Desktop Virtualization (VDI) - Product Manager - REMOTE

Company: Star2Star
Location: Irvine
Posted on: January 13, 2022

Job Description:

Product Manager - Virtual Communications Desktop
Star2Star Communications, a Sangoma Company, has a core purpose: to reshape the ways productive people collaborate and cooperate and to make each of us more powerful and enabled in our working lives. Sangoma & Star2Star offers the only fully integrated communication and productivity SaaS platform in the market offering Video, Voice, Contact Center, Collaboration, Virtualization, and SD-WAN. Our product innovation drives great customer experiences and gets us a lot of recognition from Gartner and Omdia. We are currently looking for a Product Manager who is responsible for driving the product strategy, roadmap, design, go-to-market, and its execution on our Virtual Communications (Desktop as a Service) solution. You will be an evangelist for the product, both inside and outside, and be able to clearly articulate the product offering to anyone you meet. You work closely with internal and external stakeholders and decision-makers to deliver a world-class fully operationalized product to the market. The Virtual Communications Desktop Product Manager is responsible for delivering industry-leading Virtual Desktop solutions built upon Sangoma's UCaaS business communications platform (what we call the Connected Workspace). The Connected Workspace product provides a best-in-class and secure communications workspace experience for any connected employee whether on a laptop, thin client or terminal.Your Role

• ---Lead the product roadmap, go-to-market, and execution for the Connected Workspace solution.
• Work with a dedicated sales team on sales success.
• provide product management direction and support with optimizing, integrating and unifying on a wide swath of technologies including:
• Office 365 (includes Outlook and Teams) and other collaboration and related software solutions.
• Directory services (internal and external customer), along with file share storage solutions.
• Microsoft & Azure cloud services.
• Self-help services.
• Create product requirements from internal and external market sources and prioritize features and deliverables.
• Conduct business-level verification and market testing of new features
• Create business cases
• Be an expert with respect to the competition and best practices
• Work with the UX Lead to develop the product user interface design and user experience, when applicable.
• Act as the Agile Product Owner. Create user stories. Develop and maintain a backlog.
• Coordinate with the marketing team on product launch and general content and positioning.Your Background
  • BA/BS degree and a minimum of five years' experience in product management
  • Experience product managing, selling, or using a Digital Workspace solution, highly desired
  • Key technologies experience including workstation (includes laptops, tablets, and cell phones) management systems, directory services, messaging, Office 365, collaboration, VDI/DAAS, data analytics, Microsoft/Azure cloud services, and self-help services
  • Experience in IT Services and third party relationships (e.g., Citrix, Microsoft, Azure, etc) is a plus
  • Minimum of 5 years of implementing and driving user experience techniques and metrics.
  • Working knowledge in DWS Cyber Security, Network technologies, and configuration alternatives a plus.
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Team player that works well in collaborative and matrix organizations
  • The ability to clearly articulate complex and abstract ideas
  • Familiarity with customer, partner, and field sales business processes
  • Be able to lead and drive a team of developers to realize your product vision
  • Must be able to travel up to 20% of the timeWhat We Offer
    • Extensive Benefit Options (Health, Vision, Dental, Long & Short term Disability) effective after a short waiting period
    • Matching 401K program
    • Flexible PTO plan & Company Holidays
    • Subsidized onsite healthy food choices
    • Culture Perks: Multiple Special Interest Groups, Activities Team, New Mom & Quiet Rooms, and Team Building Events
    • Entrepreneurial work environment partnered with high growth career opportunitiesAre you ready to make a direct impact on the company and be rewarded for your performance? Are you ready to take on a new challenge?Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer. No agencies or third party resumes, please.Star2Star Communications is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.#IND

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