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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

Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) creates effortless networking experiences that enable all of us to advance. We push the boundaries of technology leveraging the powers of machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, and automation. Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before. For more information, visit Extreme's website or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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