Manager, Product Strategy and Operations

Relentlessly protect the world’s information. Make a difference at Symantec. Across the globe, we are an ‘essential’ partner to both consumers and businesses of all sizes. We combine our talents, our brains, and our creative energy to reinforce our place as a world-class technical community.

Creates process and discipline to enable fact-based analysis to drive sound decision-making on investments to ensure return on investment across product and sales. Focus both on pre-investment analysis as well as post-investment execution within Symantec. Drives policies and procedures that monitor and support the organization's operational and financial business objectives.

* M&A * Ownership from product organization including: * Product strategy (strategic opportunity, technical gap analysis, market overview, alignment with roadmap etc.) * Business case development * Diligence including post-closing risk assessment and mitigation plan * Comprehensive integration planning and execution * Investment decision making – for inbound licensing, significant internal investments * Detailed product strategy – short-medium term impact, market analysis, alignment with roadmap and development considerations * Business plan creation for investment – financial model, sales model, risk analysis * QBR / Key Initiatives * Quarterly / annual analysis on performance of enterprise security business with specific focus on insight based on analysis of performance across product / geographies * Distill complex analyses into clear, concise summaries and present these recommendations and findings to senior management * Take on projects to address key high-priority initiatives coming out of QBR

* Superior problem-solving skills, critical thinking, with the ability to drive complex financial modeling and analysis to quantify the impact of business investments and decisions * Solid product management experience in building integrated solutions & services * Strong skills in writing (presentation creation) and in presenting to executive leadership * Ability to go analyze across general management topics (sales, support etc.) as well as deep into any given area including product * Ability to multi-task and deal with time pressure * Most importantly, good business intuition and judgment * Undergraduate degree from a leading academic institution (technical degree preferred), MBA preferred