster time to market while driving organization consistency and efficiency.
Proven expertise in managing projects throughout the entire SDLC, including investigation, design, execution and delivering products to market on schedule, and addressing customer feedback in development.
Drive content, schedule and overall delivery of the program and set it up for success in the field/customer base
Write tech specs/PRDs, make trade-offs and timely decision, drive accountability for delivery and ensure that the objectives of the program are met
Solid project and technical judgment; ability to influence a growing organization.
Strong team and customer focus.
Experience leading program managers or product managers with a broad range of experience levels. Demonstrated success in supporting team members' career growth.
Identifying requirements and design, scope, and communicating the needed work. Take ownership of the product experience, quality, and metrics
Set goals for the program, track and periodically communicate to stakeholders as well as ensure corrective actions/mitigations as needed
Be the single point person for delivery decisions, exec and cross team communication and working with various functional groups to deliver the program
Optimize team processes to improve quality, productivity, and responsiveness to feedback and changing priorities and set up the program for success in the field
Overcome obstacles by resolving issues, regardless of team boundaries, and identify and resolve teamwork issues.
Solid knowledge of end-to-end best practices.
Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with technical and non-technical, cross-functional groups.
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