Job Title: API SME & Technical Product Manager
Location: Irving, TX 75039 (Onsite)
Experience: 14+ Years
Job Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled
API SME & Technical Product Manager to lead the development of an API-first, programmable networking platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in API-driven product development, B2B networking, and cloud-based NaaS solutions. This role involves close collaboration with engineering teams to enhance partner integrations and deliver a seamless, secure, and scalable networking experience for enterprise customers.
Key Responsibilities
1. API-Driven Product Development
- Define and execute an API-first NaaS product roadmap, focusing on network provisioning.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to design, test, and deploy APIs for authentication, inventory, provisioning, billing, telemetry, and capacity management.
- Enhance the developer experience (DX) by ensuring well-documented, secure, and scalable API integrations.
2. Partner Integrations & Ecosystem Strategy
- Lead integration efforts with partners, ensuring seamless platform interconnectivity.
- Define API contracts and authentication mechanisms for automated provisioning and multi-vendor orchestration.
- Ensure compliance with TMF-compliant APIs and industry standards.
3. Product Execution & Delivery
- Oversee end-to-end feature execution, ensuring alignment between product, engineering, and business teams.
- Establish and track KPIs for API adoption, performance, and partner integration success.
- Work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and support teams to drive a successful GTM strategy.
4. Network & Cloud Expertise
- Understand network programmability, NaaS, and multi-cloud networking (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Collaborate with networking teams to optimize L2/L3 connectivity and interconnection strategies (NNI, ENNI, SD-WAN).
- Stay updated on AI-driven networking, telemetry, and automation trends.
Flexible work from home options available.