Senior Product Owner

Saddleback Communications

. Lead planning, execution, and monitoring of highly complex, strategic, or high-impact initiatives in the approved Product Roadmap .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading complex product initiatives, developing strategic product roadmaps, and managing product lifecycles. Proficient in utilizing market intelligence and customer insights to drive product strategies and financial performance.

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Product Management ExperienceTelecommunications KnowledgeCross-Functional LeadershipBusiness Case DevelopmentMarket Analysis

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Hard Skills

Product Lifecycle ManagementStrategic PlanningFinancial AnalysisKPI DevelopmentProduct Metrics EvaluationComplex Problem SolvingMarket Opportunity AssessmentPricing Strategy DevelopmentTelecommunications TechnologiesSoftware Development

Soft Skills

Critical ThinkingConflict ManagementCollaborationInfluence and NegotiationCommunication Skills

Tools & Technologies

ConfluenceJiraFigmaBalsamiqMiroMicrosoft Office Suite

Industry Keywords

SD-WANSASEManaged SecurityManaged NetworkingAgentic AICloud InfrastructureDirect Sales ModelsWholesale Sales Models

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead planning, execution, and monitoring of highly complex, strategic, or high-impact initiatives in the approved Product Roadmap
Partner with the Innovation Committee and executive stakeholders to shape, evaluate, and prioritize the product initiative funnel and Product Backlog
Translate organizational strategy, market intelligence, and customer needs into product strategies, roadmaps, requirements, and execution priorities
Lead the requirements lifecycle for complex initiatives with ambiguity, cross-product dependencies, or organizational impact
Establish product scope, priorities, success measures, schedules, dependencies, and delivery expectations
Make independent product decisions within approved strategic and financial parameters and present major recommendations to executive leadership or the Innovation Committee
Resolve conflicts involving stakeholder priorities, product requirements, technical constraints, customer needs, and financial considerations
Validate releases against business objectives, requirements, acceptance criteria, and customer experience expectations
Serve as senior product champion and organizational subject-matter expert for assigned products or portfolios
Develop strategic relationships with customers, partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders
Lead market studies and competitive analyses
Establish and evaluate product metrics and KPIs and use performance data for strategic and operational decisions
Lead complex business cases covering market opportunity, revenue, pricing, costs, margins, risks, investments, and projected ROI
Recommend pricing, packaging, cost-reduction, investment, repositioning, and market-exit strategies
Monitor financial and operational product performance and lead corrective strategies
Lead product lifecycle and end-of-life decisions
Direct cross-functional improvements to product processes
Lead coordination for product launches, go-to-market strategies, alpha and beta deployments, and major product changes
Present product strategies, business cases, performance results, risks, and recommendations to executive audiences
Represent the organization in strategic customer, partner, vendor, and sales engagements
Provide leadership, coaching, and subject-matter guidance to Product Owners and cross-functional team members
Promote consistent product management practices, documentation standards, data governance, and cross-platform alignment
Lead initiatives through influence, negotiation, and consensus-building when formal authority is limited

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant product management, technology, or telecommunications experience required
Eight (8+) or more years of progressively responsible product management, product development, telecommunications, software development, or related experience
At least five (5) years of experience leading complex, cross-functional product initiatives for SMB and/or enterprise customers
Demonstrated success launching and managing strategically significant products throughout the product lifecycle
Demonstrated experience developing business cases and influencing product strategy, pricing, profitability, investment, or lifecycle decisions
Significant technical experience, preferably in telecommunications or software development
Experience with SD-WAN, SASE, managed security, managed networking, or Agentic AI products is a plus
Experience with Confluence, Jira, Figma, Balsamiq, Miro, or similar tools is a plus
Strong understanding of telecommunications products and technologies including voice, data and layered services in a cloud infrastructure
Strong understanding of direct and wholesale sales models
Experience driving cross functional teams across all levels and functions
Capability to think commercially to drive business cases, product pricing and packaging strategies and margin improvement initiatives
Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, analysis, organizational, documentation, analytic, modeling, and financial skills
Ability to present complex information simply and persuasively to executive-level audiences
Solid written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, including collaboration, consensus building, and conflict management
Microsoft suite proficiency: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Teams
Ability to function in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while managing diverse priorities
Confident self-starter with integrity and accountability
Highly motivated, competitive, and entrepreneurial approach
Bachelor’s degree in a related field is preferred but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Preference in employment, promotion, transfer, training, and rehire for qualifying SRPMIC Community members, veterans, spouses, and enrolled members of federally recognized tribes, in the stated order