Progress is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead their OpenEdge product management team, with the goal of transforming the product strategy and vision for their flagship business application development platform, OpenEdge, which is a $200M+ business. The role aims to ensure the platform remains competitive and relevant by adapting to technological changes and new customer requirements, with a specific focus on integrating Artificial Intelligence, particularly Generative AI, to enhance developer productivity and application capabilities.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Application Development technology product management of a $100M+ portfolio.
- Experience with Agile development.
- Excellent technical and operational understanding of application development and deployment platforms.
- Strong awareness of technology trends in application development, data management, cloud, security, and generative AI.
- AI experience preferred.
- Ability to set a technical vision and path forward for customers and partners.
- Ability to gather, analyze and interpret financial analysis and portfolio health
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the OpenEdge product strategy considering all commercial and technical aspects to balance retention and growth.
- Stay current with technology trends, particularly in software development, gather data and prioritize strategic goals to keep OpenEdge up to date and ahead with technological advancements.
- Champion customer needs and translate feedback into actionable product strategies.
- Focus on Artificial Intelligence as it relates to software development, with an emphasis on Generative AI to improve developer productivity and provide GenAI capabilities in OpenEdge business applications.
- Work closely with Engineering on product requirements, use cases and agile practices to ensure the right features are being developed at the right time at the right pace.
- Identify new product revenue opportunities and define cross-sell opportunities in collaboration with other product managers in the Application and Data Platform Business Unit and with other Progress Business Units.
- Define and monitor KPIs to evaluate product performance and team effectiveness
Other
- This will be a hybrid role working between your home office and our Burlington MA headquarters. Candidates must be local to that location to be considered.
- 5+ years in people management.
- Demonstrated passion for technology and a strong aptitude for business strategy.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, for external and internal presentations.
- Proven success in collaborating across organizations and leading cross-functional teams with the ability to influence without authority and align organization.
