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This is a people-leader role with end-to-end ownership of strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, competitive positioning, and business outcomes for a core part of NetApp’s Enterprise Storage business.\nThis Director works at the intersection of systems hardware, ONTAP data services, and go-to-market execution-partnering with engineering, supply chain, finance, product marketing, and sales. The charter covers shipping AFF systems as well as engineered systems with shared architectures.\nThe role combines strategic leadership with operational accountability: defining multi-generation systems strategy, leading a team of product managers, and driving new product introduction, generation transitions, and lifecycle discipline across a major revenue portfolio.\nJob Responsibilities\nLeadership & Team\nLead, develop, and coach a team of product managers responsible for AFF systems and next-generation platform programs.\nSet team priorities, operating cadence, and delivery standards; serve as the point of accountability for the AFF franchise.\nRepresent the portfolio to senior leadership; communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and business performance clearly.\nProduct Strategy & Roadmap\nOwn product strategy for NetApp’s AFF systems, including how those offerings are positioned relative to one another and to the broader portfolio.\nDefine and drive next-generation strategy for engineered systems with shared architectures used across multiple product lines: where we invest, how common designs serve multiple markets, and how we transition customers and the field.\nDevelop and maintain multi-generation roadmaps with clear prioritization across performance and capacity tiers, form factors, and technology transitions.\nTrack business metrics such as adoption, mix, capacity growth, and economics, and translate them into roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market actions.\nNew Product Introduction & Lifecycle\nDrive concurrent new-product programs across shipping systems and next-generation architectures, from requirements through qualification, general availability, sustaining, and end of life.\nEnsure product requirements for engineering, operations, and planning are clear, prioritized, and aligned to launch commitments.\nOwn lifecycle discipline across the portfolio-generation transitions, configuration optimization, and sustaining strategy.\nCustomer, Market & Competitive\nSynthesize requirements from enterprise customers, the field, and partners into platform priorities and design decisions.\nOwn competitive positioning for the portfolio; convert gaps into requirements and actions that improve win rates.\nConnect platform investments to customer outcomes and business impact through clear business cases and prescriptive positioning.\nGo-to-Market & Cross-Functional Execution\nPartner with product marketing and the field on messaging, positioning guidance, and enablement so the portfolio is simple to sell and deploy.\nBe the point of accountability across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, marketing, and sales for the AFF systems portfolio.\nInfluence architecture and system-level decisions that span multiple product lines and generations.\nQualifications\nRequired\n12+ years of product management or technical product planning experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, or related hardware/software domains.\n5+ years leading product managers or equivalent people-leadership of a technical product team.\nProven ownership of a high-revenue hardware and/or systems product line, including roadmap, new product introduction, lifecycle, and business outcomes.\nStrong understanding of enterprise storage architectures, including all-flash systems, file and block protocols, and modern data-center infrastructure.\nExperience partnering with engineering on next-generation system definition, including architectures shared across more than one product line.\nExperience driving cross-functional execution across engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, and go-to-market.\nExecutive presence and the ability to represent complex platform and business tradeoffs to senior leadership.\nPreferred\nFamiliarity with NetApp ONTAP or comparable unified storage platforms, and how system hardware enables performance, density, and supportability.\nExperience with storage economics, mix across performance and capacity offerings, and platform generation transitions.\nExperience positioning storage for AI, virtualization, mission-critical applications, and other enterprise workloads.\nCompensation:\nThe target salary range for this position is 227,800 - 338,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on 'On Target Earnings’ (OTE) representing the total potential earnings, which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. 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