Job Description:
The Role
As Director, IT Product Management, you will be working in a team responsible for managing products and vendors through the entire product lifecycle from strategic planning in support of the Distributed Compute and Storage Team. This includes working closely with the product engineering teams, vendor contracts, vendor performance, building and presenting investment business cases (purchases/renewals), and collaborating with numerous business unit partners (procurement, finance, Risk, etc.). You will serve as a focal point for the products you help manage, leading collaboration sessions with the teams to identify opportunities, assisting with overall strategy and conveying that strategy when presenting investment opportunities to leadership, participating in the governance processes to complete those investments, and managing business / vendor relationships to ensure we are receiving full value from those investments.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
10+ years of technical product &/or vendor management experience
Related vendor experience and technical expertise with: distributed on-premises and external cloud storage (All Types), Block, File, NAS, Object, WORM, S3, Hyper-converged, Backup.Storage Area Networks (SAFiber Channel, iSCSI, NVMEData Protection and Recovery (Backups),Immutable storage, Air gapping, Fast recovery,on-premises and external clouds,Data retention management and storage ecosystem observability and performance
Monitoring, performance, Utilization across all systems working with storage
Ability to translate technology terminology to business relatable terms
Expertise in leading vendors and contracts through the acquisition and renewal process
Strong interpersonal, negotiating, and influencing skills with an ability to engage senior management and across all levels of the organization
Data-focused approach, with the ability to interpret strategic objectives into actionable tasks
Ability to define product features and break them into clear and concise stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria
Solid focus on execution and ability to identify, communicate, and remove impediments
Capable of leading, influencing, and motivating colleagues
Continuously improve, encourage, and collaborate with team members, demonstrating servant leadership behaviors
Agile experience; Jira and Jira Align, preferred
Financial services experience a plus
The Team
As a collaborative center of excellence, the Product Enablement Team provides product & vendor management services to Enterprise Infrastructure & Operations. The team is passionate about translating strategy into spend decisions, bringing together processes, and mitigating risk. This combination leverages a set of core product management and analytical skills to support all phases of product management. Come join this dynamic team!
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Information TechnologyMost roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.
Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.