Sr. Manager of Operations Product Management

Lead a team of seasoned Operations Product Managers responsible for driving the successful release of products from development through launch, and drive for continuous improvement and agility in the sustaining process ensuring that program timelines are met or accelerated. As a Sr Manager of Operations Product Management, you must be a self-initiator, natural team leader with excellent communication/collaboration skills to influence cross- functional teams, be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within a collaborative team environment managing competing work priorities, multiple work streams, identifying risk, implementing action plans to enable successful execution of the business strategy.

The Sr. Manager of Operations Product Management must possess a deep knowledge of hardware architecture, strong understanding of technology trends/sweets spots, design for simplicity, manufacturing and supply chain, product structure and product support complexity, as you will work closely with operations, supply chain, engineering, and other business teams to implement, adapt, and maintain systems which facilitate the management of the entire product lifecycle.

A successful Sr Manager of Operations Product Management is expected to drive Engineering and Product Management to optimize the product design and architecture for cost, testability, manufacturability, and quality while ensuring that the BOM is supply chain friendly through the selection of components that are dual sourced and are produced in high volume. This individual is dynamic, results-driven, organized and detail-oriented;

excels in program management; proficient in analyzing/using business data and developing business strategy as well as managing tactical tasks, strong team player who can communicate with ease at all levels; thrives in an ambiguous environment and is adept at facilitating actions and resolving conflicts.
Furthermore, this team leader within Operations is the primary operations interface to the core product and development teams, Product Life Cycle Management processes and other functional organizations within Net App. Overall mission is a successful product launch defined by meeting stated schedule, availability, and customer experience goals.

Lead Operations Product Management team that is responsible for all aspects of NPI and sustaining portfolio management with the cross functional team to execute product launches; manage project schedules, identify risks and clearly communicate goals to project stakeholders.
Participate in early-stage product development discussions with engineering, product management and communicate expectations and ensure the Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Test, & Service requirements and alignment with the current operational objectives of fulfillment, cost savings and manufacturability.
Work with Engineering and Product Management to optimize the product design and architecture for cost, testability, manufacturability, and quality while ensuring that the selection of components that are dual sourced and are produced in high volume.
Set initial build plans, drive material readiness with supply chain and evaluate constraints.
Drive the optimization of sustaining product and provide a feedback loop to Engineering, Product management and Supply Chain to capture lessons learned from product rollouts and provide recommendations for future designs and processes.

• Effectively evaluate performance against customer and business requirements
• Define and implement risk mitigation.
• Drive continuous improvement objectives against program issues with management and coordinate resources and implementation with other teams.
• Partner with Operations…