Sr. Product Manager

Job Summary

NetApp is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive strategy, growth, and market leadership for Enterprise and AI Storage Infrastructure solutions. 

This role combines deep product management expertise with a strong understanding of enterprise storage systems, AI data infrastructure, and go-to-market execution. The successful candidate will define product strategy, engage directly with customers, partners and industry stakeholders, and develop strategic partnerships that expand NetApp's presence across the storage and data management ecosystem. 

The ideal candidate has successfully brought enterprise storage products to market, understands the evolving infrastructure requirements of AI-driven workloads, and has a proven ability to identify new business opportunities, develop strategic partnerships, and influence industry ecosystems. 

Job Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Portfolio Leadership. 


• Define and execute product strategy for enterprise and AI storage infrastructure solutions. 


• Drive the complete product lifecycle from concept through launch and market adoption. 


• Develop product roadmaps informed by customer requirements, market opportunities, competitive analysis, and technology trends. 


• Partner with engineering, architecture, marketing, and sales teams to deliver differentiated products that address evolving customer requirements. 


• Shape commercial strategy through pricing, product packaging, and business model innovation to accelerate growth. 


• Serve as a subject matter expert on enterprise storage and AI data infrastructure technologies within NetApp and the wider market. 


• Represent NetApp in customer engagements, industry conferences, analyst briefings, and partner meetings. 


• Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystem Development 


• Build and maintain strategic relationships with technology providers, software vendors, system integrators, OEMs, and channel partners. 


• Evaluate partnership opportunities and ecosystem investments that support long-term business objectives. 


• Develop and execute ecosystem strategies that expand NetApp's role within the enterprise storage and data management landscape. 


• Develop business cases supporting expansion into adjacent technologies, markets, and customer segments. 

Job Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience within enterprise infrastructure, storage, data management, or related technology markets. 


• Demonstrated success bringing enterprise storage products from concept to market. 


• Experience owning product strategy, product roadmaps, pricing, positioning, and go-to-market initiatives. 


• Proven track record building strategic partnerships and business relationships within the technology industry. 


• Experience identifying and developing new business opportunities that drive growth and market expansion. 

Technical Expertise - Strong understanding of several of the following: 

• Enterprise storage systems. 


• Block, file, and object storage technologies.


• Data management platforms. 


• Scalable infrastructure architectures supporting AI and data-intensive workloads – knowledge of HPC storage architectures is a major plus. 


• Enterprise networking technologies. 


• Data protection and cyber resilience solutions. 


• Business and Leadership Skills. 


• Strong strategic planning and business development capabilities. 


• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills. 


• Experience influencing stakeholders across technical, business, and executive organizations. 


• Commercial and financial acumen with the ability to develop compelling business cases. 


• Ability to translate technology trends into market opportunities and business growth. 

Travel Requirements

• 10% to 25% of travel will be required.

Education

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.