Director of Product Line Management

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $220k - $320k / year

⏰ Full Time

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✅ Product Manager

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AXON Networks

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

AXON Networks is a technology company focused on developing innovative networking solutions. They specialize in providing advanced connectivity options and data management systems tailored for various industries, enhancing communication and operational efficiency.

📋 Description

• Set multi-year portfolio strategy, market segmentation, investment thesis, pricing, packaging, revenue plan, margin targets, and portfolio rationalization decisions • Lead end-to-end development of Layer 2 switching, Carrier Ethernet demarcation, NID/eNID, access, and edge products • Define market requirements, business cases, PRDs, platform choices, feature priorities, release criteria, and lifecycle plans • Build scalable enterprise services including Ethernet Private Line, Virtual Private Line, E-LAN, DIA access, managed LAN, cloud connectivity, and adjacent secure or assured connectivity offers • Partner with Engineering and Architecture on switching silicon, system architecture, network operating software, optics, timing, power, thermal, security, manageability, and service-assurance requirements • Evaluate and manage chipset, ODM/JDM, contract manufacturing, optics, software, certification, and technology partners • Establish product lifecycle stage gates from discovery and concept through development, field trials, launch, sustaining engineering, refresh, migration, end-of-sale, and end-of-support • Define positioning, competitive differentiation, sales plays, solution bundles, enablement, launch readiness, reference customers, and adoption programs with Sales and Marketing • Ensure products and services are deployable, observable, supportable, and automatable through OSS/BSS, inventory, orchestration, telemetry, assurance, and zero-touch provisioning • Build, coach, and develop a high-performing product line management team, with clear decision rights, operating rhythms, accountability, and succession plans • Own product-line revenue, bookings, adoption, strategic account penetration, gross margin, forecast accuracy, inventory health, and return on product investment • Drive roadmap predictability, on-time launch, quality, certification readiness, field-trial conversion, lifecycle discipline, service availability, SLA performance, deployment velocity, customer satisfaction, renewals, and expansion

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years in product management or product line leadership in telecom, networking, or enterprise connectivity • 5+ years leading teams or major portfolios • Proven record launching and scaling physical networking products such as Layer 2 switches, NIDs/eNIDs, access devices, routers, or edge appliances, together with software and service capabilities • Responsibility for a product line business plan, revenue and margin performance, pricing, roadmap investment, and lifecycle decisions • Technical fluency in hardware, silicon, NOS/software, optics, protocols, APIs, telemetry, and deployment tradeoffs • Strong understanding of enterprise buyer needs, telecom operator economics, global competitive dynamics, routes to market, and standards-based service delivery • Experience aligning Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and external partners around product decisions • Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, typically up to 25–35% • Valid passport and no material travel restrictions • Ability to work across global time zones and support matters outside standard business hours when reasonably necessary • Experience with Layer 2 switching, including Ethernet switching architectures, VLANs, IEEE 802.1Q, QinQ/802.1ad, LAG/MC-LAG, STP/RSTP/MSTP, LLDP, QoS, buffering, multicast, and resiliency • Experience with Carrier Ethernet and MEF services, including E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, EPL/EVPL, bandwidth profiles, class of service, service OAM, SLA design, UNI/NNI concepts, and lifecycle automation • Experience with network demarcation and access, including NIDs/eNIDs, CPE/uCPE, fixed and mobile access, multi-rate GbE interfaces, optics, synchronization, timing, and carrier-grade deployment • Experience with hardware and software platforms, including merchant silicon, SDK ecosystems, BSPs, embedded systems, network operating systems, APIs, telemetry, secure boot, software maintenance, component lifecycle, and supply-chain risk • Experience with service assurance and automation, including IEEE 802.1ag CFM, ITU-T Y.1731, performance monitoring, fault isolation, zero-touch provisioning, streaming telemetry, orchestration, inventory, and closed-loop assurance • Commercial product management skills in market sizing, competitive analysis, portfolio economics, pricing, gross margin, unit cost, forecasting, business cases, channel strategy, and contract or SLA implications

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity and inclusive, diverse working environment • Remote collaboration environment • Professional office environment • Opportunity to shape next-generation enterprise connectivity products and services • Entrepreneurial organization with autonomy, ownership, collaboration, and accountability