Technical Product Manager – WAN & Network Connectivity

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor seeks a seasoned networking leader to own the WAN/backbone product backlog and drive cross-company initiatives across data centers and interconnects.

You will define requirements for interconnect offerings, QoS capabilities, and traffic engineering, working with engineering and architecture teams to translate network capabilities into customer products.

Qualifikationen

• Experience designing, implementing, or operating large-scale WAN, backbone, or service-provider networks in senior roles.
• Hands-on familiarity with WAN technologies such as BGP, MPLS, segment routing, L2VPN/L3VPN, EVPN-VXLAN, and DWDM.
• Strong ability to coordinate cross-team initiatives and translate technical capabilities into customer-facing products.

Aufgaben

• Own and manage the product backlog for WAN connectivity service teams across data centers and interconnects.
• Lead cross-company initiatives for inter-region and cross-cloud connectivity, including capacity planning.
• Define product requirements for interconnect and Direct Connect-style offerings and QoS capabilities.
• Collaborate with network engineering on transport, routing, and traffic-engineering design to deliver scalable services.
• Partner with product marketing and pre/post-sales teams on publications, GTM activities, and customer engagement.
• Ensure delivery of WAN services meeting throughput, latency, availability, security, and reliability with clear SLAs.

Kenntnisse

WAN design

BGP

MPLS

SRv6

EVPN-VXLAN

L2/L3 VPN

DWDM

Traffic engineering

QoS

SLA design

Technical leadership

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product backlog for underlay and WAN connectivity service teams (data center fabric, backbone, interconnects, peering, and transit)
• Lead and coordinate cross-company initiatives for inter-region, inter-data-center, and cross-cloud connectivity, including capacity planning and expansion
• Define product requirements for interconnect and Direct Connect-style products, throughput and bandwidth tiers, QoS and traffic-engineering capabilities, and deliver them with engineering and architecture teams
• Work with network engineering on transport, routing, and traffic-engineering design (backbone capacity, path selection, congestion and QoS guarantees) to translate physical and logical network capabilities into customer-facing products
• Partner with product marketing and technical pre-sales/post-sales teams on technical publications, go-to-market activities, customer engagement, acquisition, and retention related to connectivity products
• Ensure the delivery of WAN and underlay services that meet high standards for throughput, latency, availability, security, and reliability, with clear SLAs

Requirements

• Experience designing, implementing, or operating large-scale WAN, backbone, or service-provider networks in senior engineering, architecture, or technical leadership roles (e.g., large enterprises, hyperscalers, cloud providers, telcos, ISPs, or other advanced technology companies)
• Hands-on familiarity with WAN and underlay technologies such as BGP, MPLS, segment routing (SR/SRv6), L2VPN/L3VPN, EVPN-VXLAN, DWDM/optical transport, traffic engineering, and QoS at scale
• Working knowledge of interconnect and peering models (IXP peering, private interconnects, carrier and transit relationships) and the economics of WAN capacity
• Strong technical expertise in at least two of the following areas:
• Backbone / WAN transport and capacity planning
• Routing and traffic engineering (BGP, SR/SRv6, MPLS)
• ISP or large-scale service-provider networking
• Interconnects, peering, and cross-cloud / hybrid connectivity
• QoS, congestion management, and SLA design for transport
• Proven track record of delivering complex technical initiatives requiring coordination across multiple teams or stakeholders
• Technical leadership experience is a strong plus
• Product management experience is not required, but a strong willingness to learn and grow into the role is essential

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in WAN and underlay technologies, including BGP, MPLS, and traffic engineering, while effectively managing product backlogs and cross-company initiatives to deliver high-quality connectivity services. Proven ability to collaborate with engineering, marketing, and sales teams to ensure customer satisfaction and meet service-level agreements.