Product Line Mgr IV

Fujitsu Careers; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 138,940 - 198,485; Full time

Job summary

1Finity, a Fujitsu company, seeks a Senior Product Manager to define and execute the strategy for Virtuora Network Assurance with a strong emphasis on AI-driven operations. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and business outcomes for multi-domain telemetry turned into actionable intelligence and autonomous operations.

The ideal candidate brings telecom network-operations expertise, customer empathy, and practical knowledge of AI/ML, data platforms, observability, and responsible

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/Telecom/Data Science or related field.
• 8+ years in enterprise or carrier-grade software product management.
• Deep telecom network assurance and operations workflow knowledge.
• Strong telemetry/observability data knowledge (alarms, metrics, logs, traces).
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to build outcome-based roadmaps and prioritize across teams.
• Customer-facing CSP/large operator experience with demos and proposals.
• Excellent written/verbal/visual communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Set vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Virtuora Network Assurance.
• Identify AI-driven operations use cases across transport, IP, access, core, and service layers.
• Define measurable outcomes and adoption metrics (alarm reduction, MTTR, automation).
• Translate requirements into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and releases.
• Lead discovery with NOC, engineering, and service owners; validate with network data.
• Own lifecycle: business cases, pricing input, launch readiness, enablement, adoption.
• Collaborate with sales, solutions, delivery, and partners on engagements and RFPs.
• Monitor AI/ML, OSS/NMS, observability trends; inform roadmap decisions.

Skills

telecom network assurance

AI/ML

cloud-native

APIs

microservices

Kubernetes

observability

data platforms

customer-facing

vision & roadmap

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/electrical engineering/telecommunications/data science

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

OpenSearch

Kafka

Job description

Location Flexibility: Primary Location Only

Posting Start Date: 7/30/26

About 1FINITY

1Finity, a Fujitsu company, is a global provider of communications networks for our connected world. We uniquely combine technological leadership and expertise in open optical and wireless networking, network automation, and applied AI/ML to design, build, operate, and maintain critical digital communications network infrastructure. Collaborating closely with ecosystem partners, we deliver transformative outcomes for service providers and network operators, and enable them to lower TCO, improve network performance, and increase energy efficiency. We’re also a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace that achieves together. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, and career development opportunities, as well as flexible options for working your way. See what working at 1Finity looks like at https://www.linkedin.com/company/1finity-inc/ . For more information, please visit https://1finity.com/?utm_source=li&utm_medium=soc.

About 1FINITY

1Finity, a Fujitsu company, is a global provider of communications networks for our connected world. We uniquely combine technological leadership and expertise in open optical and wireless networking, network automation, and applied AI/ML to design, build, operate, and maintain critical digital communications network infrastructure. Collaborating closely with ecosystem partners, we deliver transformative outcomes for service providers and network operators, and enable them to lower TCO, improve network performance, and increase energy efficiency. We’re also a diverse, inclusive, and innovative workplace that achieves together. We offer highly competitive compensation, benefits, and career development opportunities, as well as flexible options for working your way. See what working at 1Finity looks like at https://www.linkedin.com/company/1finity-inc/ . For more information, please visit https://1finity.com/?utm_source=li&utm_medium=soc.

About Virtuora:

Virtuora is a comprehensive , cloud-native software suite that applies AI-enabled automation across the network lifecycle—from end-to-end control and orchestration to planning and design, service fulfillment , and assurance. The platform is deployed by leading telecommunications providers worldwide to simplify operations, improve network performance, and accelerate service delivery.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to define and execute the strategy for Virtuora Network Assurance products, with a strong emphasis on enabling AI-driven network operations. You will own the product vision, roadmap, and business outcomes for solutions that transform multi-domain network telemetry into actionable intelligence and increasingly autonomous operations. The ideal candidate combines deep telecom network-operations expertise, customer empathy, strong product judgment, and practical knowledge of AI/ML, data platforms, observability, and responsible automation.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Set the product vision, strategy, positioning, and multi-year roadmap for Virtuora Network Assurance, aligned with customer priorities, market trends, and the company’s network automation portfolio.
• Identify and prioritize AI-driven operations use cases across transport, IP, access, core, and service layers including alarm correlation and noise reduction, root-cause analysis, predictive maintenance, service-impact analysis etc. balancing customer value, technical feasibility, data readiness, operational risk, and commercial impact.
• Define measurable product outcomes and adoption metrics such as reduced alarm noise, faster mean time to detect and repair, improved prediction accuracy, fewer truck rolls, higher service availability, and increased automation coverage.
• Translate customer requirements, workflows and operational pain points into product requirements, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities for assurance, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Drive discovery with network operations centers, engineering teams, and service owners through interviews, workflow observation, design partnerships, proofs of concept, and validation using representative network data.
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, including business cases, roadmap planning, build-versus-partner decisions, pricing and packaging input, launch readiness, enablement, adoption, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with sales, solutions, support, delivery, and partner teams on strategic customer engagements, demonstrations, trials, RFP responses, deployment patterns, and executive-level value articulation.
• Monitor competitors, standards, and ecosystem developments in AIOps, autonomous networks, intent-based operations, digital twins, observability, and agentic AI; convert insights into differentiated roadmap decisions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Data Science, or a related field; an advanced degree or MBA is a plus.
• 8+ years of relevant experience, including substantial product management ownership for enterprise or carrier-grade software products and demonstrated success taking products from discovery through launch and adoption.
• Deep understanding of telecom network assurance and operations workflows, including fault, performance, service quality, topology, inventory, incident, and change management in multi-vendor environments.
• Strong knowledge of telemetry and observability data, including alarms, events, metrics, logs, traces, topology, configuration, service inventory, tickets, and customer-experience indicators.
• Experience with cloud-native and distributed software architectures, APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, streaming data, and scalable data platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to build outcome-based roadmaps, make evidence-based prioritization decisions, define product requirements, and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Proven customer-facing experience with communications service providers or large network operators, including discovery workshops, product demonstrations, and commercial or technical proposals.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with the ability to translate complex network and AI concepts into clear customer value and actionable engineering direction.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Product experience with network assurance, service assurance, AIOps, OSS, NMS/EMS, observability, or autonomous network platforms.
• Hands-on familiarity with AIOps platforms, MLOps, large language models, AI agents, digital twins, or natural-language interfaces for operations.
• Knowledge of intent-based and closed-loop automation concepts, including industry frameworks from TM Forum and ETSI Zero-touch Network and Service Management.
• Familiarity with networking and management protocols and models such as NETCONF/YANG, SNMP, gNMI, REST, gRPC, Kafka, and OpenConfig.
• Experience with observability and analytics technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, OpenSearch, Kibana, Splunk, Datadog, or equivalent platforms.
• Understanding of optical transport, IP/MPLS, SDN/NFV, 5G, cloud, or multi-domain service assurance.
• Experience with public-cloud and container platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, or RKE2; relevant cloud, networking, or product-management certification is a plus.

1Finity salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which thework is primarily performed. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each situation. The pay range for this roletakes into accountthe wide range of factors that areconsidered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to:specific skills,qualifications, experience, andcomparison to otheremployees already in this role.The pay range for this position is estimated at$138,940 to $198,485 USD.Additionally, this role may be eligible for a short-term incentive based on companyresults and individual performance.

As a technology company, 1Finity recognizes that human resources are its mostimportant capital. Tocreate an environment where all employees can work positively andhealthily, both in mind and body, we offer a full range of health, 401K, and other benefits.

At 1Finity, one of our corporate principles is "We respect human rights". This commitment guides the actions of every1Finity Group member and is fundamental to how we operate, both as individuals and as a company. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. By empowering people, we can unleash our collective strengths to create a better experience for our employees, our customers, and our partners. California Privacy Act: https://www.fujitsu.com/us/Images/CALIFORNIA-CONSUMER-PRIVACY-ACT-NOTICE.pdf