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Sr Product Manager - Cloudability Optimization

3 days ago Bridgeport, TX

Introduction

At IBM Cloudability, we deliver a best-in-class FinOps platform that helps customers enable their IT, finance, and DevOps teams to work together to optimize cloud resources for speed, cost, and quality. We are looking for outcome-focused, strategic thinkers and technical experts to join our Product management team to help us continue to drive those customer results.

Our product managers love to tackle new challenges, take ownership and drive to deliver results in the face of ambiguity. Sound like you? Let's talk.

Your role and responsibilities

The Cloudability Product Management team works across a diverse set of global stakeholders, including customers, partners, engineering, sales, product marketing, and support. In this role, you will be responsible for driving Cloudability's optimization strategy and executing against that strategy. You'll leverage your expertise of cloud-native services and technology trends to inform the product vision and deliver a world-class customer experience.

What you'll do:

  • Dive deep with customers and stakeholders to deeply understand their needs, gather and prioritize requirements, converting them into a high-quality engineering backlog.
  • Outline a strategic vision for the resource optimization space and a plan to get there by translating customer requirements and business strategy into clear tactical priorities with measurable outcomes.
  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) to support sales engineers and internal teams in understanding solutions for various business use cases.
  • Interface with the market, customers, and prospects to uncover pain points and opportunities for innovation, using this feedback to inform the product strategy.
  • Collaborate with developers to ensure alignment between product features and acceptance criteria, troubleshooting and resolving issues as they arise.
  • Work across teams-Delivery, Sales, Support, and Marketing-to gather feedback, refine strategy, and provide content to ensure feature adoption and success.

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Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Bachelor's degree or commensurate professional and technical experience
  • 5+ years of Professional Experience
  • 3+ years of Product Management Experience managing complex and technical products
  • Exceptional ability to bring clarity and structure to ambiguous, fast-moving situations
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to distill complex ideas into clear, actionable communication
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a strong bias for execution and accountability
  • Strong experience with Cloud based services and architecture (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, IBM, etc)
  • Strong technical acumen

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Master's Degree or MBA
  • 5+ Years of Product Management Experience managing complex and technical products
  • FinOps Experience or Familiarity with Cloud Billing Concepts
  • Cloud Optimization Experience

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IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
  • Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
  • Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Client-provided location(s): Bridgeport, TX
Job ID: IBM-49915
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-15T18:53:45

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