Product Manager

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

Job Description Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gather and prioritize requirements with input from Customers, Support, Development, and other market sources. 
• Assist in the identification of new opportunities based on knowledge of emerging technologies. 
• Represent the customer: build strong customer relationships, develop deep insights on evolving customer requirements, be the champion and voice of the customer, bring the customer's voice into the product development process. 
• Collaborate with Engineering to develop and implement solutions to highly technical problems based on detailed knowledge of core product and platform technology. 
• Build expertise on the domain, the market, and the trends.  
• Evangelize our vision constantly so all stakeholders are aligned, have context and understand where we are going. 
• Support the roadmap: support decisions to adjust based on engineering tradeoffs and customer feedback, help support development of business cases to support proposed investment priorities. 
• Assist in briefing internal sales force and business partners on product releases, lifecycle, and policies.  

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Product Manager with a software company.
• Ability to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information and thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding and service-oriented environment. 
• Ability to manage time and schedules to meet aggressive deadlines and influence through persuasive written and verbal communication. 
• Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products.  
• Experience working in an Agile development environment. 
• Effective presentations to customers.  
• Excellent teamwork skills.  
• Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills.  
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority. 
• Commitment to Rocket core values of empathy, trust, love and humanity.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical understanding of remote access technologies like Microsoft Remote Desktop Service (RDS), Citrix, and VMWare
• Competency with protocols like X11, RDP, ICA and VNC

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science or Marketing, or equivalent business experience. 

Travel Requirements:

<25%, including international travel, fluctuates to meet business and customer needs.

Information Security:

Information security is everyone’s responsibility.  A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.

Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:

At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com.  We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!