Senior Product Manager (Network Infrastructure) at Lumen Solutions Group Inc. in Washington, DC

Job description

• Job Description
• The Product Manager will play a key role in the Agile Release Train (ART), driving the shift from a project-based to a product-based model and championing the delivery and ongoing evolution of "platform as a product" in collaboration with Engineering, Architecture, Agility Enablement, and other stakeholders.
• You will drive the execution of product strategy across multiple products and teams within the EPE portfolio, prioritize outcomes across value streams, and create long-term product roadmaps that are aligned with technology roadmaps. You will lead Product Owners in delivering value, while coordinating with product, DT, and business stakeholders to set high-level priorities.

Responsibilities

• Vision, Strategy, and Roadmap
• Apply and reinforce effective Product Management practices.
• Develop a deep understanding of business objectives and processes to inform product priorities across multiple products of varying complexity.
• Support the development and maintenance of a comprehensive long-term product strategy within a portfolio to deliver business value.
• Prioritization
• Manage the prioritization and backlog of features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility, ensuring the team works on high-priority items.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, customers, and development teams, to ensure everyone is aligned with the product vision.
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Coordinate with Product Manager, Product Owners, Engineering, Architecture, Agility Enablement, and other stakeholders to ensure that features for customers and frontline employees are cohesive and deliver business value towards running a successful passenger railroad.
• Thought Leadership
• Capture, develop, and promote effective Product Management practices within DT and with stakeholders.
• Agile Framework
• Implement and champion the principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ensuring agile methodologies are followed.
• Metrics and Analysis
• Define and track success metrics to measure the value and identify areas for improvement or pivots.
• Leadership & Communication
• Strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technical delivery.

Requirements

• Require a strong IT infrastructure background with deep expertise in network connectivity and access, as well as proven experience ensuring network reliability, availability, and performance across complex enterprise environments.
• The successful candidate will have deep understanding of networking concepts, either from work in that technical area or as a product leader for a large networking team.
• The network environment is nationwide in a distributed model that is unique. This role will lead the established product owners in a much-needed strategy layer, helping to ensure the portfolio goals are being translated to the product owners while ensuring the needs of customers and partners are met.
• This position will work closely with the portfolio product leader as well as the leaders of both architecture and the network team.
• Deep understanding of networking concepts as they apply to a distributed network.
• Concepts such as firewalls, cloud, vlan, and segmented networking will be predominant topics in conversations.
• Should be well versed in ITSM concepts including change management practices.
• Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Jira Software, Confluence, FigJam, Jira Align, AgilityHealth, and similar tools.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent applied experience.
• Required: 9-12 years of relevant experience, leadership experience in managing product teams and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with agile methodologies, with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience preferred.
• Candidates with POPM or ITIL certifications will rise to the top of the candidate pool.

Skills

Preferred

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience
• POPM or ITIL certifications