AI & Network Automation Product Lead (Hybrid)

Verizon; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a forward‑looking Technical Product Development Manager to guide growth of next‑generation Network Automation and AI products. You will blend technical leadership with business strategy to build and launch enterprise AI services, including AI Gateways and intelligent routers, across Edge, Cloud, and data center environments.

The role requires deep knowledge of SD‑WAN, SASE, and modern data-center architectures, plus hands‑on experience delivering AI platforms.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years of technical product management/development experience delivering enterprise-grade networking or AI software platforms.
• 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.
• Experience prototyping, testing and validating technical concepts in lab/multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to analyze market trends and customer requirements to drive GTM strategy.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Lead convergence of WAN topologies (SD-WAN, SASE) into an 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 to automate operations and advance toward autonomous networks.
• Design and deploy scalable AI platform infrastructure supporting agentic services.
• Lead end-to-end AI PoCs in public cloud and lab environments.
• Benchmark network performance, latency, GPU utilization, and context-fabric efficiency under AI workloads.
• Define product roadmaps and commercial models based on market analysis of hyperscalers, edge nodes, on-prem data centers, and NeoClouds.
• Monetize fabric capabilities via SLAs, security frameworks, and API/MCP integrations.

Skills

Technical product management

AI software platforms

Edge/Cloud/Data center

Prototyping/ lab testing

Market analysis / GTM

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4+ years work experience

Job description

Verizon is seeking a forward‑looking Technical Product Development Manager to guide growth of next‑generation Network Automation and AI products. You will blend technical leadership with business strategy to build and launch enterprise AI services, including AI Gateways and intelligent routers, across Edge, Cloud, and data center environments.

The role requires deep knowledge of SD‑WAN, SASE, and modern data-center architectures, plus hands‑on experience delivering AI platforms.