Principal, Product Manager

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Job Description:

Principal, Product Manager – Global Platform Solutions

Ingram Micro is looking for a  Principal, Product Manager to lead the strategy, design, and execution of innovative platform and vendor solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.

This is a strategic product leadership role at the intersection of  Product Management, Solution Architecture, Technology, Vendor Partnerships, and Business Transformation .

The ideal candidate combines strong product management capabilities with the ability to understand complex technology ecosystems, design end-to-end solutions, work directly with strategic vendors and partners, and drive initiatives from  concept → solution → build → launch → adoption → measurable value .

The role also requires fluency in emerging technologies, particularly  AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI , and the ability to identify practical opportunities to apply these technologies to enhance platform capabilities, automate workflows, and create differentiated vendor and partner solutions.

Your Role

Lead Platform & Vendor Solution Initiatives

- Own product strategy and solution definition for significant platform and vendor initiatives.
- Translate customer, partner, vendor, and business needs into scalable product solutions.
- Define product vision, capabilities, requirements, MVP scope, roadmaps, and success metrics.
- Identify opportunities to improve platform adoption, customer experience, automation, revenue, and operational efficiency.
- Develop reusable capabilities and solution patterns that can scale across vendors and markets.
- Partner with senior product and business leaders to align initiatives with broader platform strategy.

Product Management + Solution Architecture

- Operate as a  product leader with strong solution architecture capabilities .
- Design end-to-end solutions spanning applications, APIs, data, integrations, workflows, business rules, and downstream systems.
- Translate complex business requirements into practical and scalable product and technology solutions.
- Partner with architecture and engineering teams to validate technical approaches and feasibility.
- Understand system dependencies, integration requirements, data flows, and operational impacts.
- Balance customer value, technical complexity, scalability, cost, and speed to market.
- Drive solutions toward reusable platform capabilities rather than one-off implementations.

Drive Strategic Vendor & Partner Solutions

- Work directly with strategic technology vendors and partners to identify and develop new solution opportunities.
- Understand vendor products, technologies, APIs, data, business models, and priorities.
- Lead vendor discovery, solution design, requirements, integration planning, pilots, and launches.
- Define the platform capabilities and vendor investments required to enable differentiated solutions.
- Build trusted relationships with vendor product, technology, and business teams.
- Identify opportunities to expand vendor solutions into additional customers, markets, and use cases.
- Partner with senior leadership on strategic vendor initiatives and executive engagements.

Apply AI & Emerging Technologies

- Identify practical opportunities to apply AI to platform experiences, products, and business processes.
- Evaluate opportunities to evolve workflows from  manual → automated → AI-assisted → agentic .
- Incorporate meaningful AI opportunities into product roadmaps and solution strategies.
- Partner with architecture, engineering, data, and AI teams to develop AI-enabled capabilities.
- Work with vendors and partners to understand their AI capabilities and identify opportunities to create new solution offers.
- Stay current on emerging technology and translate relevant innovations into actionable product opportunities.

Drive Innovation & Growth

- Identify opportunities to increase  revenue, gross profit, customer acquisition, partner growth, portfolio penetration, and platform adoption .
- Develop business cases and hypotheses for new products, capabilities, and solution opportunities.
- Lead pilots, MVPs, and experiments to validate high-value opportunities.
- Identify opportunities for cross-sell, upsell, subscriptions, services, automation, and marketplace expansion.
- Use customer, partner, vendor, and platform insights to identify opportunities for growth and product improvement.
- Establish KPIs and measure outcomes after launch to continuously optimize solutions.

Own End-to-End Execution

- Drive initiatives from  discovery through launch, adoption, and value realization .
- Translate strategy and solution concepts into executable product backlogs and roadmaps.
- Partner with engineering, architecture, UX, data, operations, commercial, finance, and vendor teams.
- Manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and cross-functional decisions.
- Remove execution blockers and maintain momentum across teams.
- Ensure solutions are delivered with quality and achieve intended customer and business outcomes.

What you bring to the role:

- 8+ years of experience  in product management, solution architecture, technology strategy, digital transformation, consulting, or enterprise technology.
- Proven experience leading complex products, solutions, or technology initiatives from  concept through execution and measurable outcomes .
- Strong combination of  product management and solution design/architecture  skills.
- Experience working across complex enterprise systems, APIs, integrations, data, and business processes.
- Experience working with technology vendors, partners, or enterprise customers.
- Ability to translate emerging technology into practical product and business solutions.
- Strong understanding of enterprise platforms, APIs, cloud/SaaS, integrations, and digital commerce.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous and fast-moving environments.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in  B2B technology distribution, cloud, SaaS, cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, or enterprise technology .
- Experience working with major technology vendors, hyperscalers, or ISVs.
- Experience building AI-enabled products or business solutions.
- Experience with  CPQ/configuration, digital commerce, subscriptions, renewals, marketplaces, lifecycle management, or partner ecosystems .
- Experience taking products or solutions from  0→1 and scaling from 1→N .
- Experience working in agile product development environments.
- Experience developing joint solutions or go-to-market initiatives with technology vendors.