**Introduction** A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s 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** In this role, you’ll be part of a team defining how IBM will evolve one of its core software businesses and how it will differentiate itself in a competitive Hybrid Cloud market. You’ll play an important role in helping to define product requirements and strategy, and will work across Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales and Services teams across Software and IBM Cloud to help deliver successful offerings with strong routes to market. Your responsibilities will include: • Connecting with customers, prospects and other market stakeholders to identify needs, validate market requirements, quantify opportunities and then translate these into detailed product requirements for development. Experience creating detailed technical requirements in tools like Aha!, and ability to work with Git is essential • Helping prioritize requirements based on data, to maximize development investments and build an aggressive roadmap • Supporting senior Product Managers in building offering packages, compelling feature roadmaps, and pricing appropriate to market conditions • Performing market/competitor analysis to identify (and promote) unique IBM competencies • Building clear messaging that will fuel sales and marketing assets in support of launching new offerings into the market. • Maintaining a current understanding of industry and technology trends to ensure IBM maintains a strong vision and future roadmap **Required technical and professional expertise** Successful candidates must have some Product Management experience and demonstrate experience with documenting requirements, use cases, and engaging with customers, partners, and user communities. What you'll bring: • A customer-centric approach to delivering business value and finding ways through complex technical and business problems • Proven ability to work with engineering and design teams • Proven ability to work with large enterprise customers and executives • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Excellent analytical skills and ability to use data to make recommendations and measure success. IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.