Principal Product Manager, Fabric Ethernet – Metro Connect

🔥 13 hours ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $155k - $233k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

✅ Product Manager

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Equinix

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1998

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

Logistics • Consulting • Manufacturing

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, responsible for interconnecting industry-leading organizations across a digital-first world. They offer a broad range of services including data centers, colocation, ecosystem discovery, digital and interconnection services, which support businesses in achieving their sustainability goals with net-zero ready IT infrastructure. Equinix connects partners, places, and possibilities rapidly and securely, facilitating user experience through low latency, high bandwidth, and automation for multicloud environments. Their platform is leveraged for resilience and competitive advantage in merging digital ecosystems across numerous industries, such as financial, telecommunications, manufacturing, and commercial markets globally. Furthermore, Equinix focuses on sustainable digital transformation, offering solutions that allow businesses to thrive in rapidly evolving digital landscapes.

📋 Description

• Define the 3-year vision and quarterly roadmap for Fabric EPL/EVPL virtual connections, port and LAG architectures, service tokens, and Equinix Fabric Metro Connect • Lead strategic convergence of Fabric virtual connections and packet-based Metro Connect • Drive Ethernet services toward higher speeds, broader metro availability, and richer service types • Shape the MACsec, QoS, and resiliency roadmap with engineering and network architecture • Own Fabric Ethernet and Fabric Metro Connect P&L, including revenue, attach rate, margin, and competitive pricing • Build and defend investment cases for capacity expansion, metro launches, and service type additions • Partner with Finance and Sales on willingness-to-pay, segment economics, and pricing architecture • Track and report product KPIs including port utilization, virtual connection growth, bandwidth per connection, and customer retention • Author engineering-ready PRDs for Ethernet service capabilities • Serve as internal authority on carrier Ethernet standards • Collaborate with network architecture on PE node topology, port provisioning, and physical-to-virtual service binding • Define the OpenAPI surface for Ethernet services • Conduct discovery with enterprise network architects, cloud on-ramp teams, and carrier customers • Own competitive analysis of carrier Ethernet peers and adjacent NaaS providers • Partner with Sales Engineering and Solutions Architecture on strategic deals • Represent the Ethernet portfolio at customer advisory boards, industry forums, and external events

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience • Meaningful ownership of cloud infrastructure, networking, digital platform, or carrier connectivity products • Deep working knowledge of carrier Ethernet: EPL, EVPL, E-LAN, 802.1Q/QinQ, MEF standards, Layer 2 forwarding, and VLAN architectures • Hands-on familiarity with enterprise and cloud WAN architecture, including DCI, SD-WAN overlays, BGP, and cloud on-ramp connectivity • Track record of owning a P&L or product line financials, including pricing, margin analysis, and investment modeling • Experience writing engineering-grade product specifications • Ability to operate across deep technical detail and C-suite business narrative • Experience at a NaaS provider, cloud provider, IXP, or carrier with direct data center or colocation interconnect products • Familiarity with Equinix Fabric, AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, or Google Cloud Interconnect product mechanics • Exposure to MEF 3.0 certification frameworks and carrier Ethernet OAM (802.3ah, Y.1731) • Experience with REST/OpenAPI product design for network provisioning platforms • Prior experience in a global product role spanning AMER, EMEA, and APAC markets

🏖️ Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program • Health insurance • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Voluntary insurance plans • Retirement plan contributions from employee and Equinix • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Paid holidays • Bonus eligibility • Potential equity offering depending on the position • Disability accommodations during the employment process