Product Manager – WebEx Connect Value Add Applications

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WebEx Communications, Inc. is seeking a dynamic Product Manager for our Burlington office. If you like to have your hand on the pulse of technology then we are the company for you! We offer a high tech environment with a team oriented, collaborative work flow strategy.

The Product Manager will be a key member of the Product Management team for the exciting new WebEx Connect product line. This role will be responsible for the managing the collaboration applications developed for the Webex Connect Solution. WebEx Connect brings together leading business process applications with WebEx collaborative applications, making truly innovative solutions available on demand.

Successful candidates must have strong experience balancing customer needs with development resources and make prudent decisions. This position is ideal for a hands-on individual who can take cross functional projects from concept through implementation. The ideal candidate has razor-sharp instincts about what makes a good product, is very familiar with Web 2.0 technologies and possesses a strong orientation on exceeding customer expectations.

Overall Responsibilities:
• Own the product requirements for your applications
o Translate customer and partner needs into clearly defined and detailed product requirements via MRDs, and PRDs and functional design documents
o Work with other teams within WebEx to influence the roadmap of applications being developed by those teams
• Work closely with engineering, QA and operations to scope, plan and deliver new releases
o Actively track the development schedule, prioritize changes and updates accordingly, collect and document issues and change requests
o Manage the team through the product development processes to ensure introduction of the product to market on time and on budget
• Partner with other product managers to streamline the user experience of the core applications
• Evaluate solutions in the marketplace and drive recommendation of build/OEM/buy decisions
o Track industry trends and maintain understanding of key market drivers, issues and players in business collaboration space.
o Work with Partner development teams to highlight interesting partnership opportunities
Desired Qualifications & Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in technical field, with high academic achievement, MBA highly desired
• 5+ years managing high technology products, from development through launch
• Strong understanding of web technologies
• Passionate and active Web 2.0 user and consumer
• History of accomplishments and initiative
• Demonstrated ability to meet or beat assigned targets and deadlines consistently