Product Manager, Embedded Solutions

Nominum is seeking an individual contributor to provide product leadership in helping develop the OEM and Embedded line of business.  This person will be responsible for effectively identifying and prioritizing product development efforts that yield superior customer relevancy and competitive differentiation.  This strategy will be built upon embedding Nominum core DNS and DHCP solution offerings in ecosystem partner technology.

Location: Redwood City, CA

Apply by clicking here to send an email with ‘Product Manager, Embedded Solutions’ in the subject line.

The role demands an ability to think beyond individual products and features and focus on the solution customer.

Skills

  • Knowledge of Network, standards and protocols (Especially DNS & DHCP)
  • Effective customer briefings for business leaders, senior IT executives and architects
  • Ability to synthesize direction based on competitive analysis
  • Effective at creating customer relevant requirements
  • Ability to create multi-year financial business cases to justify investments
  • Effective ability to create results leading virtual teams

General Product Manager Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating product development with engineering, field teams and other Nominum product managers
  • Partnering with 3rd Party Application Providers
  • Understand and analyze user needs around the globe
  • Research markets and competitors to define competitive differentiation
  • Work with customers, sales and prospects to develop product requirements
  • Work with engineers and partners to define clear technical product specifications
  • Working with sales directors and systems engineers to obtain information to answer engineering questions
  • Own end to end delivery of product features
  • Develop and launch new releases of the solution
  • Working with documentation and marketing teams to create and review the creation of data sheets, printed manuals, and VoD or programmed training materials
  • Prepare and deliver product overview presentations Sales for product introduction and channel development purposes
  • Coordinating the usability test studies with our UE testing contractors, field teams and partners.
  • Define product vision and direction.

Requirements:

  • BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field (MS/MBA a strong plus)
  • 2-5 years of strong contribution to customer-driven product management, preferably dealing with enterprise customers while delivering top quality software products and services
  • Demonstrated capacity for developing and understanding strategy
  • Outstanding organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong technical abilities
  • Experience in Operations, Administration, Management and Provisioning
  • Clear written and oral communication skills

The ideal candidate will have working knowledge and skills in the following areas:

  • Strong understanding of networking principles and protocols with an understanding of DNS
  • Experience in network security including event correlation solutions, secure web gateways & next generation firewalls
  • Experience with Technology Partners delivering solutions (both OEM & channel)
  • Experience delivering products in US, Europe, Asia and Emerging Markets a plus
  • 5+ years-related Product Management and Business Development experience.

Apply by clicking here to send an email with ‘Product Manager, Embedded Solutions’ in the subject line.