Technology Innovation

Director, Service Innovation

2323 bryan street, Dallas

Back to vacancy overview Share vacancy Last updated: 30-03-2022

Overview

POSITION: Director, Product Management – Service Fabric Virtual

Opportunity Snapshot

Are you passionate about product management, and leading teams through software defined networking. Here within Digital Realty’s technology innovation department, we pride ourselves in our ability to support our customers and teams through performance solution systems to ensure our organization is optimizing technology.

Responsibilities:

Definition and maintenance of product roadmap:
- Definition and management of product roadmap process, including inputs from all required internal functions and direct external analysis
  - Customer and sales outreach to maintain awareness of customer needs and opportunities
  - Market analysis to identify and capitalize on emerging trends
  - Competitive analysis to stay abreast of competing offerings
  - Input from business stakeholders
Clearly communicate product roadmap and generate buy-in by:
- Building strong internal relationships with executive leadership, IT, Sales, Marketing, Support, and Operations
- Effectively collaborating with external partners and vendors
Support on-time delivery of new features by:
- Identifying new feature opportunities
- Collaborating with Product Engineering to define requirements and use cases
- Providing ancillary support to engineering efforts as required
Cross Functional coordination of feature launch activities including:
- Functional readiness of required organizations i.e., Sales, Marketing, Operations and Support, Product Management, etc.
- Preparation and delivery of training and other materials to ensure business readiness
- Internal and external communication of product changes

The Requirements

5+ years of product management experience
Bachelor’s degree in business or computer science, or equivalent experience
Track record of developing and managing successful products
Strong leadership and people management skills
Previous experience successfully launching new products and/or major features
General understanding of cloud computing and SaaS business models
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to deliver executive briefings
Willingness to travel up to 20% (once conditions are safe)
Digital Realty cares about the health and safety of its workforce, customers, and vendors. Except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation, Digital Realty requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated by their start date as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves:

Previous experience in the colocation, hosting, and/or data center industries
Experience working in a startup environment
Experience with any of cloud computing, multi-cloud deployment & operations, software defined networking, and/or net

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, our global data center platform, gives customers a reliable foundation for scaling their digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. The size and scale of our business puts us in a unique position to offer customers access to 290 facilities in 49 metros across 24 countries and six continents.

Our HR team are trusted advisors to colleagues across the business. We handle employee questions, recruit top talent, lead talent management initiatives, set the people strategy and work with our senior leaders to create long-term strategies and plans for the future of our business. The work is very rewarding and requires us to think strategically and have the confidence to challenge leaders when required.

Our Technology Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we’ve built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package; and enable cloud to core to edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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