Sr. Product Manager- Platforms

About the Position

We are hiring a Senior Product Manager to own strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for NetApp's ONTAP systems platforms, the unified data-management platforms at the core of our Enterprise Storage business.

This is a strategic, cross-functional product role with meaningful ownership of roadmap, competitive positioning, new product introduction (NPI), and business outcomes. You will operate at the intersection of platform strategy, ONTAP data services, and go-to-market execution. You will partner with Engineering and Operations, as well as systems and ONTAP engineering, hardware and supply chain, finance, product marketing, and field sales, to keep NetApp's systems competitive, deliverable, and aligned to customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Product strategy and roadmap

  • Own and continually refine the ONTAP systems platform strategy, aligned to NetApp's Enterprise Storage strategy and competitive requirements
  • Develop and maintain multi-generation platform roadmaps with Engineering and Operations, with clear prioritization across performance and capacity tiers, form factors, and technology transitions
  • Define positioning and swim-lane guidance across the portfolio to reduce field ambiguity and improve deal velocity
  • Track business and transition metrics (adoption, capacity growth, and $/GB economics) and translate them into roadmap, packaging, and pricing actions

• New product introduction and lifecycle management

  • Lead concurrent NPI programs across platforms and components, driving requirements, prioritization, and cross-functional execution with Engineering and Operations through all lifecycle phases
  • Define clear, well-structured product requirements for planning, Engineering, and Operations, aligned to launch schedules and customer commitments
  • Own product lifecycle discipline across the portfolio, including EOA/EOL strategy, stocking and configuration optimization, and sustaining strategy for shipping systems, working closely with Operations and Engineering

• Customer, market, and competitive requirements

  • Gather and synthesize requirements from enterprise customers, the field, and partners to inform platform priorities and design decisions
  • Own competitive positioning against key enterprise storage vendors, translating gaps into requirements, roadmap actions, and field guidance
  • Convert customer and market needs into product requirements, business cases, and prescriptive positioning that connect platform investment to win rates and revenue impact

• Go-to-market and field enablement

  • Partner with Product Marketing so platform advancements show up in messaging, workload solution stories, and field enablement
  • Develop platform packaging, configuration guidance, and field-facing documentation that support consistent, scalable selling and deployment
  • Monitor adoption, deployment, and quoting friction signals; drive corrective actions that improve customer time-to-value, coordinating with Engineering and Operations as needed

• Cross-functional leadership

  • Serve as a primary point of accountability for the platform across Engineering, Operations, supply chain, finance, marketing, and field sales
  • Partner day-to-day with Engineering and Operations leaders to align requirements, schedules, capacity, quality, and launch readiness
  • Communicate strategy, roadmap, and tradeoffs clearly to executive leadership and field organizations
  • Influence platform-level decisions that span multiple product lines and generations

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management or technical product planning experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or related hardware/software domains
• Strong understanding of enterprise storage systems and architectures, including NAS and SAN protocols and modern data center infrastructure
• Proven experience leading complex NPI programs through the full lifecycle: concept > requirements > development > GA > sustaining
• Experience driving cross-functional execution with Engineering, Operations, supply chain, finance, and go-to-market teams
• Strong communication and executive presence, with the ability to represent complex platform tradeoffs clearly to senior stakeholders

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with NetApp ONTAP or comparable unified storage data services, and how platform hardware enables performance, density, and supportability
• Experience with storage economics ($/GB), capacity/performance tiering, and platform generation transitions
• Direct competitive experience against major enterprise storage vendors
• Experience positioning storage for AI, virtualization, mission-critical databases, and other enterprise workloads
• Experience creating field-facing packaging, configuration guidance, or enablement content
• Demonstrated success partnering closely with Engineering and Operations on complex platform programs

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience preferred.

Compensation

The target salary range for this position is 196,350 - 292,600 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.

About the Company

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment-you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed-they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

Submitting an Application

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support-rather than replace-human decision-making.

Benefits

• Volunteer time off: 40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.
• Well-being: Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources to help employees be their best.
• Time away: Paid time off for vacation and to recharge.

Equal Opportunity Employer

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification. We pledge to take every reasonable step to ensure that our applicants and employees are respected, treated fairly and with dignity. See the EEO poster, Know your rights poster, and NetApp EEO policy. NetApp makes reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable laws, for religious purposes and for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee with a disability, who can perform the essential job functions unless undue hardship would result.

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Reasonable Accommodations

At NetApp, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace where individuals with disabilities can thrive. In alignment with our values, NetApp provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments where possible to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with employment rights and regulations relevant to their country of employment, to ensure equal access to employment opportunities and job performance.

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