Associate Product Manager-Ansible Automation Platform

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Job Summary

The Red Hat Products Organization is looking for a motivated early-career Product Manager to join the Ansible Automation Platform team in this role you will help design develop and manage activities across the full product lifecycle from product definition and planning through development release and end of life. You will serve as a central resource connecting engineering quality marketing and go-to-market functions as Ansible Automation Platform evolves through new releases modifications upgrades and ongoing maintenance. You will learn to translate customer needs into product outcomes while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the products success at every stage.

Youll join a culture where diverse perspectives drive better decisions the best ideas win regardless of where they come from and people are empowered to take thoughtful risks. Freedom and courage are core Red Hat values: youll be encouraged to explore the unknown develop your strengths and stick with hard problems until theyre solved.

What you will do:

• Gather and synthesize input from users customers partners and internal stakeholders to identify needs pain points and opportunities for Ansible Automation Platform.

• Leverage AI-assisted research and analysis tools to conduct competitive intelligence documenting the strengths weaknesses and positioning of alternative solutions.

• Author and prioritize requirements epics and user stories for upcoming releases using data and customer evidence to justify decisions.

• Collaborate with engineering UX and other cross-functional partners to design and deliver product capabilities that solve real business problems.

• Use AI tools (e.g. large language models copilots automation) to accelerate routine product management workflows such as drafting documentation summarizing customer feedback analyzing usage data and generating stakeholder communications.

• Coordinate with peer product managers to ensure alignment reduce duplication and maintain a consistent experience across the Ansible portfolio.

• Contribute to go-to-market activities including release messaging enablement content and customer-facing communications.

What you will bring:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to distill complex technical concepts for varied audiences.

• Demonstrated curiosity and a bias toward learning comfort picking up new tools technologies and domains quickly.

• Foundational understanding of the software product development lifecycle (Agile Scrum or similar methodologies).

• Ability to manage multiple tasks set priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data (quantitative and qualitative) to support product decisions.

• Customer-focused approach genuine interest in understanding user problems before jumping to solutions.

• Familiarity or willingness to develop proficiency with AI and machine-learning-assisted tools to enhance productivity research and decision-making.

• Effective collaboration skills and comfort working as part of a distributed cross-functional team.

• Bachelors degree (completed or in progress) in Computer Science Engineering Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Linux cloud infrastructure DevOps practices or IT automation concepts.

• Familiarity with Ansible or other configuration management / automation tools.

• Experience using AI coding assistants prompt engineering or other generative AI tools in academic or project work.

• Contributions to open-source projects hackathons or technical communities.

Pay Transparency

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About Red Hat

Red Hat is the worlds leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux cloud container and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries our associates work flexibly across work environments from in-office to office-flex to fully remote depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas no matter their title or tenure. Were a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative passionate people ready to contribute their ideas help solve complex problems and make an impact.

Benefits
Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability paid family medical leave and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan family planning reimbursement tuition reimbursement transportation expense account employee assistance program and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.

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