Director Of Product Management - Networking

In this role, you will lead and grow a team of product managers, partner closely with executive leadership, engineering, and go-to-market teams, and work directly with customers and partners to deliver impactful capabilties that move the business forward. You will translate market needs and business objectives into a clear, differentiated product strategy and ensure world-class execution that accelerates our companys growth and market leadership.
Responsibilities:
Lead our companys Networking product management team, owning the SD-WAN capabilities of our companys SASE platform. This includes customer network integration, site onramp and connectivity (HW sockets, virtual sockets, cloud interconnect etc.), routing, WAN optimization, QoS, traffic steering, resiliency, and performance across our companys worldwide cloud network.
Manage and lead a team of product managers, providing clear direction, mentorship, and support. Foster a high-performing, collaborative environment that encourages innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Work closely with customers, partners, engineering, sales and SE, marketing, operations and other teams to deliver industry-leading SD-WAN service at scale.
Act as a subject-matter expert for our companys SD-WAN and networking capabilities. Create and deliver compelling presentations and product narratives for customers, partners, Sales, Customer Success, and Professional Services.
Engage directly with customers and partners to understand real-world networking challenges, validate solutions, and ensure product-market fit.
Travel approximately once per quarter for customer and partner meetings.
Define and drive the SD-WAN/network product vision and roadmap, aligned with our companys overall strategy. Break down strategic goals into clear, actionable initiatives and manage execution across all relevant stakeholders.
Conduct market and customer research, write detailed product requirement and design documents, and lead end-to-end execution from concept through launch and adoption.