Product Manager

VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. A pioneer in the use of virtualization and policy\-driven automation technologies, VMware simplifies IT complexity across the entire data center to the virtual workplace, empowering customers with solutions in the software-defined data center to hybrid cloud computing and the mobile workspace.

Product Managers are the CEOs of their products and are responsible for defining, prioritizing, planning and driving the execution of the vision for their product lines. Product Managers must possess business acumen as well as engineering wherewithal in order to be able to strategize, drive and bring their product to market. Product Managers must work extensively with customers while working cross functionally with Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Corporate Marketing and Alliance Partners in order to successfully prioritize features and develop the products that our customers need.

* Define and drive use cases, user personas, product features/requirements, roadmaps and release plans for product features. * Identify a variety of customer needs across the application environment, drive feature prioritization and work closely with engineering to deliver successful products. * Lead the product feature planning process; ensure that the product set meets the requirements of all applications which will run in, on, or be managed by the business units. * Understand customer needs and requirements and represent them in MRDs & PRDs. * Work closely with VMware customers, developers, and key VMware stakeholders including Engineering, Support/Services, Product Management, and Sales. * Understand the market and competition for the product set and develop product and competitive positioning. * Define, track, and interpret key business metrics and drive activities which support continued deployment of applications * Support planning, execution and go-to-market

* BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent and currently pursuing an MBA * Approximately 3+ years work experience in product management, product marketing, or equivalent experience in the enterprise software technology industry * Proven analytical skills and strategic thinking * Demonstrated ability to develop creative/non-traditional solutions * Excellent written and verbal communications skills * Ability to translate technology features into business benefits * Previous experience interacting with and presenting to C-level executives * Ability to quickly understand technologies, algorithms, and architecture, and interpret and articulate them into customer-facing implications * Understanding the needs, scenarios, and common deployments in the enterprise datacenter, enterprise desktop, or other related computing field is highly desirable * Strong teaming skills and experience to bring together diverse views.