alkira
Technical Product Manager
San Jose, California
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$4,482 more — $154,482 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $154,482 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer Occupations, All Other" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer Occupations, All Other (15-1299) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- The role is responsible for defining product vision, prioritizing investments, and ensuring solutions are technically feasible, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with engineering teams to translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions while managing technical trade-offs and scalability considerations.
- Leverage customer insights, market research, analytics, and competitive intelligence to identify opportunities and drive product decisions.
- Develop clear product requirements and success criteria that enable efficient execution and delivery.
- Manage risks, dependencies, releases, and technical constraints to ensure predictable product outcomes.
- Drive adoption of emerging technologies, including AI/ML, cloud platforms, and modern architectures, to enhance product capabilities and competitive advantage.
- Ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on design, scalability, integration, and technical trade-offs.
- Track record of delivering products that drive measurable business impact.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with experience working across executives, business leaders, engineering, design, and operations teams.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
- They can influence at the executive level, build credibility with engineering teams, and consistently deliver customer-focused solutions that create measurable business value.
Requirements
- Ideal Candidate Profile
Nice to have
- Join the networking revolution!
- Alkira, a Lumen company, is reinventing networking for the AI era.
- We're hiring for a Technical Product Manager who will serve as the bridge between business strategy, customer needs, and engineering execution.
- Establish product strategy, roadmap, and feature prioritization aligned to customer and business outcomes.
- Skills & Experience to Look For
- Technical Acumen
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, APIs, cloud infrastructure, system architecture, and enterprise platforms.
- Experience working with AI, automation, data products, SaaS platforms, or digital technology solutions is preferred.
Skills
- At Alkira, you'll help shape the next chapter of networking:
- cloud-like consumption, private-network performance, and total control across the enterprise.
Compensation
- The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $190,000 USD plus benefits.
- Your actual base salary and level will be determined on a case by case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge, skills, experience, education and location.
- We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Benefits
- We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Company info
- Today, as part of Lumen, we are bringing that cloud-native operating model to a global network foundation trusted by the world's largest enterprises.
- Our platform helps customers move faster without managing hardware, stitching together providers, or operating fragmented cloud networks.
Visa & Work Authorization
- We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information,
This listing is sourced directly from alkira's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.