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Seattle, Washington, United States
Hybrid
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
F5 is seeking a strategic and data-driven Product Manager, Employee Experience (EX) to join our team, specifically focused on Software and Hardware Asset Management (SAM) and Digital Stakeholder Engagement. In this role, you will be the product owner for our Software Asset Management strategy on the ServiceNow platform. You will serve as the bridge between technology, finance, and procurement, ensuring that our digital workplace is efficient, compliant, and cost-optimized. Your mission is to evolve how we manage the software lifecycle, ensuring every employee has the right tools to thrive while maintaining rigorous governance.
Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define and drive the vision for SAM within the F5 EX portfolio. Develop a comprehensive product roadmap for SAM and Software Asset and Rationalization Processes, balancing immediate operational needs with long-term automation and optimization goals.
ServiceNow SAM Platform Ownership: Lead the end-to-end management of the ServiceNow SAM Pro module. Drive maturity in software discovery, license compliance, reconciliation, and software reclamation workflows.
Stakeholder Orchestration: Act as the primary interface for digital stakeholders across IT, Security, Finance, and Procurement. Collaborate to align software procurement, deployment, and decommissioning processes with global business objectives.
Value Realization & Reporting: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of software assets. Provide regular reporting to senior leadership on software utilization, cost avoidance, and audit readiness.
Process Automation: Partner with engineering teams to design automated workflows that streamline software requests, approvals, and provisioning, reducing the administrative burden on employees and IT staff.
Vendor & Lifecycle Management: Monitor software lifecycles (versions, end-of-life status) and proactively identify opportunities to consolidate redundant software, negotiate renewals, or mitigate compliance risks.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the GRC and Security teams to ensure all software deployed is vetted, secure, and compliant with F5 standards.
5+ years of experience in Product Management, ideally with a focus on IT Service Management (ITSM), Software Asset Management (SAM), or enterprise digital platforms.
Deep familiarity with the ServiceNow platform, specifically on one of these - SAM Pro (Software Asset Management Professional), Zylo, Torii, Flexera, Productiv and its integration with other ServiceNow modules.
Proven track record of managing complex stakeholder relationships, particularly across Finance, Procurement, and IT.
Strong understanding of software licensing models (SaaS, Perpetual, Subscription) and IT asset lifecycle best practices.
Ability to translate complex business requirements into a prioritized product backlog and actionable user stories.
Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate it into meaningful insights and cost-saving recommendations.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional leaders.
Experience in an Agile development environment, working closely with engineering pods to deliver solutions.
The Job Description is a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $x - $x
F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $93,600.00 - $140,400.00F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.