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Bandwidth

Cloud-based voice, messaging, emergency services provider

Senior Product Manager - Voice Origination & Numbers

Technical Product ManagementUpdated on Nov 13
Full-timeRaleigh, NC, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a related field and 10 to 15 years of relevant telecommunications experience are required.
  • 10 to 15 years of voice product management experience are required.
  • Experience with United States-based local, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based telecom networks is required; international experience is a plus.
  • Knowledge of telecom services and associated protocols, including SIP, Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), G.7xx, SMPP, and WebRTC, is helpful for success in the role.
  • Understanding of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and state Public Utility Commission (PUC) roles in managing availability, utilization, and operator access to North American numbering resources is highly desirable; knowledge of Canadian number management is very helpful.
  • Understanding of FCC and state porting rules is required.
  • Up-to-date understanding of the current regulatory environment and pending actions is required.
  • Experience developing financial models to assess the profitability of new business opportunities is required.
  • Experience with lifecycle management of existing products and launching new products, particularly in the communications industry, is required, along with demonstrated user experience (UX) awareness.
  • Vendor management and negotiation skills are required.
  • The candidate must demonstrate strong initiative and interpersonal skills and an ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of people at all organizational levels.
  • The candidate must demonstrate proficiency building automations, workflows, or tools with SI that others on the team use, combining SI with existing systems and data to solve business problems, and designing responsible use from the start.
  • The candidate must be able to work in dynamic environments where direction may pivot multiple times in a month based on market feedback.
  • The candidate must be able to address internal and external audiences as a dynamic speaker.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
  • The candidate must be a strategic thinker.

Responsibilities

  • Create and own the strategic direction of the Inbound and Numbers products to maintain and grow Bandwidth's market position as inbound voice evolves.
  • Actively manage origination services and Numbers.
  • Manage Tandem routing as a network function and product.
  • Become the subject-matter expert on assigned products.
  • Make informed product-evolution decisions based on metrics collected during customer interactions.
  • Provide strategic vision and guidance to Segment and Platform teams on product, market, network, and customer trends, and on development needed to attain and maintain market-leader status.
  • Work with vendors and carriers in the ecosystem, ensuring compliance with regulatory, legal, and contractual requirements.
  • Balance costs between on-net services and vendors to provide an appropriate blend of cost and service while maintaining high product margins.
  • Work with Regulatory on issues involving the FCC and state PUCs related to Inbound and Numbers.
  • Develop deep relationships with key carriers and vendors.
  • Support Sales in new customer acquisition and retention activities to grow margin dollars and top-line revenue profitably.
  • Develop relationships with key customers.
  • Support existing internal processes and improve them where possible through process innovation or development across internal platforms.
  • Meet corporate margin and revenue budget targets and explain the drivers of past and future performance.
  • Provide pricing guidance to the Deal Desk and Strategic Pricing teams and support nonstandard and bundled deal reviews.
  • Create and present executive-level presentations as needed.
  • Operate as a key member of a cross-disciplinary team comprising Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering.
  • Travel up to 25% may be required.

About the Company

Bandwidth

Cloud-based voice, messaging, emergency services provider

Bandwidth provides cloud-based telecommunications services for businesses, offering voice calling, messaging (text/SMS), and emergency calling capabilities that can be embedded into other applications via APIs. Its products work by delivering communications over a cloud platform that developers and enterprises integrate into their systems, with billing based on subscription fees or usage, and optional premium service levels. The company differentiates itself by delivering a bundled suite of API-accessible voice, messaging, and emergency services with emphasis on reliability and scalability through regular maintenance and updates, serving enterprises, service providers, and application developers who need programmable communication tools. Bandwidth’s goal is to help its clients implement dependable, scalable communication channels within their own apps and workflows, growing through a mix of recurring subscriptions and usage-based revenue.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Raleigh, NC
Founded
2005

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