F5, Inc. seeks Sr Product Manager in Seattle, WA:

Job Duties: Define overall vision and strategy for a product / solution, including target customer persona, customer value proposition, and business objectives. Own Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), including product planning / concept definition, Minimum Viable Product (MVP) definition (when is an offering good enough for launch?), ongoing release strategy, and ultimately product retirement. Work with program management to drive the logistics of the PLM. Own creating and delivering against the business objectives for the product / solution. Define capabilities and requirements for product / solution to align with overall vision and strategy; create and maintain a Market Requirement Documents (MRD) or equivalent, including a plan of Record (POR)/Roadmap. Conduct market analyses and financial ROI analyses to inform product / solution roadmap and prioritize product backlog in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Legal, Agile Product Owners, and many other stakeholders, drive decisions on backlog prioritization (e.g., customer expectations vs. engineering realities). Develop and deliver compelling product positioning with clear competitive differentiation and ROI to all audiences include executives, customers, partners, and analysts. In collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, Corporate Marketing, Partners, and Customers, develop overall go-to-market strategy and plan, including packaging, pricing, and positioning. Create dashboards and metrics to monitor the performance of product / solution, based on pipeline, bookings, customers, etc. Build excitement for the overall F5 product strategy and portfolio and specific product / solution with customers, market analysts, and internal stakeholders with great communications, customer events, and external presentations. Have overall accountability for the success of the product and business, creating internal visibility and business analysis for QBR’s and business reviews. Telecommuting is an option. Some travel to F5 offices may be required.

Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering (any field), or closely related quantitative discipline, and two (2) years of experience in job offered or in any occupation in a related field, OR Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering (any field), or closely related quantitative discipline, and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or in any occupation in a related field.

Special Skill Requirements: (1) Advanced Routing Protocols; (2) L2/L3 VPN; (3) TCP/UDP; (4) HTTP/HTTPs; (5) Requirement Analysis; (6) Public Cloud; (7) Private Cloud; (8) Linux; (9) Version Control. Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable. Telecommuting is an option. Some travel to F5 offices may be required.

Salary: $214,074.00 - $240,998.00 per annum. Benefits: F5 offers competitive pay, 401k, and other benefits: www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.

Submit a resume with references to: Req.#: 21-2803 via F5's Careers webpage: rb.gy/60fuyw or by email at: PeopleOps@f5.com.