Product Manager 2

Primary Responsibilities:

• Product Ownership and Strategy (20%)
• Own and drive specific cloud networking product areas within the Public Cloud portfolio, including connectivity, ingress/egress, service networking, network security, traffic management, DNS, and hybrid cloud networking
• Partner with senior product leadership to define vision, roadmap priorities, and quarterly objectives for networking capabilities
• Work closely with application teams to understand networking challenges, onboarding friction points, and operational pain points
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, self-service experiences, scalability, and developer productivity
• Translate business and technical requirements into product roadmaps and delivery plans
• Execution and Delivery (60%)
• Manage and prioritize networking product backlogs across multiple engineering teams
• Define detailed product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and success metrics
• Lead delivery of cloud networking initiatives spanning Azure, AWS, and GCP environments
• Drive improvements in cloud onboarding, network provisioning, firewall automation, service connectivity, and developer enablement workflows
• Coordinate delivery dependencies across engineering, security, compliance, infrastructure, and operations teams
• Monitor product health, adoption metrics, reliability measures, and customer satisfaction indicators
• Support release planning, testing, rollout strategies, and operational readiness activities
• Drive issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives through customer feedback and operational insights
• Stakeholder Management and Collaboration (20%)
• Serve as a trusted partner to engineering managers, architects, security teams, and application stakeholders
• Facilitate alignment across multiple teams with competing priorities and objectives
• Communicate roadmap progress, delivery updates, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes to leadership
• Support portfolio-level planning, quarterly business reviews, and strategic initiatives
• Champion customer-focused product development and data-driven decision making
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications (8-12+ years):

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of product management experience with technical infrastructure, cloud platform, networking, or enterprise technology products
• 3+ years of experience working with public cloud technologies including Azure, AWS, and/or GCP
• Experience working with cloud-native networking services such as Azure Virtual Network, AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Cloud DNS, Azure DNS, Application Gateway, Load Balancers, and related technologies
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams using Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including routing, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, private connectivity, VPNs, and hybrid networking
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements and customer value propositions
• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and successfully deliver complex initiatives
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision making
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to technical and business stakeholders

Core Competencies:

• Technical Acumen: Deep understanding of cloud networking architectures, connectivity patterns, security controls, and infrastructure automation
• Customer Focus: Demonstrated ability to understand application team needs and translate feedback into product improvements
• Execution Excellence: Solid track record of delivering complex infrastructure or platform capabilities at scale
• Collaboration and Influence: Ability to drive alignment across engineering, security, operations, and business stakeholders without direct authority
• Strategic Thinking: Capable of connecting day-to-day product execution with broader platform and business objectives
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Experience using adoption metrics, operational KPIs, and customer feedback to guide priorities and measure success

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, or networking certifications
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep
• Experience with Kubernetes networking concepts and container platforms
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud transformations
• Experience using AI-powered productivity tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Azure AI services
• Understanding of Zero Trust networking principles and cloud security architecture
• Familiarity with developer platforms, self-service infrastructure, and platform engineering practices