Senior Product Manager, SD-WAN

Senior Product Manager, SD-WAN

Location : San Jose

Extreme Networks is seeking a Senior Product Manager for SD-WAN to own product strategy, roadmap, and market delivery for AI-driven, cloud-managed SD-WAN solutions. This role will connect branch routing, network security, cloud integrations, and Fabric-to-the-Edge strategy to help enterprises modernize for a cloud-first, AI-powered future.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, this high-impact role owns a strategic product line and partners across engineering, GTM, sales, and customers to strengthen Extreme’s position in the SD-WAN market.

Core Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define the SD-WAN vision, roadmap, priority use cases, and AI-driven automation strategy

• Use market, customer, and competitive insights to identify differentiation and prioritize investments

• Build a compelling product narrative around cloud-managed SD-WAN, edge intelligence, and self-healing networks

Fabric-to-the-Edge Strategy

• Lead Fabric-to-the-Edge use cases that connect data center fabric, branch SD-WAN, routing, switching, and policy automation

• Position SD-WAN as a key enabler of unified edge management and distributed services

Engineering Collaboration & Requirements

• Translate customer and market needs into clear engineering requirements, priorities, and specifications

• Partner with engineering on architecture, feasibility, trade-offs, and delivery planning

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead planning, check-ins, retrospectives, and launch readiness across engineering, QA, product marketing, and sales

• Align teams on OKRs, milestones, trade-offs, and product decisions

Cloud & SaaS Platform Evolution

• Evolve SD-WAN with Extreme’s SaaS cloud platform, analytics, automation, and network services

• Support subscription and consumption models while ensuring operational excellence, security, and compliance

Go-To-Market (GTM) Execution

• Partner with sales and product marketing on messaging, positioning, enablement, battle cards, and training

• Shape MSP, channel, pricing, packaging, and bundling strategies to drive adoption and expansion

Customer & Partner Advocacy

• Engage customers, partners, advisory boards, and escalations to turn feedback into product insight

• Drive innovation in network visibility, intelligence, and AI-assisted operations

Key Requirements

Experience

• 10+ years in product management, including 5+ years in SaaS, SD-WAN, Routing, cloud networking, security, or enterprise infrastructure

• Proven record shipping products or major features that drove adoption, revenue, or market differentiation

• Experience in B2B networking, security, infrastructure, or platform software markets

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, SD-WAN architecture, routing, switching, branch gateways, appliance hardware, and cloud connectivity

• Knowledge of cloud platforms, hybrid/multi-cloud architectures, AIOps, network analytics, and fabric/edge use cases

Platform & Product Knowledge

• Experience with unified cloud-managed platforms, SaaS, multi-tenant systems, subscription models, and managed networking services

• Experience with SD-WAN hardware platforms, appliance lifecycle, performance benchmarks, operational characteristics, MSPs, and channel ecosystems

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong cross-functional leadership, executive communication, analytical thinking, and customer empathy

• Comfort working through ambiguity, making trade-offs, and adapting to market feedback

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Extreme Networks, Cisco Meraki, VMware SD-WAN, or similar platforms

• Technical background in networking, security, open-source networking, or SD-WAN deployment and troubleshooting

• Knowledge of GTM execution, compliance frameworks, Fabric-to-the-Edge, or converged fabric architectures