Senior Product Manager, Equinix Fabric Interconnection

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Senior Product Manager, Equinix Fabric Interconnection

Job Summary

 

The Equinix Digital Interconnection Product Management team is looking for a Senior Product Manager with a track record of growing and continually improving network products and services. This is an opportunity to advance our optical metro transport services for how companies around the world will architect and deploy next generation networking infrastructure. You will enable companies both established and emerging transform and control their digital ecosystem.

 

The Product Management team works closely with our Sales and Marketing teams to guide products from concept to market adoption and rapid growth. As part of the Product Management team, you will bridge the technical and business worlds as you define, validate, and deliver services that our customers love. You'll collaborate closely with customers and partners, marketing, engineering, solution architects, and operations counterparts to deliver and improve innovative network interconnection features. You have a bias toward hands-on action and can break down complex problems into iterative solutions that drive product and customer success.

 

Responsibilities

 

• Execute the metro connect strategy to power the world’s digital leaders with digital infrastructure
• Partner with and deeply listen to customers, users, and field sales to identify unmet needs and new use case opportunities
• Identify competitive and alternative offerings in the market. Assess their strengths and weaknesses. Develop a strategy for winning against the competition
• Manage and communicate the product roadmap.  Participate in creating a shared vision and clear goals for the product
• Collaborate closely with technology teams to provide clear priority and direction on Agile product backlog, epic and user story requirements, and solution delivery
• Partner with internal groups to define metrics and execute projects to improve efficiency and customer experience
• Be an active leader and participant in pre- and post-release activities, including customer guidance, documentation and support
• Run the business: analyze and optimize value chain activities for operational and financial business performance, conduct compelling business reviews with the executive leadership team
• Maintain management dashboard views of key performance indicators status and actions
• Become a subject matter expert and evangelist for the Metro Connect product

 

Qualifications

 

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager in networking or related field
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related technical field of study
• Experience with current optical and data networking products and technologies, including DWDM, Dark Fiber, Network Transport Protocol

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

• MBA or equivalent experience desired
• Experience with developing network automation systems in an enterprise environment
• Networking and Cloud computing certifications
• Experienced with Agile development methodology and the product owner/backlog owner role