Product Lifecycle Manager (Networking)

Location: Remote-US or Remote-Canada; primary location Ottawa, Canada

Salary: $114,100–$182,300 in Canada; $137,800–$220,200 in the USA

Company

hirify.global builds high-speed connectivity infrastructure and networking products supporting the AI era.

What you will do

• Build and maintain product business cases covering pricing, margins, revenue opportunities, costs, competition, investments, and profitability.
• Develop strategies to scale profitable Broadband FTTx and DCOM products and manage graceful retirements.
• Engage customers and account teams on network evolution, architecture discussions, roadmap validation, and solution positioning.
• Coordinate Engineering, R&D, design, procurement, quality assurance, sales, support, supply chain, marketing, and services teams.
• Translate customer needs, market shifts, standards, technology trends, and competitive insight into product requirements, investment priorities, and lifecycle plans.
• Manage supply chain bottlenecks, technical roadblocks, and market changes through engineering change orders and risk mitigation plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or a related field; an advanced technical degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of Product Lifecycle Management experience with telecom, datacom, or networking equipment vendors.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and delivering results through influence across engineering, commercial, operational, and customer-facing organizations.
• Hands-on business acumen in business cases, pricing, forecasting, portfolio planning, competitive analysis, profitability, investment prioritization, and product lifecycle decisions.
• Proactive, action-oriented approach with the ability to move quickly, manage competing priorities, and maintain momentum.

Nice to have

• Ability to clarify ambiguity, simplify complexity, make trade-offs, and align teams around milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Strong judgment in evaluating technical feasibility, customer value, execution risk, time-to-market, differentiation, and financial return.
• Ability to communicate effectively from detailed engineering discussions to executive-level transformation narratives.
• Deep knowledge of FTTx PON technologies and products, including OLTs, ONUs, OMCI, and Netconf/Yang.
• Deep knowledge of IP networking and routing technologies, including IPv4/IPv6, BGP, QoS, OAM, and service provider network architectures.
• Experience with data center and service provider architectures across access, aggregation, metro, core, edge, DCI, and cloud interconnect.
• Experience working with Tier-1, Tier-2, or cloud/network operator customers on network modernization or service evolution.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled operations, streaming telemetry, intent-based networking, cloud-native network functions, programmable infrastructure, SRv6, network slicing, and advanced orchestration.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible remote work options in the USA and Canada.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, plus employee assistance support.
• 401(k) with matching in the USA and DCPP with matching in Canada.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program, company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, vacation, and applicable family and other leave.
• Discretionary incentive bonus eligibility for non-sales employees; sales employees may be eligible for commission.
• Respectful, inclusive workplace with equal opportunity and accommodation support.