VP Product, Network Services

Fastly seeks a Vice President of Product Management - Network Services to join our team. Network Services is Fastly's largest business, and we are looking for a dynamic senior leader to drive the next phase of growth and innovation for this business. This role supervises a team of product professionals, but more importantly, plays a critical cross-functional leadership role across the company in establishing the vision, strategy, and driving execution of product development initiatives supporting the growth of the business.

Leadership at Fastly is a combination of servant and transformative. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer (CPO), you'll ensure everyone in your organization has the skills, direction, and information needed to successfully lead cross-functional teams delivering business outcomes through product development activities.

What You'll Do

• Team Development: The network services product management team is critical for defining and guiding the execution of Fastly's network services business. This requires a strong team that not only understands and adapts to the quickly evolving network services landscape but also excels at cross-functional leadership to orchestrate all of Fastly's capabilities to drive outcomes for our customers and Fastly. As the leader of this team, one of your most important responsibilities will be building and developing this team

• Product Vision: you will work with the CPO, CEO, and other senior leaders to define and articulate a compelling yet achievable vision for network services products and services to capture the attention of the market and to align stakeholders toward a common direction

• Product Strategy: you will work with the CPO, CEO, and other senior leaders to define and articulate a clear strategy to differentiate Fastly's network services portfolio vs. competitors and build sustainable competitive advantages. You and your team will develop and maintain clear roadmaps that make our strategy actionable

• Lead Cross-Functional Execution: you and your team will lead execution cross-functionally to implement the strategy and deliver the roadmap. This will include setting priorities, partnering with key stakeholders, including Engineering, Revenue (Sales and Customer Service), Marketing, and others so everything comes together into an impactful product line in the marketplace

• GTM Engagement: developing and launching products is just the beginning of the race. You and your team will work with Fastly's go-to-market teams to ensure market success, supporting strategic customer deals

• Strategic Customer Engagement: Building and maintaining relationships with strategic customers to ensure account success and incorporation of customer insights into product strategies and plans

• Learning/Continuous Improvement: a successful product can always be more. You and your team will work with Fastly's go-to-market teams, partners, and customers to understand deeply what is working and what is not, and strive to continuously improve our strategy and execution. You will foster a balanced culture where mistakes are seen as opportunities to learn, but there are appropriate levels of accountability to drive improvement and results

What We're Looking For

• Significant executive-level experience leading product management teams, in the network services and/or cloud (IaaS / PaaS) space

• Experience working cross-functionally in a matrix environment; strong influence skills and ability to get things done with teams that report to you as well as teams across the company; Experience partnering and leading cross-functionally

• Strong communication and executive presentation skills; experience working with senior management, both at your own company and customers/partners

• Exceptional business strategy skills, ability to formulate robust, specific strategies and communicate them in a clear and concise manner

• Strong business operational and financial skills; ability to contribute significantly to senior-level GTM operational reviews as well as R&D portfolio management

• Strong technical depth in cloud and/or network services; strong knowledge of the network services and/or cloud industry

• High emotional intelligence. Fastly teams care about one another, collaborate regularly and are part of a people first organization

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Locations & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $287,750 to $359,460.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly's equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.