Director of Software Defined WAN Product Management

What you will do:

• Lead and communicate Silver Peak’s SD-WAN roadmap. This includes but is not limited to delivery of Product/Feature Requirements Document(s), PowerPoint content, and detailed requirements analysis.
• Drive the SD-WAN roadmap through execution and implementation by working hand-in-hand with the development engineering team, maintaining full ownership of SD-WAN products and features.
• Produce content for User Documentation, Marketing collateral, and TOI (Transfer of Information) to Systems Engineering and Technical Support.
• Represent Silver Peak at key customer events including high level meetings, seminars, trade shows, ONUG, etc.
• Collaborate on competitive marketing analysis to identify and analyze competitive threats (companies, technologies) in the SD-WAN space and develop appropriate recommendations and strategies to counter, including attack/defend collateral, talking points, pricing or commercial strategies and product/feature/technology recommendations.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science or Business; advanced degree a plus.
• Experience in Product Line Management, Marketing, Technical Marketing, Sales, or Engineering.
• In-depth experience with existing virtual networking product offerings including expertise in one or more hypervisors.
• Product Management experience and extensive knowledge of Enterprise customer requirements for mission critical networking solutions.
• Executive level communication and negotiation skills. Excellent customer relations and technical leadership skills are a must.
• Ability to manage project deliverables, coordinate cross-functional projects, and to work in a multi-task environment across organizational boundaries, and drive resolution on daily product/project issues.
• Availability for occasional domestic and international travel, up to 25% of time.
• Ability to competently interact with customers at a number of organizational levels and to evangelize products and architecture.
• Ability to develop and articulate business rational in support of product and/or partnership initiatives.