Sr. Director, Product Management

Job Summary

Job Requirements

Product Strategy & Execution: 

• Define and drive product strategy for NetApp's manageability platform, including AI-powered autonomous operations, hybrid multi-cloud control plane, and SaaS infrastructure.


• Lead a product management team in Bangalore, building strong talent and establishing best practices.


• Manage the complete product lifecycle for AI/ML platform services, hybrid multi-cloud capabilities, SaaS/SRE infrastructure, and trial/demo environments.


• Develop roadmaps that balance customer requirements, competitive dynamics, and business priorities.

Platform Development: 

• Build platform capabilities that enable AI-powered agents to work seamlessly across NetApp's portfolio.


• Deliver a hybrid multi-cloud control plane that manages NetApp infrastructure across on-premises, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments.


• Ensure platform services (IAM, security, observability) are scalable, reliable, and easy to integrate. 

Customer & Market Engagement:

• Understand customer workflows, pain points, and requirements through research, advisory boards, and direct engagement.


• Translate customer insights into differentiated product experiences.


• Work with sales teams to enable customer conversations and represent NetApp's vision at industry events.

Team & Organization: 

• Build and scale the product management organization in Bangalore.


• Establish effective collaboration across distributed, global teams.


• Partner with engineering leadership to maintain strong product-engineering alignment.


• Set standards for product management practices and execution. 

Required Qualifications: 

• 15+ years of product management experience in enterprise software, SaaS, or infrastructure products.


• 7+ years leading product management teams, including experience building and scaling teams.


• Proven track record of shipping successful enterprise products that customers love.


• Deep understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, SaaS platforms, and site reliability engineering principles.


• Experience with AI/ML technologies and agentic/autonomous systems.


• Strong technical acumen with ability to engage deeply with engineering teams on architecture and implementation.


• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional alignment in complex, matrixed organizations.


• Exceptional communication skills with ability to influence at all levels, including executive leadership.


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in storage, data management, or infrastructure management domains.


• Background in building platform services or developer platforms.


• Experience managing services across multiple cloud providers.


• Experience with observability, monitoring, and AIOps technologies.


• Track record of successful product launches in competitive markets.


• Experience managing global, distributed product teams.


• Understanding of enterprise sales processes and agile development methodologies.