Principal Product Manager - Roadmap
$161,000–$239,000 year
On-siteLongmont, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Lead mainstream cloud roadmap execution by representing customer infrastructure requirements, deployment realities, and adoption needs within Seagate's product and technology roadmap process. Engage directly with cloud infrastructure architects and technical decision-makers to understand workload requirements, storage architectures, and operational challenges, translating these insights into prioritized product and technology decisions. Craft roadmap narratives that connect Seagate's technology investments to customer outcomes while guiding portfolio alignment with the China segment team. Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to support roadmap execution and ensure successful introduction of new HDD technologies.
Required Qualifications
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, storage architectures, and the operational environments in which HDDs are deployed
- Able to engage credibly with infrastructure architects, storage engineers, and technical decision makers while translating technical requirements into business and roadmap recommendations
- Strong problem solver who seeks to understand underlying customer challenges and develop scalable solutions rather than simply advocating for individual feature requests
- Exercises sound judgment in customer-facing discussions, balancing transparency, roadmap positioning, and business objectives
- Able to connect customer requirements, market needs, and technical inputs into clear roadmap recommendations
- Comfortable working across Product Roadmap, Technical Marketing, Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, and regional segment teams
- Strong collaborator who can support alignment across mainstream cloud and China segment needs
- Focused on creating clarity, consistency, and actionability in roadmap planning and customer-facing content
- Extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, storage, data center technologies, product management, technical marketing, or related technical leadership roles
- Experience deploying, operating, supporting, or architecting storage solutions within cloud, hyperscale, enterprise, or data center environments
- Strong understanding of HDD technologies and the interaction between storage devices, system software, and cloud infrastructure architectures
- Experience working directly with cloud providers, hyperscalers, infrastructure operators, or storage architects
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical and business decisions through customer engagement, technical expertise, and strategic problem solving
- Location: Longmont, CO or Shakopee, MN
- On-site preferred but will consider remote candidates
- Seagate is able to offer virtual employment for this position in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
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