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A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.

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Overview

Terraform and Ansible are critical tools in modern infrastructure management, each excelling at different stages of the infrastructure lifecycle. Terraform defines, provisions, and manages infrastructure through Infrastructure-as-Code, while Ansible Automation Platform enables powerful automation and configuration infrastructure operations post-deployment. By deeply integrating these products, we aim to create a seamless workflow spanning provisioning, configuration, and ongoing operational management.

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive deeper integration between Terraform and Ansible, specifically HCP Terraform and Ansible Automation Platform, to unlock advanced infrastructure automation workflows. You will lead the effort in defining product strategy, delivering highly cohesive experiences, and enabling organizations to streamline end-to-end infrastructure operations across provisioning, configuration, and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Product Strategy and Vision:

    • Define and execute the vision for deeper product integration between HCP Terraform and Ansible Automation Platform.

    • Identify opportunities for seamless handoff between Terraform’s infrastructure provisioning and Ansible’s post-provisioning automation and configuration management workflows.

    • Drive the creation of native integrations, enabling Terraform and Ansible users to achieve infrastructure lifecycle automation end-to-end

Integration and Workflow Development:

  • Design workflows that enhance interoperability between Terraform’s infrastructure management and Ansible’s configuration management capabilities.

  • Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams from both Terraform and Ansible to ensure seamless technical integration.

  • Explore and enable advanced automation workflows such as drift remediation, operational runbooks, compliance enforcement, and incident response by leveraging strengths of both Terraform and Ansible

Roadmap Prioritization and Delivery

  • Own and manage the product roadmap for the Terraform and Ansible integration, prioritizing high-impact integration points.

  • Develop clear Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) to guide engineering teams in creating intuitive integrations and new workflows.

  • Partner with engineering teams from HashiCorp and Ansible to deliver integration features on-time and at high quality.


  • Customer-Centric Product Development:

    • Engage closely with Terraform and Ansible users, understanding current gaps and opportunities to enhance infrastructure automation workflows.

    • Conduct customer interviews, usability testing, and market research to ensure integrations directly address real-world user needs.

    • Continuously iterate and refine integration features based on customer and community feedback.

  • Cross-Organization Collaboration:

    • Collaborate extensively with Red Hat and the Ansible Automation Platform teams to align integration priorities and ensure product compatibility.

    • Foster relationships across ecosystems, leveraging the strengths of both Terraform and Ansible to deliver a cohesive user experience.

  • Go-to-Market Support:

    • Collaborate with marketing, sales, support, and solutions engineering teams to effectively position and market the Terraform-Ansible integration.

    • Develop messaging highlighting the combined value of theTerraform and Ansible workflows for enterprise infrastructure automation.

    • Enable customer-facing teams to articulate clearly the benefits and competitive differentiation of the integrated product.

 

Attributes We Look For in Product Managers at HashiCorp

  • Humility: You listen to understand and collaborate effectively, recognizing the importance of community and teamwork.

  • Curiosity: You’re constantly exploring new ways to improve workflows and deliver value to both open-source users and enterprise customers.

  • Ownership: You take responsibility for driving product success, balancing immediate needs with long-term strategic vision.

  • Clear Communication: You have the ability to explain complex ideas simply and effectively, ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders.

  • Reflective: You embrace feedback and seek continuous improvement in your work and the products you manage.

Skills You Will Practice as a Product Manager at HashiCorp

  • Defining the product roadmap and strategy for cross-product integration

  • Collaborating closely with engineering, design, and partner teams (such as Red Hat Ansible).

  • Conducting customer and community research to understand and address infrastructure automation challenges.

  • Conducting customer research to understand how teams use Ansible and Terraform and where the integration points are.

  • Managing product backlogs to deliver impactful features, enhancing end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle management.

  • Collaborating with engineering and design to enhance cross-product workflows and address novel gaps in the complete management, configuration, and automation of infrastructure.

  • Enabling go-to-market teams with compelling positioning, product insights, and customer-focused messaging

Why Terraform & Ansible Integration?

Terraform excels at provisioning infrastructure, while Ansible excels at automating and configuring infrastructure after deployment. By deeply integrating these market-leading products, you’ll directly shape the future of end-to-end infrastructure automation, enabling customers to seamlessly transition from provisioning to ongoing management.


Joining the Terraform & Ansible integration team means driving innovation at the intersection of infrastructure provisioning, automation, and operational excellence. Your contributions will transform the experience for thousands of infrastructure professionals, simplifying complex workflows and enabling more reliable, efficient, and scalable cloud operations.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US

Educación requerida
Diploma de secundaria / GED
Educación preferida
Licenciatura
Experiencia profesional y técnica requerida
  • 5+ years of product management experience with developer tools, infrastructure automation, configuration management.
  • Strong technical understanding of Terraform, Ansible Automation Platform, and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows.
  • Experience designing or managing integrations between complex technical products or platforms.
  • Familiarity with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their ecosystems.
  • Proven track record of successful collaboration with external technology partners or ecosystem integrations.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize roadmap items based on customer and strategic impact, balancing open-source and commercial interests.
  • Demonstrated communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly in cross-company collaborations.
Experiencia técnica y profesional preferida
  • Familiarity with the IBM and HashiCorp product portfolio.

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  • Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
  • Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
  • Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
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