IT Product Manager

Job Description:

IT Product Manager is responsible for the strategic management and evolution of core IT platforms, including Windows, VMware, Linux, and Middleware. Acting as the technical right hand of senior management, this role combines deep platform knowledge with strong consultative and stakeholder management skills. The Product Manager translates business and strategic objectives into clear roadmaps, executable releases, and well-documented plans, while bringing teams together to deliver sustainable platform outcomes. A key objective is to create new “wow” within the department by fully embedding and maturing product management principles, driving clarity, innovation, and tangible value across platform services.The IT Product Manager is responsible for the strategic management and evolution of core IT platforms, including Windows, VMware, Linux, and Middleware. Acting as the technical right hand of senior management, this role combines deep platform knowledge with strong consultative and stakeholder management skills.

A critical requirement for this role is strong experience within on-premise platforms, combined with proven experience in developing strategic plans and multi-year roadmaps. You are able to translate long-term vision into concrete, executable steps and guide large-scale platform evolution in complex, regulated environments.

The Product Manager translates business and strategic objectives into clear roadmaps, executable releases, and well-documented plans, while bringing teams together to deliver sustainable platform outcomes. A key objective is to create new “wow” within the department by fully embedding and maturing product management principles, driving clarity, innovation, and tangible value across platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end platform products, including vision, roadmap, lifecycle, risk, and value delivery
• Develop and maintain multi-year platform roadmaps, aligned with regulatory, security, and architectural standards
• Translate strategic objectives into concrete plans, milestones, and deliverables
• Lead release and lifecycle management, ensuring controlled, predictable, and auditable change
• Lead product selection and rationalization, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, cost efficiency, and scalability goals
• Drive platform migrations and modernization initiatives in line with regulatory and resilience requirements
• Drive adoption of platform engineering practices, including Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and developer experience improvements
• Shape and maintain a unified product and service catalog for infrastructure and middleware
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, translating complex technical and regulatory topics into clear recommendations
• Bring together engineering, operations, security, architecture, and vendors to deliver shared outcomes
• Establish and govern platform products and patterns (e.g., infrastructure, pipelines, security, observability)
• Create visible impact (“wow”) by strengthening product thinking, clarity, and transparency across the department
• Align cross-functional teams around shared goals, standards, and ways of working
• Define KPIs and success metrics (adoption, efficiency, cost, developer productivity) and track platform performance

Job Requirements

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience as an IT Product Manager (or similar), preferably in a banking or regulated environment
• Strong hands-on experience with on-premise platforms (Windows, VMware, Linux, Middleware)
• Proven track record in defining strategy and building roadmaps, including translating vision into execution
• Solid foundation in enterprise platform environments
• Experience with large-scale platform transformations, migrations, and modernization
• Knowledge of automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and pattern development/identification
• Strong understanding of risk, compliance, auditability, and operational resilience
• Experience with release management and lifecycle governance
• Ability to balance long-term strategy with short-term delivery

Profile

• Strategic thinker with a strong execution mindset
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels
• Able to bring structure, clarity, and direction in complex environments
• Strong ownership and accountability for platform outcomes
• Consultative and influential, even without formal authority
• Focused on creating tangible value and continuous improvement
• Drives alignment across diverse stakeholder groups

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills; able to clearly document, position, and present complex topics
• Strong stakeholder management, including senior leadership
• Analytical and structured approach to problem-solving
• Able to bridge business, technology, and regulatory perspectives
• Proactive and results-driven mindset