Technical Product Management, Enterprise SSD

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity in the Western Digital enterprise and datacenter SSD marketing team. As technical product manager, you will manage the complete lifecycle of the market leading enterprise and data center SSD products.

In this role, you will work closely with key stakeholders to define competitive products which drive value for our customers. You will be a key contributor and influencer of the Enterprise SSD roadmap to ensure our products support the revenue and market share goals. You will set the product feature strategies by identifying key market trends such as performance and power requirements. As a technical product manager, you will work with a senior cross functional team from engineering, architecture, business development and sales to identify product gaps, business risks, and mitigation plans. You will drive agreement between the key stakeholders.

Strong technical background in the memory industry is preferred. If you want to work in a dynamic workplace environment to set the vision for change in memory technology and a job that offers you tremendous opportunities for personal, professional growth and satisfaction, this job is for you.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive strategic business decisions for product delivery to support a marketing leading product portfolio
• Understand competitive landscape and segment trends to help product positioning
• Work closely with segment Marketing and sales to create marketing requirements and drive programs through the planning stage
• Act as a business owner and drive the execution of the Market Requirements document and Product Requirements document with the Product Development Team
• Produce financial business case to support roadmap decisions, estimate competitive product costs, help define pricing and go-to-market strategy
• Track engineering to deliver products on time and against POR commits
• Manage change requests and feature additions
• Assist in outbound messaging, sales training kits and create customer presentations

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of work experience in a technical role
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Technical bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent
• MBA is a plus
• Hyperscale experience is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply wit