Principal Product Manager - Interconnection

Job Description:

As the business leader, this role requires a strong focus on the strategic product roadmap, product performance (financial and operational), and cross-functional execution.

The overarching objectives for this role are: productization and growth of the Interconnection platform, ensure product offerings support the continued development of Flexential’s ecosystem and holistically grow with the colocation offering for both wholesale and retail customer segments.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in product strategy, interconnection technologies, and continuous improvement of processes. The candidate will leverage their financial acumen to define strategy and propose investments. Success will be demonstrated through Product P&L growth and investment returns.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Performance

• Define a clear, data-informed, time-bound product vision, roadmap, and rationalization plan aligned with company objectives and customer needs.
• Strategy validation through detailed, market evidence-driven business cases and financial analysis.
• Own and proactively influence product performance metrics to ensure business goals are met.
• Create and align pricing strategies with the market and to maintain financial return targets.
• Maintain a deep understanding of customer problems and market insights to create differentiating and scalable product offerings that enable customer solutions on the FlexAnywhere platform.
• Prioritization of the roadmap to drive immediate and long-term growth, create and sustain competitive advantage, and minimize and eliminate competitive disadvantage.

Leadership & Development

• Elevate product and solution knowledge across the Flexential organization
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure priority alignment, successful project execution, and ongoing continuous improvement programs.

Roadmap Execution

• Drive operational discipline through robust planning, execution, retrospectives, and cross-team alignment.
• Ensure adherence to Flexential’s best practices for product delivery and defined processes.
• On-time and on-budget delivery of productized solutions and execution of projects.
• Enable indirect team members to execute the roadmap and drive value.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years, with at least 5 years in a leadership role, scaling products, and improving processes.
• Proven track record of driving product performance and delivering measurable business impact within the data center industry.
• Detailed understanding of the data center industry and interconnection product sets to support enterprise and wholesale customer sets.
• Experience building and executing business cases; Strong financial acumen.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and change management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Moderate or advanced keyboard usage
• Travel <5% of the time

Base Pay Range: Annualized salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $190,000 - $225,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.  

Variable Pay: Discretionary annual bonus, based on personal and company performance.

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Not meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!

• Benefits of working at Flexential:  
•     Medical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision  
•     401(k)  
•     Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)  
•     Life and AD&D  
•     Short Term and Long-Term disability  
•     Flex Paid Time Off (PTO)  
•     Leave of Absence  
•     Employee Assistance Program  
•     Wellness Program  
•     Rewards and Recognition Program  

Benefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.  

EEO Statement: Flexential is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.