Product Manager - International Leader In Network Security & Acceleration
The Kensho Group - MRINetwork (Silicon Valley/San Jose, California)

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Overview

The Kensho Group has been tasked to identify an outstanding Networking Product Manager for this dynamic and high profile Global WAN Optimization and Security Hardware / Software Solutions provider.

Working with innovative securities products within a dynamic company in the Silicon Valley, the right candidate will be concerned with being at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, becoming involved in arguably one of the best placed WAN Optimization and Security product companies in the world, and being on a winning team.

Our client, a publicly traded company, is the fastest growing vendor in the marketplace, hiring about 100 new employees per quarter and projecting to grow from a $250 million company to a $1 billion company in less than 5 years. This means that opportunities for the advancement of your career goals and your expansion of personal knowledge within the industry are near limitless.

As Product Manager, you will be a member of the team responsible for defining the strategy for future development of the company’s flagship product. Our client is a leader in both the network security and acceleration markets, and their flagship product is the only product on the market that combines these functionalities in a single box.

With offices in the US, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, the company has more than doubled its quarterly sales in the past two years. Having installed more than 40,000 appliances globally and serving over 6,000 worldwide customers, including 93 of the Fortune Global 100, our client continues to grow rapidly, consistently out pacing the industry’s overall growth.

Our client is highly competitive in terms of compensation and offers an extensive benefits package. This opportunity is for full-time employment with an international leader in the industry.

Description

Our client is currently seeking a Product Manager to manage their rapidly growing WAN Optimization Product Line, to define next generation products and the overall product road map, and to work with strategic company clients. The selected candidate will have the unique opportunity to work closely with the company’s sales executives and to collaborate with the internal R&D and Systems Engineering teams, creating high quality products to drive future company growth and supporting the design and efforts of the sales and marketing teams with strategic clients.

Responsibilities and Requirements

1. Product Manager Responsibilities

Product Managers are the company’s experts in the technologies, market trends and competitive pressures in both the network security and acceleration markets. Product Managers are directly responsible for all road map decisions, and are involved in critical aspects of engineering design, marketing strategy and sales execution. This position will play a key role in helping the company deliver a winning product strategy that meets both customer’s immediate requirements as well as the company’s long term market goals.

Specific responsibilities include:

Act as product expert and knowledge leader internally and externally to insure the success of the product in the defined markets and explore product expansion opportunities. Build relationships with customers, sales team and channel partners to understand customer and market requirements and environments. Provide leadership and direction to all aspects of the organization, with a particular focus on engineering, sales, field services and marketing.Be the point of contact for sales requiring specific features for strategic opportunities.Translate overall strategy and specific customer requirements into well written product requirements for each software release.Drive product from initial concept through development to timely and successful completion.Be directly involved in the engineering effort by providing detailed feedback on functional specifications and by acting as a field expert to engineering as questions and deployment details are needed.

2. Qualifications

Must have expert knowledge in networking or security fields. Knowledge of proxy technologies a plus.2-5 years experience in the following fields - Product management in the security, acceleration or networking fields; System or sales engineering in technology consulting services

3. Education Minimum Requirement

B.S. degree in computer science or related field requiredMBA preferred

Benefit Package

Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, 401K match and much more.