NetApp
Senior Product Manager - AI Data Infrastructure
San Jose, California, USA · Senior · full-time
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About the role
- The role focuses on?enabling ONTAP and complementary data services across diverse system architectures, including?high?performance file and block platforms, scale?out systems, and object storage, as well as?validated reference architectures.
- Define?end?to?end AI infrastructure solutions, combining multiple storage platforms, data services, lifecycle management, and operational integration?not just standalone components.
Responsibilities
- Develop a?phased AIDI roadmap, clearly articulating MVP capabilities, platform extensions, and long?term architectural evolution.
- Define, productize, and maintain?validated reference architectures and certified AI designs?(e.g., clustered AI platforms, modular AI stacks), ensuring they are repeatable, supportable, and field?ready.
- Platform & Ecosystem Definition Drive?platform and system architecture decisions, including storage platforms, interconnects, and system?level tradeoffs, in close partnership with architecture and engineering.
- Partner with GTM, sales, and field teams to ensure offerings are?consumable, supportable, and aligned with real?world deployment models.
- Partner with finance and GTM teams to assess?revenue impact, pricing, margin, and cost structure?across solution types.
- At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees.
- NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity.
- Here, differences are not just welcomed?they drive everything we do.
- If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.
Requirements
- Job Requirements 15+ years of product management experience with?enterprise infrastructure, storage platforms, or cloud?adjacent systems.
- Familiarity with?OEM/ODM ecosystems, multi?vendor platforms, and channel?based delivery models.
Nice to have
- Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B?
- Identify and prioritize?AI workload use cases?(training, fine?tuning, inference, multi?tenant AI platforms), and map them to?storage platforms, data services, and deployment models.
Skills
- Strong understanding of?on?prem and/or cloud infrastructure?and modern data center architectures.
Compensation
- The 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.
Benefits
- 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).
- We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.
Company info
- Our culture We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers.
- We are seeking a?Principal Product Manager?to lead the definition and evolution of NetApp?s?AI Data Infrastructure (AIDI)?portfolio.
- The role supports both?Neocloud providers?and?Strategic Enterprise customers, shaping solutions that enable?training, fine?tuning, inference, and emerging AI workloads across?hybrid and on?prem?environments.
- You?ll influence core architectural decisions, unlock new revenue opportunities, and position NetApp as a leader in?AI?ready data platforms and solutions, while working closely with senior leaders across the company.
Equal opportunity
- Employer: NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.
- Why You'll Thrive at NetApp At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment?you'll make it.
- The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
- As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
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