Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rocket Software is a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. The Senior Product Manager is responsible for product planning and assisting with marketing for a mainframe monitoring software product, managing the product lifecycle, and collaborating closely with Engineering and Sales to deliver winning products.
Responsibilities
- Partner with and support cross-functional teams with respect to requirements interpretation, product decisions, specification reviews, customer satisfaction issues, and scheduling
- Gather and prioritize requirements with input from Customers, Support, Development and other market sources
- Responsible for insight into the international competitive environment to ensure Rocket’s products are best positioned relative to our strategy. Spends time with customers gathering feedback to inform strategy
- 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
- Be an expert 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
- Help to manage the roadmap: execute prioritized decisions to adjust based on engineering tradeoffs and customer feedback, own development of business cases to support proposed investment priorities
- Work with third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
- Brief internal sales force and business partners on product releases, lifecycle, and policies
Skills
- Minimum 8 years' experience as a Product Manager, preferrable with mainframe software
- The ability to ensure the confidentiality of sensitive information and thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding and service-oriented environment
- The ability to manage time and schedules to meet aggressive deadlines and influence through persuasive written and verbal communication
- Possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy that includes a big-picture vision and the drive to make that vision a reality
- Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
- Track record of using qualitative and quantitative data to prioritize and drive decision-making
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Domain knowledge of database and development tools
- Effective presentations to customers
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Outstanding attention to detail and organizational skills
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- MBA or related Master's degree preferred
Benefits
- Unlimited Vacation Time as well as paid holidays and sick time
- Health and Wellness coverage options for Rocketeers and dependents
- Life and disability coverage
- Fidelity 401(k) and Roth Retirement Savings with matching contributions
- Monthly student debt benefit program
- Tuition Reimbursement and Certificate Reimbursement Program opportunities
- Leadership and skills training opportunities
Company Overview
As a global technology leader, Rocket Software is the partner of choice for organizations transforming their IT from core systems to the cloud. It was founded in 1990, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.zephyrcorp.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Rocket Software has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 8 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.