Director - Product Management (File Systems)
On-site · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Director - Product Management for an enterprise file system portfolio, owning the strategic vision, roadmap, and P&L with end-to-end accountability across on-premises, edge, and cloud deployments. Leads a product-management organization, defining market positioning, go-to-market strategies, and performance metrics while partnering with Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Marketing to drive revenue growth and category leadership.Responsibilities include building disciplined product discovery, driving market positioning, managing the portfolio lifecycle, and ensuring reliability and scalability of file system solutions across Linux, virtualization, and cloud-native deployments. Requires deep technical expertise in file system architectures and distributed storage, experience launching enterprise infrastructure products, and strong executive communication skills for engagement with C-suite, boards, and key customers.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of product management experience
- at least 5 years in a director-level or equivalent leadership role
- deep technical expertise in file system architecture, distributed storage systems, and high-performance computing
- P&L management experience with ownership of revenue targets, budgeting, and resource allocation
- proven track record of developing and launching enterprise infrastructure products across on-premises, edge, cloud
- strong analytical and strategic thinking skills; experience using data and customer insights to drive critical product decisions
- Excellent executive presence and communication skills; comfort presenting to C-suite, boards, and large customer audiences
- Proven ability to influence without direct authority; strong leadership, negotiation, and collaboration skills
- Experience with HPC workloads, scientific computing, or AI/ML infrastructure products
- Familiarity with software-defined storage (SDS), cloud-native storage, Kubernetes, or containerized environments
- Experience with IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS), Isilon, Lustre, or other enterprise file systems
- Background in marketing or sales; understanding of enterprise sales cycles and buyer personas
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