Product Manager, Networking

Summary

Join Ditto as a Senior Technical Product Manager for Networking and lead the networking and transport layer roadmap for Ditto's edge sync platform. Collaborate with engineering teams to define networking capabilities, balancing technical tradeoffs with customer needs and business objectives. Drive the product roadmap for device discovery, connection, and maintenance of peer-to-peer relationships in challenging network environments. This role demands strong technical fluency for effective collaboration with engineering teams and customers. You will prioritize the product roadmap, evaluate implementation approaches, coordinate with other product and engineering managers, engage with customers to understand their challenges, translate business requirements into technical specifications, and champion networking use cases. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, along with relevant experience in product management, networking, and technical collaboration. A customer-focused mindset and strong communication skills are essential.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience with exposure to networking or distributed systems concepts
• 2+ years of Product Management experience for technical products, ideally with some networking or infrastructure components
• 3+ years working within the computer networking space in any capacity (engineering, sales engineering, technical consulting, etc.)
• Technical fluency to collaborate effectively with networking engineers and engage in technical customer conversations
• Strong analytical skills for evaluating tradeoffs between different technical approaches and their business implications
• Customer-focused mindset with experience translating technical customer requirements into clear product priorities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with engineering, sales, and customer success teams and presenting to both technical and business stakeholders
• Willingness to travel once a quarter for company meetups and customer engagements

Responsibilities

• Drive and prioritize the product roadmap for Ditto's networking and transport capabilities, determining which networking problems to solve and why they matter to customers
• Balance technical tradeoffs between performance, reliability, and complexity while working with engineering teams to evaluate implementation approaches
• Coordinate cross-functionally with other Product Managers and Engineering Managers to ensure networking capabilities support broader platform goals
• Engage with customers to understand networking challenges, participate in technical discussions, and translate needs into product requirements
• Collaborate with technical specialists to translate business requirements into technical specifications that guide engineering implementation
• Champion networking use cases internally and externally through documentation, demos, and technical content that showcases our capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous engineering experience in networking, distributed systems, or related technical fields
• Experience with enterprise networking or network security solutions
• Familiarity with mesh networking concepts or peer-to-peer systems
• Background in IoT, mobile, or edge computing environments
• Experience in technical product management or technical program management roles
• Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, BLE, AWDL, QUIC, etc.)
• Experience working in remote, globally distributed teams
• Technical writing experience for documentation or specifications

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending accounts
• Private healthcare through Vitality
• A pension plan
• Flexible time off