Platform Product Manager Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of platform product manager. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for detailed life-cycle data in order to allow Management to make informed decisions on product purchase and development.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Self starter and entrepreneurial, “get it done” mindset
• BA/BS preferably in Computer Science or Engineering
• Proven track record launching successful products, with compelling user interfaces
• Proven track record in managing products through their life cycle
• Experience in analytics and market research industry
• Experience in B2B analytics product management
• Consumer Electronics and/or Retail experience, both US and international, preferred
• Experience facilitating product integration with external parties

Please consider me for the platform product manager opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for training and support for software engineering, business development and account manager personnel regarding architecture product functions and capabilities.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience working in a data/analytics-centric environment across technologies such as Hadoop, Kafka, Teradata highly preferred, along with some knowledge of cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Work with a variety of stakeholders to align teams around product requirements and future growth
• Collaborate with the product owner and IT team to evaluate and recommend optimal solutions that can be delivered in a timely and cost sensitive manner
• Work with IT management to lead the development team, formulating and defining system scope, integration requirements, and objectives based on user‐defined needs
• Facilitate customer/user feedback capture via multiple channels and methods
• Oversee the effectiveness and quality of Business Analyst(s) undertaking business requirements gathering
• Experience with knowledge management and collaboration concepts, technologies and trends strongly preferred
• Consulting or other professional service industry experience strongly preferred

I would like to submit my application for the platform product manager opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support to drive the maturity of the Cybersecurity software development lifecycle, including adoption of firmwide Agile processes.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Strong customer orientation (interaction with external and internal customers)
• Strong agile development background
• An understanding of platforms
• Experience PMing for a 50+ person org and managing 3–5 other PMs, PMMs, and/or data scientists
• Understanding of HA systems, frameworks, distributed systems, containers, marketplaces, APIs
• Experience product managing open source software or public SDKs
• Platform PMs need to understand the big picture and boil it down to concise vision / roadmap
• Proven enterprise SaaS/B2B experience with focus on platform and API technologies & standards

I would like to submit my application for the platform product manager opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for oversight and review of the Technology product structure and related Agile Software Development activities.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Proven experience in Data Warehouse Platforms
• Real-world Cloud Computing experience (preferably AWS)
• Experience with core platform functionality including monitoring, logging, messaging, routing, and core services
• Verbal and written communication skills at all levels
• Excellent technical knowledge and understanding of the data lifecycle
• Experience gathering business requirements and turning them into detailed functional design specifications in an Agile development setting, including the definition of Minimum Viable Products
• Knowledge of Data Quality, Governance or Lineage
• Experience of streaming architectures

In response to your job posting for platform product manager, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for thought leadership with respect to technical architecture (application, data, network, hardware/system software) in the design, development, deployment and production support of new and existing platforms implemented in their area.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Knowledge of agile development processes strongly preferred
• Field service experience familiarity with field service tools (EDoc, GSN, Eureka, Bulletins, ) and processes (Call Flow, RAPS, Escalations, ) helpful
• PC proficient and able to effectively use general PC tools (Word, Excel)
• Strong analytical capabilities and domain expertise of understanding customer needs and turning them into actionable plans
• Experience creating wire-frames or prototypes and giving user interface direction development teams
• Experience leading teams and projects to excel with internal and external audiences with customer and partner stakeholders
• Experience on software development teams or as a contributor to open source development
• Flexibility to work on both Waterfall-based and Agile-based projects