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.