Principal Product Manager

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Principal Product Manager – ADN (Network Edge), CDN, and SaaS Platform

Summary:
F5 is seeking an individual with leadership, partnering and analytical abilities, who can build a shared vision for F5’s multi-cloud networking and security direction; deliver cloud network security and cloud network management products on top of the F5’s SaaS platform (Cloud Mesh and App Stack); help to build products from existing ideas; and help to develop new insights based on industry experience and contact with customers, prospects and partners.

As a Principal PM of F5’s Application Delivery Network (ADN) – Network Edge, you will steer F5’s Network Edge service offerings, which includes Apps on F5’s Global Network, partnerships and managed offerings. This role requires a solid understanding of Content Delivery Networks (CDN), technology business, well developed analytic and modeling skills, and an ability to clearly communicate complex concepts to peers and executives.

Primary Responsibilities

• Product owner of F5’s services for Application Delivery Network which includes Kubernetes Apps and Content Delivery on F5 Pops.  
• Product owner of F5’s services for Content Delivery which includes CDN on F5 Pops.  
• Managing Shared Platform Services such as Data Retention, Logging, Log Streaming to External systems including SIEM.
• Metering of metrics for Billing, Usage, Adoption.
• Drive integration of F5 Telemetry data with Salesforce CRM to provide a 360-degree customer centric view of usage, revenue and adoption.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Familiarity with ADN, CDN, Multi-Cloud Networking market.
• Strong customer orientation with the ability to listen, organize and champion key initiatives and projects for product development.
• Ability to learn quickly, build consensus and interact effectively with teams—Product Management, cross-functional or vendor.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Outstanding listener, great presenter, terrific interpersonal and communication skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
• Strong awareness of technology trends and potential influence on F5’s business
• Strong teaming skills: positive teammate, good team builder, experience to bring together diverse views.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and analytically.
• Ability to lead in a constantly evolving environment, manage multiple priorities and ambiguity.
• Ability to converse with technical and business personnel fluently.

Qualifications

• Engineering, Sales Operations, Finance, MBA or similar. Engineering degree is plus.
• Experience using Microsoft Office products (emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint).
• Working knowledge of Salesforce, Zuora a plus though not a pre-requisite.
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree.
• At least 3 years of experience in managing SaaS Platform.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

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Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.