Position Summary

Do you have a knack for identifying the key issues & getting to the heart of the problem?

Do you excel at making complex subjects simple?

Are you organized, methodical & structured?

Are you keenly interested in cloud computing & other disruptive technologies?

Bell’s National Hosting Service team is looking for a Product Manager to manage & guide the company’s cloud computing product launches, strategy & future roadmap. Reporting to the Director of Product Management for Hosting & Cloud Computing, you will be working in a fast paced environment on a number of strategically important projects & new product introductions.

Division Overview

Bell Hosting is the home of managed IT data centre & cloud computing services within Bell Canada. We manage several state-of-the-art data centers across the country (Calgary, Toronto & Montreal) and work with our clients to provide the highest level of security, redundancy and monitoring available. Our product offering includes traditional co-location, managed hosting services, as well as new cloud based services including Virtual Data Centre & Software-as-a-Service offers.

Position Detail

As the Product Manager for Cloud Infrastructure Services, your tasks will include

Identifying technologies & trends, and understanding how to use those technologies to solve customer problems, specifically relating to Cloud Infrastructure

IaaS, Cloud Storage, Virtual Desktop, Backup & Recovery as a Service, PaaS

Building a detailed business case and product description from early development to final approval and launch

Communicating the value of a solution and longer-term product roadmap to your colleagues in sales & marketing, at both front-line and senior executive levels

Creating & coordinating sales promotional & marketing activities to increase awareness and drive sales of Bell’s offers

Staying on top of market activities & keeping your peers & colleagues informed of the implications of new developments & innovations

Working with key vendors to understand how to position Bell’s strategy & their services to develop unique, valuable products & solutions for our customers

The following list details some of the main responsibilities of a Product Manager.  Additional tasks and responsibilities may be added as required.

Product Offering

Identify opportunities and anticipate competitive offers in the market by managing the roadmap for features and services

Develop business cases in support of new products & services or proposed feature enhancements

Sales support & deal management

Create & maintain sales support documentation & prices on products, data centers & associated services for use by sales & end customers

“Sell” our internal stakeholder teams on the value of new products & services, and provide those teams with the necessary tools for them to be successful in executing your vision

Market Intelligence

Monitor the industry & identify new opportunities for product introductions

Monitor competitors & build a library of competitive information

Other Key Activities

Serve as main contact point for questions relating to the product in question, and work with Operations to address technical questions

Support Product Managers & Sales in other geographies

Required Knowledge & Qualifications

A self-starter with demonstrated initiative, enthusiasm & energy

Previous product management experience

Superior written skills, capable of writing marketing documentation, product descriptions & other sales related materials

Knowledge of hosting products & services with a basic technical background in the following areas

Cloud Services – Virtualization, Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platforms as a Service, and general cloud definitions

IT Services – Servers, Storage, Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Firewalls, VPNs, Backups, Monitoring

Networking – IP Addressing, NAT, BGP, Peering, Routing, Ethernet, MPLS

Fundamental costing & financial analysis expertise

Activity based costing

Gross margin, EBITDA & Contribution Margins

Understanding of Discounted Cash Flows & Present Value  calculations a plus

Experience with project management, process management & redesign

Experience with the Bell NPI process is a plus

Desired Knowledge & Qualifications

Previous financial analysis & business/reporting analyst experience

Extensive Microsoft Excel experience

Financial modeling , Advanced Excel tool design

Bilingualism

Additional Information:

Position Type: Full time permanent – CP3

Company name: Bell Canada
Resource person's name:  Sharon Inkster
Date Candidate Required: ASAP
Application Deadline:  2010-12-31

Job Location: GTA or Montreal

Employee Referral Bonus: $1500.


The masculine and feminine used in this job offer refer equally to employees of both sexes and in no way represent a particular distinction based on gender. Bell is an equal opportunity employer.
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