AI-Driven Network Automation Lead (Edge & Cloud)

Verizon; Florida; Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Verizon seeks a forward-thinking Technical Product Development Manager to lead the growth of our next-generation Network Automation and AI products. This role blends technical leadership with strategic business acumen to build and launch advanced AI offerings across Edge, Cloud, and data centers.

The ideal candidate combines expertise in AI architectures, model frameworks, and agentic systems with hands-on experience in SD-WAN, SASE, and modern WAN topologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience.
• Five or more years of technical product management delivering enterprise-grade networking or AI software.
• Strong foundation in DIA, EVPL, MPLS, SD-WAN, SASE, zero-trust security, or high-density data center architectures.
• Hands-on experience developing AI solutions across Edge, Cloud, Data Centers, or NeoClouds.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Drive convergence of WAN topologies—SD-WAN and SASE—into a unified AI Fabric for high-throughput, low-latency traffic.
• Architect and productize AI services, including AI Gateways, intelligent AI Routers, token brokering, MCPs, and Semantic Caching layers.
• Apply AI technologies to automate operations, optimize service delivery, and advance autonomous networks.
• Architect scalable AI platform infrastructure; manage agent identification, orchestration, and real-time monitoring.
• Lead end-to-end design and PoCs in public cloud and lab environments.
• Benchmark network performance, latency, GPU utilization, and context-fabric efficiency in AI workloads.
• Formulate product roadmaps and commercial models based on market analysis of hyperscalers, edge nodes, and GPU-first NeoClouds.
• Define SLAs, security frameworks, and API/MCP integrations for autonomous agent workflows.

Skills

Technical product management

AI software platforms

Networking architectures

Edge/Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of work experience

Tools

SD-WAN

SASE

MCP

AI Gateways

Job description

Verizon seeks a forward-thinking Technical Product Development Manager to lead the growth of our next-generation Network Automation and AI products. This role blends technical leadership with strategic business acumen to build and launch advanced AI offerings across Edge, Cloud, and data centers.

The ideal candidate combines expertise in AI architectures, model frameworks, and agentic systems with hands-on experience in SD-WAN, SASE, and modern WAN topologies.