Principal Product Manager - Advanced Application Networking

About A10 Networks:
At A10 Networks, we stand at the critical junction between your network and applications as a global leader in secure application services. Our solutions protect and optimize application performance across diverse cloud environments. Over 7,000 customers in more than 118 countries rely on our innovative, high-performance products and services to keep their businesses running seamlessly.

Position Overview:
Join us as our next Principal Product Manager and make a significant impact on the future of application delivery. We are seeking a candidate with hands-on experience to lead A10’s Application Delivery product lines and solutions, including ADC, SSLi, and DNS.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage the development, deployment, and operations of Application Delivery services for large service providers, web scalers, or enterprisesServe as a product evangelist, promoting your products and solutions to A10 customers, channels, sales, and marketing, while collaborating with the engineering team to define and deliver product roadmapsEstablish authority over the technical product roadmap and execution for the application delivery product linesLead customer engagements by presenting A10’s application delivery products and solutionsCollaborate with field personnel to understand customer requirements, use cases, and the end-user journey, and communicate these details to engineering (Dev/QA) via PRDs and Jira requestsWork with solutions architects and technical product marketing to create technical solution briefs and collateral to empower sales and field engineersCollaborate closely with product marketing and sales operations to launch products and solutions, facilitating customer adoptionDrive product priorities, pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategiesDevelop both organic and inorganic product roadmaps with a 1- to 2-year outlook

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science with at least 10 years of experience in Networking and Security TechnologiesPrior experience in a technical role, including engineering, solution architecture, QA, support, or technical marketingDomain expertise in L4-L7 networking, particularly in data center networking, application delivery controllers (ADC), DNS, and SSL cryptographyExperience with security, web application firewalls, public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and private cloud technologies (e.g., OpenStack, RedHat OpenShift) is a plusAbility to simplify complex tasks and translate those simplifications into actionable insights for complex products

Desired Skills:

Ability to thrive in a cross-functional environment with geographically dispersed team membersStrong multitasking skills and adaptability in a dynamic environmentExcellent communication skills, both oral and written, including technical writing proficiency in EnglishAbility to work independently while defining initial goals and addressing complex issuesComprehensive understanding of the industry landscape, including competitors and partnersProficiency in tools and techniques used in enterprise IT solutions

A10 Networks is an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA federal subcontractor.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  A10 also complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

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Compensation: Up to $220K USD