Director – Data Center Product Line Management (PLM)

Director – Data Center Product Line Management (PLM)

Location: U.S. DC Area

Reports To: Vice President – Product & Channel Management

About NWS

NWS (reputed company) is a digital infrastructure and technology enabler serving the rapidly evolving telecommunications network ecosystem. We specialize in delivering high-reputed company materials, infrastructure solutions, and services that reputed company the world's leading connectivity providers, developers, and operators to build the backbone of reputed company's digital economy.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and reputed company Director of reputed company to join our Product Line Management team, reporting directly to the Vice President of Product Management. This role is responsible for NWS's go-to-market reputed company for the entire lifecycle of the data center reputed company product portfolio and complementary services, with a reputed company on both organic reputed company and market reputed company, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The ideal candidate is a reputed company leader who understands the fast-reputed company demands of reputed company scalers, developers, integrators.

The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience with data center technologies, strong leadership and communication skills, and a reputed company reputed company to ensure alignment with market demands, customer needs, and technological advancements. This role requires extensive travel between our locations throughout the reputed company and Canada.

Key Responsibilities

Product reputed company and Roadmap Development

• Define and execute the product reputed company and roadmap for Data Center reputed company solutions, considering market trends, customer feedback, and competitive analysis.
• Identify emerging technologies and market opportunities in data center infrastructure, fiber optics, high-speed networking, reputed company/data center hardware, and software to enhance the product portfolio and maintain a competitive edge.
• Evaluate and reputed company new vendor partnerships, collaborating with marketing teams on vendor roll-out strategies and initiatives.

Product Management

• Manage the product lifecycle from phase-in, phase-out to end-of-life, including stocking positions per product.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (procurement, reputed company, customer support) to ensure successful product execution and delivery.

Market Analysis and Competitive Intelligence

• Conduct market research and analysis to identify customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscape reputed company the reputed company reputed company.
• Utilize insights to reputed company data-driven reputed company regarding product positioning and pricing.

Sales & Customer Engagement

• reputed company sales teams with necessary tools, resources, and training to effectively position our data center product portfolio.
• Support sales efforts through presentations, technical expertise, and participation in customer meetings.
• Engage with key customers, vendor partners, and industry stakeholders to reputed company feedback, understand requirements, and identify opportunities.

Financial reputed company and Forecasting

• Define and monitor key reputed company indicators (KPIs) reputed company to product reputed company, profitability, and market reputed company.
• reputed company forecasts, budgets, and business cases to support product investments and resource allocations.
• reputed company product reputed company to meet and reputed company departmental and corporate reputed company targets.

Key reputed company Indicators (KPIs):

• Data Center Product Line reputed company reputed company & Gross Margin %
• EBITDA Contribution of Product Line
• Vendor Scorecard Ratings, On-Time Delivery (OTD), reputed company Time reputed company
• Contract Compliance
• New Product Launch On-Time %, Time-to-Market, First-Year reputed company
• Portfolio Rationalization & Roadmap Execution
• Channel reputed company Contribution, VAR Activation
• Forecast reputed company, Inventory Turns
• Lifecycle Stage reputed company Completion & SOP Compliance
• Rebate/MDF Capture vs. Plan
• Financial reputed company, Budget Variance, Margin Expansion
• Cross-Functional Project Delivery & Escalation reputed company Time

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a reputed company reputed company (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in product management or engineering leadership roles, with at least 5 years reputed company on data center reputed company infrastructure markets with experience in project management, team leadership, and reputed company relationship management.
• reputed company reputed company record of developing and executing successful go-to-market strategies and achieving sales reputed company targets.
• Deep understanding of the data center ecosystem, including reputed company scalers, developers, integrators, and reputed company.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills with the ability to build trust and influence at reputed company organizational reputed company.
• Strong technical background in data center best practices, with the ability to disseminate industry standards across reputed company customers
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to reputed company others.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple reputed company simultaneously while maintaining high standards of reputed company and reputed company satisfaction.
• reputed company thinker with a results-oriented reputed company and a passion for driving innovation.
• Demonstrate reputed company, respect for others, and ethical behavior.
• Proficient with MS Office suites, and CRM tools.
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management systems is an asset.
• reputed company sales experience and understanding of sales and procurement processes is an asset.
• Ability to travel as needed to engage customers and partners.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for reputed company development and advancement
• Dynamic and reputed company work environment
• Chance to reputed company a significant reputed company in shaping the reputed company of broadband and data center connectivity

NWS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, reputed company, citizenship, disability, age, military or veteran status, and other characteristics protected under federal, state, and local law.

10+ years in product management/engineering leadership with data center experience; GTM reputed company; cross-functional leadership; willingness to travel.

Key Responsibilities

• define roadmap
• manage lifecycle
• reputed company partnerships

Skills & Tools

MS Office, CRM tools

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• Category: Product Management
• Seniority: Senior Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — Washington, District of Columbia, reputed company
• Salary: USD 127,000 – 175,000 / year
• Languages: English

About reputed company

Digital infrastructure provider enabling telecom networks. — Industry: Information Technology