Senior Product Manager, AVD Hybrid

About Nerdio

At Nerdio, our mission is to simplify the lives of IT professionals and maximize their Microsoft cloud and end user computing investments. 

We support organizations of all sizes looking to deploy, manage, and cost-optimize native Microsoft technologies. We partner with Enterprises and Managed Service Providers all over the world to add value on top of their existing native Microsoft investments like Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Windows 365, and Microsoft Intune. 

Created in 2016, Nerdio has always taken a market-leading and collaborative approach to cloud deployment and management.  In fact, our product roadmap is greatly influenced by the regular feedback we receive from having seen companies deploy AVD into production environments several thousand times using Nerdio technology. 

Today, Nerdio is used in over 50 countries by more than 5,000 organizations of every size and vertical. We’re committed to delivering exceptional service and support, which starts with identifying and supporting the best staff possible. 

We are a fast-moving, nimble company looking for individuals who are collaborative, empathetic, driven and who love to move at the speed of light. If you want to be part of the AVD transformation that Microsoft and Nerdio are leading, then we want to speak with you.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product management efforts for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Hybrid support and migration tools as part of Nerdio Manager for Enterprise. This individual contributor role, reporting into the Sr. Director, Enterprise Product, will be pivotal in shaping Nerdio’s strategy for accelerating customer migrations from legacy VDI platforms. 

What you'll do

• Lead AVD Hybrid Strategy: Spearhead product management efforts for AVD Hybrid support, defining the roadmap for extending Azure Virtual Desktop capabilities to on-premises environments such as Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphere, and Microsoft Hyper-V. 

• Drive Migration Tooling: Shape the product strategy for accelerating customer migrations from legacy VDI platforms to AVD conversions.

• Define Technical Specs: Author comprehensive product specifications (PRDs), ensuring engineering and design teams have clear requirements. 

• Strategic Partnership Execution: Collaborate with the leadership team to execute on technical deliverables for key alliance partnerships, ensuring joint roadmap items are delivered on schedule. 

• Customer & Market Engagement: Engage with enterprise customers and channel partners to validate AVD Hybrid usage scenarios and migration friction points, using feedback to refine the product backlog. 

• Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive alignment across engineering, marketing, and sales to ensure successful go-to-market of new capabilities. 
  

Qualifications

• Proven ability to translate technical requirements into clear product specifications with a detail-oriented mindset. 

• Strong understanding of DaaS/VDI and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) technologies. 

• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously. 

• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical details and executive-level strategy. 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to identify customer needs and provided tailored solutions. 

• Demonstrated success in an individual contributor role while influencing cross-functional teams. 
  

Required Experience 

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in product management or equivalent experience, preferably in end-user computing (EUC) solutions such as Desktop as a Service (DaaS) or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). 

• Strong familiarity with Nutanix AOS/AHV, VMware vSphere/ESXi, and/or Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM is strongly preferred. 

• Strong understanding of Agile product management methodology, techniques, and strategies. 

• Strong proficiency using development lifecycle tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA. 
  

Benefits and Incentives

• Competitive Base + Incentive Plan
• Stock Options
• Health and Welfare Plans*
• Life and Disability Plans*
• Retirement Plan*
• Unlimited Flexible Paid Time Off......including your birthday off!
• Collaborative Team Culture

* Benefits for international employees, outside the US, vary by country. 

Nerdio is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Nerdio is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.