Microsoft SharePoint is the fastest growing server product in Microsoft’s history. It provides a key component of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Infrastructure and delivers enterprise content management, portal, collaboration, search, and business intelligence capabilities.
Responsibilities:
As the SharePoint product manager for technical audiences you will be responsible for:
- Developing and delivering presentations and training to customers and partners
- Developing web content for Microsoft’s Technet and MSDN sites
- Develop demonstrations and webcasts to best showcase the capabilities of SharePoint to your target audience
- Speaking at key industry events
- Developing all technical readiness material for technical audiences including IT Directors, Developers, and Partners
- Contributing to key scorecard metrics for your product
- Contributing to forecasts including product mix, and long-term growth
- Developing industry specific content
- Developing value proposition, positioning, and messaging for the Russian market.
- Building awareness and demand for all capabilities of SharePoint with your target audience
- Creating and driving programs and promotions to reach your target audience
- Launching new product releases and generating press and reviews
- Winning the IT audience with the value of your product.
- Work with solution integrator partners to help them expand opportunites for SharePoint
- Work with Russian ISV partners to develop integration with SharePoint to address market opportunities.
Position requirements:
- We are looking for an experienced product manager with a proven track record working with technical audiences in medium and enterprise customers and developing a partner channel. This position requires excellent cross-team collaboration skills and strong problem solving capabilities. A high tolerance of ambiguity and be able to work independently . You should have a positive, can-do attitude and the ability to quickly learn new concepts and deliver results.
- You must believe in the potential of SharePoint and be passionate about technology. You must be able to speak with confidence to a technical audience about your product, and be able to install, configure, and build basic applications using your product yourself.
- Required team & interaction skills: Ability to build strong relationships and work in a virtual team environment is necessary. This position requires a high degree of self-management.
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required. Education and work history must be complementary to meet position requirements.
- Required job experience: 3-5 years experience in product management, marketing, consulting, or partner management in IT industry. Some technical background with portals or web applications is preferred.
Other skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as strong interpersonal skills to professionally represent Microsoft in front of customers and partners.
- Russian to be a native language.
- Excellent knowledge of Windows and Office (advanced user level).
- Fluent English is required.
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