Ingram Micro

Sr. Principal, Product Manager - Global Platform Solutions

Ingram Micro$158K — $270K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in product management or related disciplines.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or similar; MBA preferred.
  • Strong product management and solution architecture expertise.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without authority at senior levels.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise platforms and SaaS/cloud business models.
  • Proficient in agile methodologies and modern software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategic platform innovation by owning the solution vision and business case development.
  • Serve as end-to-end solution architect, translating business strategy into product execution.
  • Lead product lifecycle from concept to market, ensuring measurable business value.
  • Collaborate with technology vendors to develop AI-powered solutions and strategies.
  • Identify and incubate new growth opportunities, focusing on innovative business models.
  • Present strategy and outcomes to executive stakeholders, influencing alignment across teams.
  • Create scalable capabilities that generate value and improve operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits including access to medical and dental plans.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Wellbeing benefits for overall health and wellness support.
Full Job Description

Ingram Micro is seeing aSenior Principal, Product Managerto lead the design and execution of high-impact, innovative solutions across our digital platform and strategic vendor ecosystem.

This is astrategic product leadership role at the intersection of product management, solution architecture, AI, technology, and business transformation. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable engaging with C-suite stakeholders and strategic vendors, defining product vision, designing complex solutions, and driving cross-functional execution through measurable business outcomes.

The ideal candidate is astrategic builder and technology leaderwho can identify high-value business opportunities, architect innovative solutions, leverage emerging AI and agentic technologies, and lead them end-to-end fromstrategy 1 solution design1 product 1 launch 1 adoption 1 measurable business outcomes.

This role is for abuilder and change agentwho can operate in ambiguity, simplify complex problems, influence without authority, and turn ideas into scalable platform capabilities identifying where AI, generative AI, intelligent automation, and agentic AI can fundamentally reinvent how partners, vendors, and customers interact with the platform.

What You1ll Do

1. Drive Strategic Platform Innovation

  • Own the strategy and solution vision for complex, high-value initiatives across the platform and strategic vendor ecosystem.

  • Partner directly with key technology vendors and platform partners to identify opportunities forrevenue growth, customer acquisition, partner expansion, portfolio penetration, automation, and operational efficiency.

  • Translate vendor strategies, market trends, customer needs, and business priorities into differentiated platform solutions.

  • Identify opportunities to create reusable capabilities that can scale across multiple vendors, markets, and customer segments.

  • Establish the business case, value proposition, roadmap, investment requirements, and success metrics for strategic initiatives.

2. Serve as a Product Leader + Solution Architect

  • Serve as theend-to-end solution architect with a product mindset, connecting business strategy to technology execution.

  • Translate complex business problems into scalable product and technology solutions.

  • Define product vision, capabilities, user journeys, requirements, MVPs, roadmaps, and release strategies.

  • Balance business value, technical feasibility, scalability, security, cost, and speed to market.

  • Create reusable solution patterns that can scale across vendors, markets, and customer segments.

  • Ensure solutions are designed for adoption, operational readiness, and measurable business impact.

3. Own the Full Product Lifecycle

  • Lead initiatives fromconcept through production and measurable business value.

  • Develop product vision, strategy, requirements, user journeys, capabilities, MVP scope, roadmap, and release strategy.

  • Translate complex business problems into clear product requirements and executable epics/features.

  • Partner with engineering, architecture, UX, data, operations, commercial teams, finance, legal, and vendor teams to drive execution.

  • Remove roadblocks, manage dependencies, make trade-offs, and maintain accountability for outcomes.

  • Ensure solutions are adopted, scaled, continuously improved, and deliver the intended business value.

4. Drive AI Solutions with Strategic Vendors & Partners

  • Work directly with strategic technology vendors and partners to identify opportunities to combine their technologies, products, data, and AI capabilities with the platform.

  • Help vendors and partners developAI-powered solution offersthat can be brought to market through the platform.

  • Understand emerging AI technologies, architectures, models, agent frameworks, APIs, data platforms, and cloud services sufficiently to translate them into business and commercial solutions.

  • Develop joint AI solution strategies with vendors, hyperscalers, ISVs, and technology partners.

  • Identify opportunities to create differentiatedAI bundles, solutions, services, and commercial offerings.

  • Define the capabilities and integrations required from vendors to enable scalable AI solutions.

  • Establish joint go-to-market strategies and commercialization models for AI-powered solutions.

5. Create New Revenue & Growth Opportunities

  • Proactively identify and incubate new growth opportunities across the platform.

  • Developgrowth bets, business cases, experiments, and commercialization strategies.

  • Look beyond incremental feature development to identify opportunities for new business models, automation, subscriptions, services, cross-sell, renewals, marketplace expansion, and platform monetization.

  • Define measurable outcomes including revenue, gross profit, adoption, customer acquisition, partner growth, attach rate, retention, automation, and productivity.

  • Establish mechanisms to rapidly test, validate, scale, or stop new ideas.

6. Influence at Executive Level

  • Present strategy, investment cases, solution architectures, roadmaps, and business outcomes to senior executives.

  • Build alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities and interests.

  • Communicate complex technical and business concepts with clarity and executive-level perspective.

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to business, technology, product, and vendor leadership.

  • Establish credibility as a subject-matter expert and thought leader across platform and vendor solutions.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means transforming the platform into amore intelligent, automated, partner-centric, and AI-powered business platform.

You will be expected to:

  • Launch high-impact solutions that generate measurablerevenue and gross-profit growth.

  • Accelerate strategic vendor onboarding and platform adoption.

  • Increase partner/customer acquisition and platform engagement.

  • Create reusable capabilities that scale across vendors and markets.

  • Reduce manual processes through automation and AI.

  • Improve speed fromidea 1 solution 1 market 1 value realization.

  • Establish strategic vendor partnerships that create differentiated platform capabilities.

  • Turn ambiguous business problems into scalable, executable solutions.

  • Build a pipeline of strategic innovation opportunities and convert the highest-value opportunities into production solutions.

What You Bring to the Role

  • 10+ years of experiencein product management, solution architecture, technology strategy, digital transformation, platform development, consulting, or related discipline.

  • Bachelor1s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; MBA or advanced degree is a plus

  • Proven track record of leadingcomplex, cross-functional technology and business initiatives from concept through execution and measurable outcomes.

  • Strong combination ofproduct management and solution architecturecapabilities.

  • Experience designing solutions involving multiple systems, APIs, data flows, business processes, and technology platforms.

  • Demonstrated experience working withstrategic technology vendors, partners, or enterprise customers.

  • Strong understanding of enterprise platforms, SaaS/cloud business models, digital commerce, APIs, integrations, and modern technology architectures.

  • Experience developing business cases and translating strategy into investment decisions and executable roadmaps.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives, stakeholders and cross-functional teams without direct authority.

  • Exceptional strategic thinking, structured problem solving, communication, and executive presence.

  • Ability to operate effectively in highly ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

  • Strong understanding of agile product development and modern software delivery practices.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience inB2B technology distribution, cloud, SaaS, cybersecurity, networking, infrastructure, or enterprise technology ecosystems.

  • Experience working with major technology vendors and hyperscalers.

  • Experience with digital commerce, marketplaces, subscriptions, renewals, lifecycle management, CPQ/configuration, or partner ecosystems.

  • Experience applyingAI/ML or agentic AIto automate business processes and create new customer or partner experiences.

  • Experience building platforms or products that operate across multiple countries, markets, vendors, or business models.

  • Experience taking new concepts from01 and scaling them from 11N.

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The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,900.00 - $270,100.00 per year.

The ranges above reflect the potential annual base pay across the U.S. for all roles; the applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate1s primary work location, pay grade, and variable compensation plan. Individual base pay within each range depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time of hire. New hires starting base pay generally falls in the bottom half (between the minimum and midpoint) of a pay range.

At Ingram Micro certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus or sales incentives and long-term incentives. These awards are allocated based on position level and individual performance. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.

This is not a complete listing of the job duties.It1s a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.

Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

About Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro is a leading technology distributor, providing a wide range of products and services to customers around the world. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services, including hardware, software, and cloud-based solutions. Ingram Micro is committed to providing high-quality products and services to its customers, and has a strong reputation for innovation and reliability in the industry. The company operates in markets around the world, and has a strong presence in North America, Europe, and Asia. Ingram Micro is dedicated to sustainability and environmental responsibility, and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
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