PRODUCT DIRECTOR- 10391

Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions. They rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver unprecedented progress. With double-digit growth year over year, no provider is better positioned to deliver scalable outcomes than Extreme.

About the role

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.

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

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

Pay

$170,000 - $215,000 a year