Job Information
F5 Networks, Inc Product Manager I - RP1030889 in SEATTLE, Washington
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
Position Summary
As F5 continues to transform from being a successful Hardware company to a security and software Industry Leader, we need the ability to quickly deliver new offers to the market. The SDIM Team is responsible for evolving and operationalizing the SKU Development and Implementation capabilities, which will enable our speed to market. This team provides focused business analysis functions necessary to help support the Product Management and planning efforts in bring new offers to market. This team requires the ability to drive governance, product lifecycle alignment and enablement. The role will have business acumen to oversee key projects at various stagesincluding planning, designing new offer request, implementing the intake approval, and aiding in the design and set up of SKU Attributes.
The SDIM Lifecycle role will be responsible for collaborating and driving alignment with Product Management, Finance, Accounting, Sales, Sales Operations, Release Management, Technical Services, Legal and the Channel throughout the SDIM development process. This individual will be responsible for enforcing process requirements, creating documentation and providing business analysis to support the SDIM process.This output produces the correct product delivery to customers and revenue fulfillment. After the proper design of SKU attributes, this role is responsible for data entry into F5s infrastructure ecosystem.
Primary Responsibilities
- Manage new offer operational requests
- Integrate with organizational teams to build and maintain subject matter expertise
- Responsible for accelerating the time to market for new offers
- Owning the creation of SDIM design and implementation as well as cross functional requirement documents
- Support product group initiatives such as new product or offering SKU creation and changes.
- Creates methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
- Responsible for teaching best practice and creating resources for enablement
- Act as an evangelist for the SDIM process across F5 portfolio
- Responsible for quality of SDIM request
- Manage the automated request tool
- Manage the SDIM pipeline and backlog
- SDIM representative in the Lifecycle Management Framework process
Responsible for upholding F5s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Process-oriented, mindset of continual improvement
Ability to analyze data and provide insights that drive the business
Ability to think strategically and see the big picture, analyzing a problem or project from a variety of angles, yet examining specific aspects in significant detail
Ability to learn quickly, build consensus and interact effectively with teamsProduct Management, cross-functional or vendor
Knowledge of business process and change management methodology
Strong organizational skills, strong attention to detail and accuracy
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Must have stro