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Aboutthe Product security team
F5 Inc's Security Business owns some of the fastest-growing products in the company’s portfolio. As a key driver of F5’s future growth, the security business is an area of strategic interest for F5. You will join the new leadership of the security business unit in driving that growth and rapidly growing our footprint in the security market.
Do you enjoy crafting solutions, driving innovation, and helping sales? You will be the product manager lead within the Security Product Management organization responsible for sales enablement of some of the key security products and technologies related to microservices security, multi-cloud security, visibility, and AI. You will be responsible for analyzing competitors' products, sales, and strategy in the modern application security space! And, supporting the marketing team with events and launches. We believe PM IIs should have product knowledge (both F5 and competitors), industry perspective, technical sales ability, and a high level of productizing new solutions with low level knowledge (including design deployment and troubleshooting).
Primary Responsibilities
Participate in the overall product strategy as well as assist in the creation of product and solution level materials focusing on sales enablement and competitive advantages
Support product and portfolio marketing teams' go-to-market initiatives
Collaborate on strategic opportunities and deals with Product Management, Product Marketing, Global Architects and F5 Field
Embrace working independently on technical issues with minimal need for supervision or assistance
Fully own assigned projects throughout the project lifecycle
Partner closely with other team members and multi-functional teams to drive positive business outcomes
Perform technical research and analyses of competitors products and architectures in order to improve F5 products and guide sales teams
Contributing authority on competitors and their products
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Great interpersonal and strong presentation abilities required – both oral and written, with the ability to articulate and educate others about complex and new technology.
Ability to craft simple PowerPoint presentations based on complex technical data
Ability to communicate complex technology to simple and clear massage
Understanding of underlying web technologies including HTTP, HTML and JavaScript
Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containers, microservices and related environments, and cloud native ecosystem with DevOps toolsets
Experience with some of the areas like Scripting (Bash, Python), Ansible playbooks.
Familiarity with SSL/TLS basics, CI/CD pipeline, GitLab, and Terraform
Superb communication and presentation skills
Ability to learn quickly new technologies
Ability to work flexible hours based on dynamic, business objective-driven initiatives and projects
Have fun solving hard problems!
Qualifications
BA/BS Computer Science Degree with 8 years experience; or equivalent education and work experience.
3+ years relevant work experience required: Preferably in engineering, IT, technical sales, or consulting related to network products.
Technical sales experience preferred
Competitive Intelligence experience preferred
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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
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