Senior Product Manager

Skills: TCP/IP, Network, Data Center, Spine, Leaf, Data Center Interconnect, EVPN, VxLAN, Cloud, Routing, Switching

About the Computer Networking Products Company / The Opportunity:

A company in the computer networking products industry develops solutions that help service providers, data centers, and enterprises build flexible, scalable networks. This opportunity is suited to a strategic product leader who can connect customer needs, market insight, and technical capabilities to grow a data center product line. You will collaborate with global teams and help shape product direction, market adoption, and business performance.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic marketing and business plans for data center products using market research, competitive analysis, pricing, and customer engagement.
• Identify new business opportunities, forecast product-line performance, and support revenue growth.
• Partner with technical product leaders, Sales, and Systems Engineering to shape product features and functionality.
• Represent customer use cases, feedback, and requirements to Sales and R&D, and coordinate resolution of customer support issues.
• Develop product roadmaps that identify growth opportunities and prioritize differentiating capabilities.
• Coordinate with Product Marketing on launches, campaigns, presentations, and sales enablement materials.
• Work with channel partners and customers, and represent the business at trade shows, webinars, and industry forums.

Must-Have Skills:

• At least 10 years of business product management experience with a network equipment manufacturer.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, and switching protocols.
• Knowledge of data center networking, including spine-leaf architectures, Data Center Interconnect, EVPN, and VxLAN.
• Experience with forecasting, pricing analysis, and product business planning.
• Ability to translate customer requirements and market insights into product roadmaps and business opportunities.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong collaboration, prioritization, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and long-term goals.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud networking and virtualized network solutions.
• Background in product marketing, go-to-market planning, or sales enablement for networking products.
• Experience working with global teams, channel partners, and enterprise or service provider customers.
• Familiarity with network operating systems and disaggregated networking models.