Position summary:

Come be part of the innovation we are driving at F5 in the BIG-IP ADC product group! If you are an outstanding leader who is passionate about building products, by bringing creative problem solving, technical knowledge and critical thinking, this role is right for you. This is a highly visible and impactful role, you will lead a product management team to build and bring to market our next generation of software and SaaS products that are poised to redefine the application delivery services market!

This position will lead a team of product managers to:

• Formulate product strategy and roadmap that delivers on F5 mission and business goals
• Define problem statements and product requirements with transparency and attention to detail
• Design and prioritize features of a product area taking into consideration market trends and customer needs
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver new features with velocity
• Make difficult priority and trade-off decisions to ensure successful product launches on time and with quality
• Drive revenue goals and adoption metrics for the product area owned
• Evangelize features internally and externally to ensure users benefit and derive value from the products we build
• Build a highly inclusive and collaborative community that takes pride in making each other successful

Primary responsibilities:

• Define revenue goals and frame the product vision, roadmap to achieve the objectives
• Deliver differentiated products that in alignment with market trends and delight customers
• Lead solution planning, prioritization and setting up the execution direction of engineering teams
• Collaborate across sales, marketing and other functional teams to drive GTM activities
• Participate actively in crafting the broader corporate strategy and aligning product goals and offerings
• Coach, mentor and enable the success of a highly talented team of product managers and product owners
• Engage with customers to drive adoption of products
• Lead cross functional teams in agile ways of working

Required skills experience and qualifications:

• “Can do” style and passion to make customers and colleagues successful
• Passion for leading teams and contributing to the career development of individuals
• Takes ownership with the natural inclinations to take challenges head on and deliver impact
• Bias towards data driven decision making that incorporates analytical rigor and managerial judgment
• Proven track record as a product manager with experience in B2B software/SaaS products
• Solid understanding of running a business and delivering against P&L objectives
• Demonstrated ability working across engineering, sales, engineering, legal, customer success, marketing etc.
• Ability to straddle across strategy, technical depth and execution in product delivery
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Solid understanding of networking, application delivery and application security concepts
• Minimum of a Bachelors in engineering required. Graduate degree in science, engineering or business is a plus
• 10+ experience in product management with expertise in building and delivering software/SaaS products