Alameda, CA, USA
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Reports To: Director, Product Mgmt
Product Line Manager, Hypervisor Virtualization for Device Software
(This full-time position is based in Alameda, CA or Ottawa, Canada)
For decades, Wind River has been leading and transforming the device software industry. Now, as we find ourselves on the brink of a major industry shift driven by multicore and multi-processing, Wind River once again is uniquely positioned to lead the industry with leading virtualization technologies. Much as VMware is changing the enterprise IT landscape, Wind River is poised to solve a complex set of business and technical issues with industry-leading solutions for the device software industry.
Wind River is looking for a Product Line Manager to provide leadership for the Wind River virtualization product line. The successful candidate must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. He or she must enjoy spending time in the marketplace to understand customer and partner problems, and to find and define innovative market solutions. The candidate will own the complete product lifecycle deliverables including strategy, business plan, product requirements, product planning, positioning, pricing and sales enablement, and must be able to work cross-functionally to deliver the industry’s leading device software virtualization solution.
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of seven years of proven high-level achievement in software product management with a track record in successfully and aggressively building a software business from scratch to $50M in revenue. The individual will be very technical, experienced in articulating complex concepts to customers, prospects, industry analysts, partners and the press.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Defining the business opportunity and strategy
- Managing the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities
- Developing requirements for current and future products by visits to customers and partners, and broad market and industry research
- Lead feature development in the product development organization
- Support sales efforts as required including some travel
- Work with Product Marketing to create content for outbound marketing material
- Contribute to developing and implementing go-to-market plans, working with all departments to execute
Required Experience and Skills:
- Minimum seven years experience in Product Management
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and possessing a high level of integrity
- Exceptional team player that works well in collaborative situations
- Ability to multi-task and follow-through on multiple projects and programs
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to effectively interact with executives, industry pundits, and large external and internal audiences
- Experience with real-time embedded & multi-core technologies
- Strong knowledge of RTOS such as Wind River Linux and VxWorks
- Understanding of embedded hardware architectures, including Intel, PowerPC, MIPS, and ARM
- Technical degree (EE or CS), MBA a plus
More about Wind River Systems…
Wind River helps you develop, run, and manage device software—faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably—to accelerate your time-to-market for highly differentiated devices. Only Wind River can deliver on all of your requirements across the DSO life cycle, from development through deployment and management, from hardware optimization through middleware and application integration.
For more information please visit our website at www.windriver.com
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