This job has expired, please see additional jobs below
Senior Product Manager, Cloud Services (Ease of Use, Technical Marketing)
Entertainment & Media Industry Company
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Job Details - this job has expired, please see similar jobs below
Description
A Little About Us
The Cloud Services organization enables Yahoo teams to develop, deploy, and operate products efficiently and reliably on an integrated, scalable, on-demand platform. As part of the Yahoo Science and Technology organization and critical to Yahoo innovation, our platform solutions enable and accelerate Yahoo strategic initiatives.
A Lot About You
We are looking for an experienced Product Leader to own technical product management and marketing for a portfolio of products in the Cloud Services organization. You have a passion for integrated systems with demonstrable ease of use and cultivating thriving user communities. You have a proven track record of product evangelism and marketing.
In this role, you will work very closely with top tier developers, architects, and other product managers in an Agile environment, and work cross functionally with partner teams across Yahoo. You have high attention to detail including a proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously. You have the ability to thrive in a dynamic fast paced environment and a willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary. You have the ability to think strategically and execute methodically, as well as strong technical depth and understanding of developers’ needs.
Your day
• Partner with product and technical teams to identify and influence development of new products, features, and functionalities as they pertain to integrations between systems and tools for an integrated user experience
• Cultivate thriving user communities, product champions, grow adoption of newer technologies & products within Yahoo, and outside Yahoo for our open source initiatives
• Prioritize many competing alternatives and requests, balance customer needs (both internal and external) with business priorities, and articulate the rationale behind decisions
• Define product success metrics / KPIs and analyze product performance by driving the product agenda and planning with Engineering, Design, and other cross-functional teams to deliver
• Drive initiatives to completion by working with internal and external stakeholders in an Agile environment
• Build positive relationships and trust through strong cross-team interactions, on-time delivery, high quality product and perceptive thinking
• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering quality products, integrated demos and collateral
• Work with our marketing and PR teams to grow industry mindshare for Yahoo Cloud Services
You Must Have
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5 years experience as a software developer or similar experience, and 5+ years of product management experience
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal/written/presentation)
• Demonstrated ability to create technical marketing programs for complex products and cultivate user communities
• Experience with blogging, social media and marketing channels
• Demonstrated track record of successful product execution, and leading / collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality products in a large scale environment
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills combined with a strong business and technical acumen
• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, schedule tradeoffs and opportunistic new ideas with technical and non-technical employees
• Experience prioritizing competing opportunities, balancing business priorities, driving detailed trade-offs over the product lifecycle, and managing conflict
• Experience writing concise & complete product requirements, user scenarios
Preferred:
◦ Experience working on cloud services at a large-scale web-based consumer products and services company
◦ Experience with emerging technologies in cloud for container management, cluster management, edge services, continuous delivery in a hybrid cloud environment a big plus