F5 Networks

Senior Product Manager

F5 Networks$162K — $244K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in Product Management, focusing on internal tools or enterprise software
  • Strong understanding of generative AI concepts and their application in business operations
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with an ability to influence teams without direct authority
  • Proven experience in Agile environments, managing product backlogs and delivering iterative value
  • Excellent communication skills for translating technical AI concepts into business value

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and other business units to identify core challenges
  • Implement F5's AI transformation strategy across business functions
  • Serve as a trusted advisor for business leaders on leveraging AI for organizational goals
  • Translate specific business needs into prioritized agentic use cases
  • Own the backlog for AI solutions, balancing impact and feasibility
  • Drive AI tool adoption and agentic workflows across the company
  • Define and track KPIs tied to AI adoption and business value

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence enterprise AI strategy and platform development
  • Work at the intersection of AI, engineering, and governance
  • Chance to drive innovation responsibly within all teams
  • Incentive compensation and potential for bonuses and stock options
  • Variety of health and wellness benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description: Senior Product Manager
Role Summary

F5 Digital is building the enterprise AI muscle that will power the next generation of intelligent, secure, and scalable internal platforms. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to act as the primary bridge between our AI platforms and our core business functions.

This role will partner directly with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and other business units to implement F5's 5-pillar AI transformation strategy. The Senior PM will translate function-specific needs into prioritized agentic use cases and drive measurable AI adoption across the enterprise.

The ideal candidate combines strong product management fundamentals with excellent stakeholder management, a deep understanding of business operations, and the ability to drive measurable outcomes through AI transformation.
Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnership & Strategy
  • Partner directly with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and other business functions to understand their core challenges and workflows.
  • Implement and drive F5's AI transformation strategy within these specific business units.
  • Act as the trusted advisor for business leaders on how AI can accelerate their specific organizational goals.

Product Ownership & Use Case Translation
  • Translate function-specific business needs into clearly defined, prioritized agentic use cases.
  • Own the backlog for business-facing AI solutions, balancing impact with technical feasibility.
  • Collaborate with engineering and the core AI platform teams to deliver these solutions iteratively.

Adoption & Change Management
  • Drive measurable adoption of AI tools and agentic workflows across the enterprise.
  • Partner with Enablement teams to create training, documentation, and rollout plans tailored to specific business functions.

Governance & Responsible AI
  • Ensure business-specific AI solutions adhere to enterprise governance, security, and cost-management standards.
  • Help business units navigate the AI Innovation Review process for new tool requests.

Metrics & Business Impact
  • Define and track KPIs tied to functional AI adoption, usage, and measurable business value (e.g., time saved, revenue influenced).
  • Partner with stakeholders to baseline and quantify ROI for AI-enabled workflows within their departments.
Required Skills & Experience
  • 6+ years of Product Management experience, preferably focusing on internal tools, enterprise software, or digital transformation.
  • Strong understanding of generative AI concepts and how they apply to practical business operations (Sales, Marketing, CS).
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Proven ability to operate in Agile environments, manage backlogs, and deliver iterative value.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical AI concepts into business value.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior experience working directly with GTM (Go-to-Market) teams like Sales or Customer Success.
  • Understanding of no-code / low-code automation platforms and workflow tools.
  • Experience quantifying ROI for internal productivity tools.
What Success Looks Like
  • Successfully execute the 5-pillar AI transformation strategy across key business functions.
  • Launch prioritized agentic use cases that solve real, function-specific problems.
  • Drive measurable week-over-week growth in AI tool adoption within partnered business units.
  • Quantify and report on the ROI and business impact of deployed AI workflows.
Why Join F5 Digital?

This is an opportunity to help shape F5's enterprise AI foundation and build a platform that empowers every team to innovate responsibly with AI. You will work at the intersection of AI strategy, platform engineering, governance, and real-world business impact-defining how F5 scales intelligent automation across the company.

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: $162,800.00 - $244,200.00

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 [redacted].com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks, Inc. is a global company that specializes in application services and application delivery networking (ADN). F5 technologies focus on the delivery, security, performance, and availability of web applications, as well as the availability of servers, cloud resources, data storage devices, and other networking components. F5 Networks is a leading provider of application delivery networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other networking components. F5 Networks is a leading provider of application delivery networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other networking components. F5 Networks is a leading provider of application delivery networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other networking components.
Learn more about F5 Networks
Size
6,461 employees
Market Cap
$8.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$296.5 million
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+5.2%
Revenue
$2.4 billion
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