Senior Director of Product Management (Backup & Disaster Recovery)

About Acronis

Acronis is a world leader in cyber protection, delivering natively integrated solutions that monitor, control, and protect the data that businesses and lives depend on. Driven by our passion to protect every workload, we’ve built the industry’s only all-in-one cyber protection platform. We are looking for a Senior Director of Product Management to join our mission of protecting the digital world.

Job Summary

As the Senior Director of Product Management for Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR), you will lead the strategic vision, roadmap, and execution of Acronis’ BDR product portfolio, shaping the future of data resilience in an era of evolving cyber threats and cloud transformation. This role is critical in driving innovation, scalability, and market competitiveness for our MSP focused and corporate solutions, ensuring Acronis remains at the forefront of intelligent, autonomous, and AI-driven data protection. You will manage a team of product managers overseeing Backup and DR products, collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to deliver best-in-class solutions for MSPs and their customers. This is more than a product leadership role - it’s an opportunity to redefine how the world approaches data protection, making Acronis the undisputed leader in intelligent, automated, and secure BDR innovation.

What You'll Do

• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and execute the long-term strategy for the Backup & Disaster Recovery product portfolio, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Roadmap Ownership: Lead the product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements based on market trends, customer feedback, and competitive analysis.
• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a dedicated team of product managers, fostering innovation and execution excellence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, and Support to deliver high-impact products.
• Market & Competitive Analysis: Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor offerings to position our products effectively.
• Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to gather insights and validate product direction.
• Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy: Partner with Marketing and Sales to drive product launches, messaging, and adoption.
• Metrics & Performance Tracking: Define KPIs, track product performance, and iterate based on data-driven insights.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in Backup, Disaster Recovery, Data Protection, and related enterprise IT infrastructure domains.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, managing product managers or cross-functional teams.
• Strong technical understanding of backup solutions (on-prem, cloud, hybrid), disaster recovery architectures, ransomware protection, and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to define product strategy, prioritize roadmaps, and drive execution.
• Knowledge of MSP business models and the automation of their processes in service delivery. Additional knowledge of providers and B2B IT services is highly desirable.
• Experience with planning, resourcing, budgeting, handling dependencies, long-term roadmaps, Agile environments, project management, and virtual teaming.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; an MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

Who We Are

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis offers over twenty years of innovation with 15 offices worldwide and more than 1800 employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Our corporate culture is focused on making a positive impact on the lives of each employee and the communities we serve. Mutual trust, respect and belief that we can contribute to the world everyday are the cornerstones of our team. Each member of our “A-Team” plays an instrumental role in driving the success of our innovative and expanding business. We seek individuals who excel in dynamic, global environments and have a never give up attitude, contributing to our collective growth and impact.

OUR INTERVIEW PRACTICES

To ensure a fair and genuine hiring process, candidates are expected to participate in interviews without the use of AI tools, automated prompts, or third-party assistance. Interviews are designed to assess individual skills, experience, and communication style and we value authentic, real-time interaction. Use of AI or external assistance during live interviews may result in disqualification. For roles where AI skills are being evaluated, permitted use of AI tools will be clearly communicated in advance. Candidates may be asked to disable virtual backgrounds or participate in in-person interviews. All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of applicable criminal, education and background checks. Acronis is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Key skills/competency

• Senior Director of Product Management Backup and Disaster Recovery
• Product Strategy
• Roadmap Development
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Market Analysis
• Customer Engagement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Backup Solutions
• Disaster Recovery