AI Infrastructure & Networking Growth Lead

Verizon; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Senior Product Manager to join the AI Connect Infrastructure and Networking Product team. You will drive growth from market identification to commercial scale, focusing on hyperscalers, GPU/cloud providers, data centers, and AI infrastructure partnerships.

You will collaborate with product, network engineering, finance, and legal teams to ensure scalable, profitable initiatives and strong partner ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work or military experience, or specialized training.
• Six or more years of relevant experience in technology and/or telecommunications.
• Demonstrated understanding of the AI infrastructure market, including fiber networks and optical services, data centers, colocation, and interconnection.
• Experience originating, structuring, negotiating, and closing large, complex, multi-year commercial or partnership agreements — from inception to signing.
• Experience with business models and/or business cases for infrastructure or connectivity services.
• Experience with Business-to-Business partnerships, enterprise sales, or corporate development.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Growth Strategy & Execution: Lead the 0-to-1 growth lifecycle to align with revenue objectives.
• Data-Driven Market Growth: Analyze the AI infrastructure landscape and optimize GTM funnel.
• Ecosystem Product Strategy: Define growth roadmap across hyperscalers, data centers, and AI infra companies.
• Growth Modeling & Commercialization: Develop scalable commercial models for optical and fiber services.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Network Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Sales.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate with executives and external partners on Verizon AI Connect.
• Performance Measurement: Track KPIs like pipeline value, revenue, and partner health.
• Business Strategy: Define partner models, pricing, and financial business cases for AI infra opportunities.
• Content Creation: Develop partner-facing collateral and executive presentations.

Skills

AI infrastructure

Fiber networks

Data centers

Pricing strategies

Business development

Enterprise sales

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Senior Product Manager to join the AI Connect Infrastructure and Networking Product team. You will drive growth from market identification to commercial scale, focusing on hyperscalers, GPU/cloud providers, data centers, and AI infrastructure partnerships.

You will collaborate with product, network engineering, finance, and legal teams to ensure scalable, profitable initiatives and strong partner ecosystems.