Principal Product Manager, Cloud App Delivery

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.    Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive. Principal Product Manager – Distributed Cloud (Application Delivery)   Position Summary This Principal Product Manager role is responsible for leading the design, development, and evolution of Application Delivery services powering F5 Distributed Cloud. This platform enables enterprises to deliver, scale, and operate Web, API and AI applications globally across edge and hybrid/multicloud environments. Responsible for guiding, augmenting and extending the reach of F5 Distributed Cloud’s Application Delivery offerings. The role requires an individual with strong leadership, partnering and analytical abilities, who can build a shared vision for F5’s Distributed Cloud direction; deliver Proxy, CDN, and API Gateway products on the F5 Distributed Cloud SaaS platform; help to build products from existing ideas; and help to develop new insights based on industry experience and contact with customers, prospects and partners.   This is a highly strategic and hands-on role requiring deep expertise in SaaS platforms, networking and application delivery services, with strong influence across product, security, engineering, marketing, sales and other go-to-market teams.

Own all product management end-to-end of F5 Distributed Cloud Application Delivery offerings Manage the product launch process delivering technical decision maker and business decision maker content, envision a solution demo of new capabilities, price the new capabilities, and drive sales enablement efforts including making product orderable on the SaaS platform. Deliver web content, whitepapers, and demonstrations to drive customer adoption, and ensure technical marketing alignment with key partners Work with key decision makers in marketing and sales to ensure that the product is accurately communicated to the market Define technical roadmap and influence product direction for F5 Distributed Cloud’s Application Delivery capabilities Collaborate cross-functionally with product, security, engineering, marketing, sales and other go-to-market teams. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior product managers Establish and uphold best practices in design, development, and go-to-market Independently identify risks, drive solutions, and communicate effectively with stakeholders Required Qualifications Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; MBA desirable At least 5 years of experience in product management in the cloud networking and security industry At least 5 years’ of Application Delivery and Security product management. Outstanding listener, great presenter, terrific interpersonal and communication skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions Strong awareness of technology trends and potential influence on F5’s business Strong teaming skills: positive teammate, good team builder, experience to bring together diverse views. Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically Ability to lead in a constantly evolving environment, manage multiple priorities and ambiguity Ability to converse with technical and business personnel fluently Experience developing relationships with suppliers and co-marketing partners highly desirable Demonstrated ability to meet or beat assigned targets and delivery dates consistently Preferred Qualifications Proven deep