AI Connect Senior Product Manager

Verizon • Cary, NC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What you’ll be doing... The Senior Product Manager position is responsible for leading the product strategy, lifecycle management, and go-to-market activities for Verizon’s AI Connect and Network Programmability service. Product Manager is expected to commercialize a product from an Idea, engaging several stakeholders internal and external to Verizon. The product manager will be defining the product vision and roadmap, conducting market research and competitive analysis, gathering customer requirements, collaborating with technical teams on development and delivery, and partnering with marketing and sales to drive adoption and revenue growth. The role also involves monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs), managing the product’s P&L, and identifying opportunities for innovation and differentiation in the market. Key Responsibilities:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience in understanding product development and management life cycles.
• Must have both a technical and commercial understanding of the network business.
• strong strategic skills, with the ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations; proven ability to structure business cases around a high-level strategic vision.
• ability to articulate customer needs internally so they can be translated into a finished product.
• excellent communication skills both verbal and written with advanced presentation skills including demonstrated experience with executive level customer presentations.
• able to work on a team and independently on multiple high priority projects.
• proven interpersonal skills, plus proven relationship building abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Proven product management experience demonstrating execution of a product roadmap, moving a project from inception to completion.
• Deep data and analytic orientation for evidence-based decision making.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and motivating/inspiring them to go the extra mile, even in uncertain circumstances.
• MBA or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Understanding of Verizon's domestic and global product offerings across Connectivity and MNS portfolio.
• Experience prioritizing and executing multiple projects at a time.
• Passion and determination to make a difference in the communications industry and in our world.

Responsibilities

• Define product strategy and develop product roadmap for AI Connect portfolio aligning with the overall company goals and market demands.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive positioning for Strategic Connectivity products (IDS, L3VPN, Ethernet, Cloud Fabric).
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, pricing, and operations teams to develop and execute comprehensive go-to-market plans, product positioning strategies, ensuring a successful product launch and strong market adoption while reducing the time to market for new product features.
• Define, Articulate, Track and Report Product Metrics to Product, Marketing, Finance and Sales periodically.
• Understand the drivers of next-generation network and security needs and work closely with the engineering and network teams to translate customer reqs into technical specifications.
• Oversee E2E product lifecycle from ideation and concept development through design, feature prioritization, development, testing, launch, and post-launch mgmt.
• Utilize Agile or similar frameworks to ensure iterative progress on product features and functionality.
• Increase the customer acquisition and retention rates with strong product adoption of AI Connect and Programmability offerings.
• Define performance service-level agreements (SLAs) and ensure that the product’s performance and availability meet the required standards.
• Develop partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams incl. engineering, operations, marketing, and sales, to ensure alignment and successful execution of the product strategy.
• Ensure communication with leadership and provide regular updates to executives on product performance and strategic direction.

Benefits

• health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance
• matched 401(k) savings plan
• up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees