Senior Product Manager, SD-WAN Location : San Jose
Extreme Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager for SD-WAN to own product strategy, roadmap, and market delivery for AI-driven, cloud-managed SD-WAN solutions. This role will connect branch routing, network security, cloud integrations, and Fabric-to-the-Edge strategy to help enterprises modernize for a cloud-first, AI-powered future.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, this high-impact role owns a strategic product line and partners across engineering, GTM, sales, and customers to strengthen Extreme's position in the SD-WAN market.
Core Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Define the SD-WAN vision, roadmap, priority use cases, and AI-driven automation strategy
- Use market, customer, and competitive insights to identify differentiation and prioritize investments
- Build a compelling product narrative around cloud-managed SD-WAN, edge intelligence, and self-healing networks
Fabric-to-the-Edge Strategy
- Lead Fabric-to-the-Edge use cases that connect data center fabric, branch SD-WAN, routing, switching, and policy automation
- Position SD-WAN as a key enabler of unified edge management and distributed services
Engineering Collaboration & Requirements
- Translate customer and market needs into clear engineering requirements, priorities, and specifications
- Partner with engineering on architecture, feasibility, trade-offs, and delivery planning
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead planning, check-ins, retrospectives, and launch readiness across engineering, QA, product marketing, and sales
- Align teams on OKRs, milestones, trade-offs, and product decisions
Cloud & SaaS Platform Evolution
- Evolve SD-WAN with Extreme's SaaS cloud platform, analytics, automation, and network services
- Support subscription and consumption models while ensuring operational excellence, security, and compliance
Go-To-Market (GTM) Execution
- Partner with sales and product marketing on messaging, positioning, enablement, battle cards, and training
- Shape MSP, channel, pricing, packaging, and bundling strategies to drive adoption and expansion
Customer & Partner Advocacy
- Engage customers, partners, advisory boards, and escalations to turn feedback into product insight
- Drive innovation in network visibility, intelligence, and AI-assisted operations
Key Requirements
Experience
- 10+ years in product management, including 5+ years in SaaS, SD-WAN, Routing, cloud networking, security, or enterprise infrastructure
- Proven record shipping products or major features that drove adoption, revenue, or market differentiation
- Experience in B2B networking, security, infrastructure, or platform software markets
Technical & Domain Expertise
- Strong understanding of enterprise networking, SD-WAN architecture, routing, switching, branch gateways, appliance hardware, and cloud connectivity
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, hybrid/multi-cloud architectures, AIOps, network analytics, and fabric/edge use cases
Platform & Product Knowledge
- Experience with unified cloud-managed platforms, SaaS, multi-tenant systems, subscription models, and managed networking services
- Experience with SD-WAN hardware platforms, appliance lifecycle, performance benchmarks, operational characteristics, MSPs, and channel ecosystems
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Strong cross-functional leadership, executive communication, analytical thinking, and customer empathy
- Comfort working through ambiguity, making trade-offs, and adapting to market feedback
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Extreme Networks, Cisco Meraki, VMware SD-WAN, or similar platforms
- Technical background in networking, security, open-source networking, or SD-WAN deployment and troubleshooting
- Knowledge of GTM execution, compliance frameworks, Fabric-to-the-Edge, or converged fabric architectures
$190,000 - $240,000 a year