Vice President, Product Management (Data Center Networking)

Location: United States; hybrid work with an average of two days per week from an HPE office

Salary: USD 260,000–544,000 annual base salary in California or Texas; variable incentives may also be offered.

Company

hirify.global is a global edge-to-cloud technology company providing infrastructure and networking solutions.

What you will do

• Define the multi-year product strategy and roadmap for the data center networking portfolio, including open networking and SONiC-based capabilities.
• Identify customer segments, use cases, and market opportunities across enterprise, cloud-native, service provider, and AI-ready data center environments.
• Translate customer, competitive, and ecosystem insights into product requirements, investment priorities, and portfolio decisions.
• Partner with engineering and architecture leaders to balance innovation, quality, time to market, and commercial outcomes.
• Align product, sales, go-to-market, finance, services, and partner organizations to deliver launches and sustained adoption.
• Build and lead a senior product management team while engaging strategic customers, ecosystem partners, and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• 15+ years of product management and business leadership experience in data center networking, switching, network operating systems, infrastructure software, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success defining portfolio strategy and delivering products from concept through launch, adoption, and growth.
• Strong understanding of open networking, SONiC or comparable network operating systems, data center fabrics, automation, and hardware and software ecosystems.
• Experience serving enterprise, cloud, service provider, or AI infrastructure customers and converting complex technical needs into differentiated offerings.
• Proven ability to influence engineering, architecture, sales, go-to-market, finance, and partner organizations, with strong executive communication and decision-making skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health, financial, and emotional wellbeing benefits.
• Personal and professional development programs supporting career growth and knowledge specialization.
• Inclusive work environment that values varied backgrounds and individual uniqueness.
• Flexibility to manage work and personal needs.