Entry Level Product Manager - Global Asset Recovery Services

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? The IBM Cost Optimization team is seeking a talented individual that can help manage an opportunity to partner across teams in finance, supply chain, product management, development and engineering. Do you have a passion for collaborating across organizations and finding innovative ways to improve process? If so, then please read on.
You will join a passionate team of high skilled experts that are fun-spirited, collaborative and highly ingenious in finding win/win opportunities for the business. This is an opportunity to work collaboratively with a diverse group of experts across various disciplines to drive process improvements among Systems.

Your role and responsibilities

Do you aspire to be a Product Manager with responsibiltities for product ownership and growth? Colleagues regard you as someone who navigates stakeholder outcomes, business impacts, and functional tradeoffs with unparalleled skill. Your communication style leaves team members feeling respected, heard, and understood. Now, imagine channeling your expertise to shape the technology of tomorrow-a force that powers the world around us and yields an impact to be proud of. As a cross-portfolio Product Management Intern for IBM, you will play a vital role in assisting with projects spanning the entire portfolio. Your focus will be on product management process agility and optimization. You will collaborate with product owners and cross-functional teams. You will help curate insights from customers and engage the right product teams to progress them. You will innovate ways to help drive efficiency in our product management processes. This is an exciting opportunity to learn the ropes of product management in a fast-growing market, and to contribute to the success of our products.

Collaborate with the broader IBM product organization to help support the portfolio and business.

Become an expert in IBM's product management methodologies, design thinking and product introduction. Support product teams in defining product requirements, user stories, and specifications.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, supply chain, marketing, and sales) to ensure timely product delivery..

Analyze competitors, market trends and customer feedback to identify new product opportunities.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor's Degree in IT/Computer Science/Engineering

Prior (project or internship) experience in Product Management or equivalent practical experience building or deploying products

Experience in implementing agile practices and design thinking

Strong written communication and presentation skills

Problem solving and Business Analysis skills

Growth minded, trusted, team focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome focused.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Track Record of high-quality, self-directed, timely execution, attention to detail.

Technical expertise and ability to communicate, work & build trust with stakeholders.

Experience with Cloud, Technology, administration and logistics

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.