Product Manager - Red Hat Lightspeed

About The Job

The Red Hat Lightspeed product team is seeking a Product Manager to join us in the Raleigh, NC or Boston, MA office to help shape the future of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) management solutions. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of and willingness to become a subject matter expert in Linux operating system lifecycles, enterprise architecture challenges, and on premise system management.

In this role you will contribute to the overall product and go-to-market strategies, getting input from customers and internal stakeholders to evolve and promote the delivery of the roadmap. You will work closely with engineering, marketing, support, sales, and field teams to ensure the success of our offerings. You will be the overall accountable party for delivering functionalities and solutions - responsible for timelines, driving roadmap and program execution, feeding and prioritizing requirements for engineering, and enabling the feedback loop.

What You'll Do

• Contribute and drive Red Hat Lightspeed and Satellite roadmaps and program execution by working directly with product and engineering teams across the product portfolio to ensure the solution provides value to the User.
• Define product features and measurable business outcomes.
• Identify and translate business requirements into technical user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Requirement gathering and product backlog management.
• Be responsible for driving the growth of the product (strategy and KPIs).
• Define and use metrics/KPIs to measure the success and health of products and the impact of business outcomes.
• Ensure key stakeholders are informed and communicate to field /customers future vision & direction.
• Align strategic and tactical features in the roadmap with Red Hat’s strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing LLMs (e.g., Google Gemini), as relevant, for tasks such as brainstorming solutions, deep research, summarizing technical documentation, drafting communications, summarizing complex technical information, and enhancing problem-solving efficiency across the development lifecycle.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in technical product management, product marketing or development experience in enterprise software
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated record of influencing others without having direct authority over them. Ability to cultivate team flexibility under changing conditions
• Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to adjust style based on audience.
• Knowledge of market requirements and challenges around infrastructure visibility and management
• Experience with agile environments, methodologies, and best practices
  
  

The Following Are Considered a Plus

• Knowledge of and willingness to become a subject matter expert in on premise system management.
• Experience in IT infrastructure & management software including Linux and other operating systems, virtualization, and container technologies.
• Achievement of Red Hat Certified System Administrator status is a plus.
• History with RHEL management solutions a plus, including Red Hat Lightspeed, Red Hat Insights, Red Hat Satellite, RHEL System Roles, and Ansible Automation Platform.
  
  

The salary range for this position is $94,550.00 - $151,170.00. Actual offer will be based on your qualifications.

Pay Transparency

Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.

About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
  
  

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

Inclusion at Red Hat

Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

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