What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Product Manager, IBM watsonx.data position at IBM?
Introduction
A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers' challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.
Your role and responsibilities
Are you a seasoned Product Manager with a proven track record of successful product ownership and growth? Colleagues regard you as someone who navigates customer 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. Your Key Responsibilities : Product Ownership and Growth : Own a specific product area, steering growth and continuous improvement while embodying expertise in your product space. Agile Team Facilitation : Foster an Agile team environment, maximizing productivity throughout the entire product development lifecycle. Innovative Development : Drive innovative development with a roadmap centered on maximizing customer outcomes and minimizing technical debt. Strategic Leadership : Lead your product's strategy by aligning multiple stakeholders, delivering valuable outcomes, and realizing the intended impact. Strategic Partnerships : Establish strategic partnerships to amplify the value and reach of your product. Expand functionality and attract an adjacent customer base to drive continued success.
Leaders are expected to spend time with their teams and clients and therefore are generally expected to be in the workplace a minimum of three days a week subject to business needs.
Required technical and professional expertise
Championing the Voice of the Customer : Demonstrate a track record of conducting hypothesis-driven experimentation. Your decisions are informed by data-driven insights that fuel your commitment to transformative solutions. Financial Acumen for Commercial & PLG Success : Showcase strong financial acumen, with an ability to develop a compelling product business case. Drive commercial success through a profound understanding of impacts to P&L and SaaS metrics such as LTV, CAC, and NRR. End-to-End Product Development Expertise : Leverage your experience in driving product ownership and growth across the full product development lifecycle. Provide demonstrable examples of successful product discovery and launch. Stakeholder Management : Prove your ability to effectively communicate and manage multiple stakeholder relationships. Rely on influence rather than authority to establish a shared product vision. Lead, mentor, and develop the product team across the organization. Collaborate with the executive team and work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, design, support, and engineering.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Resourceful, pro-active and passionate with the ability to lead an organization through intelligence, creativity, and hard work. Entrepreneurial, bold and comfortable with risks. Accountability for delivering business objectives and financial results. Strong client-facing presentation and opportunity progression skills. Experience working with open-source databases including : data lakes, data lakehouse, data engineering, data warehousing, and data governance. Experience working with analytics tools and use cases including : business intelligence and reporting, data science, and machine learning. Direct experience driving continuous improvements in process and operational efficiencies across cross-functional teams. Demonstrated experience optimizing data and technology requirements to create robust client solutions and solve complex business problems.
