Senior Product Management - Storage Solutions Portfolio Planner

Product Manager - Storage Solutions Portfolio Planner

Overview

We are seeking a highly strategic and technically proficient Product Manager - Storage Hardware Portfolio Planner to drive the roadmap, portfolio strategy, and lifecycle management of storage systems deployed across large-scale server infrastructure environments.

This role sits at the intersection of product management, supply chain, engineering, datacenter infrastructure, and business planning.

The ideal candidate will define storage portfolio strategy, evaluate emerging technologies, balance cost and performance tradeoffs, and develop long-range plans that enable scalable, reliable, and cost-effective server deployments.

This individual will work closely with silicon vendors, storage suppliers, server hardware engineering teams, datacenter architects, capacity planners, operations, and finance teams.

Key Responsibilities

Storage Portfolio Strategy & Planning
• Own the end-to-end storage hardware portfolio strategy supporting datacenter infra
• Develop multi-year storage roadmaps aligned with business growth, infrastructure requirements, and technology transitions.
• Evaluate and recommend investment strategies across HDD, SSD, NVMe, computational storage, and emerging storage technologies.
• Build portfolio plans that balance performance, reliability, cost, power, sustainability, and supply continuity objectives.
• Drive generation-to-generation technology transitions and retirement strategies.

Product & Technology Management
• Define storage product requirements and platform adoption plans across server hardware programs.
• Partner with solution architects and engineering teams to establish future storage requirements and technology needs.
• Analyze industry trends, supplier roadmaps, technology advancements, and competitive offerings.
• Lead business cases for new storage technologies and architecture
• Develop cost models and performance/value assessments for portfolio decisions.

Supplier & Ecosystem Management
• Engage directly with storage component and subsystem suppliers to influence roadmaps and secure strategic alignment.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, capacity plans, manufacturing readiness, and technology differentiation.
• Drive supplier selection recommendations based on technical, commercial, and operational criteria.
• Support strategic negotiations and sourcing decisions alongside procurement and supply chain teams.
• Maintain deep understanding of industry dynamics, market risks, and supply-demand outlooks.

Demand, Capacity & Lifecycle Planning
• Translate infrastructure growth forecasts into storage portfolio demand plans.
• Develop long-term supply and capacity strategies to support business requirements.
• Identify supply chain risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure continuity of supply during technology migrations and business scaling events.

Cross-Functional Leadership
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