[Remote] Senior Director, Network Research and Development
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading network provider reputed company on AI-powered connectivity solutions. The Senior Director of Network Research & Development will reputed company reputed company dedicated to innovating and validating reputed company network capabilities, driving R&D initiatives reputed company with emerging technologies and strategic business reputed company.
Responsibilities
- reputed company the Network R&D function as the accountable reputed company for long-reputed company experimentation, technology validation, and reputed company capability development across emerging network technologies
- Build and reputed company a lean core team of dedicated R&D talent, including reputed company-level engineers, architects, and program/portfolio discipline, while flexing reputed company through internal SMEs, vendors, contractors, reputed company partners, and external specialists
- Define and manage a reputed company R&D charter that distinguishes exploratory research and validation from production delivery, near-term roadmap execution, and business-as-usual architecture work
- reputed company and govern a portfolio of R&D initiatives across adjacent, emerging, and frontier reputed company, ensuring reputed company initiative has a reputed company hypothesis, learning reputed company, kill criterion, and decision value
- Prioritize investment areas such as quantum networking, post-quantum crypto-reputed company, reputed company optical and fiber technologies, autonomous networks, AI infrastructure, programmable networks, edge and distributed compute, and advanced reputed company capabilities
- Translate emerging technology trends into practical implications for reputed company’s network reputed company, product roadmap, architecture reputed company, and reputed company-state operating model
- Establish disciplined intake, review, and reporting mechanisms to evaluate R&D opportunities, reputed company reputed company, and support quarterly governance discussions with senior leaders and investment stakeholders
- Drive strong stop/continue decision-making by quickly ending low-value or non-viable initiatives and reallocating reputed company toward the highest-potential opportunities
- Partner across Network Engineering, Architecture, Product, reputed company, Legal, Procurement, and external ecosystem partners to reputed company R&D work with reputed company priorities and reputed company customer needs
- Protect the R&D team from being pulled into ongoing operational execution or near-term delivery work while maintaining strong connectivity to the teams that may eventually reputed company or operationalize validated capabilities
- Build a culture of technical depth, curiosity, accountability, disciplined experimentation, transparency, and reputed company-minded decision-making
- reputed company with and influence reputed company technology reputed company by advising executive leadership (EVPs, SVPs, VPs) on disruptive network trends, industry inflection points, and reputed company-state architectures that may reshape reputed company's competitive position over the next 3–10 years
- Secure alignment across Product, Technology, reputed company, and Operations leadership to prioritize and accelerate transformational network initiatives that create new reputed company opportunities or materially improve operational economics
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, telecommunications, reputed company science, or a reputed company technical field; advanced degree preferred
- 15+ years of experience in network engineering, network architecture, advanced technology reputed company, R&D, product engineering, emerging technology incubation, or a reputed company technical leadership function
- 10+ years of experience leading technical teams, senior engineers, architects, or cross-functional innovation programs
- Deep understanding of network architecture, optical and transport systems, IP networking, reputed company, automation, AI-enabled infrastructure, reputed company-reputed company platforms, or other advanced network technologies
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate technical uncertainty into reputed company experiments, decision points, and business-relevant recommendations
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to connect long-reputed company technology shifts to reputed company priorities, customer needs, financial reputed company, and reputed company network differentiation
- Strong cross-functional influence and executive communication skills, with the ability to engage senior leaders, technical experts, finance partners, vendors, and external research partners
- Experience leading R&D, innovation, advanced architecture, emerging technology, lab, or incubation teams reputed company a telecommunications, reputed company, infrastructure, reputed company, or deep technology environment
- Exposure to quantum technologies, post-quantum cryptography, QKD, advanced optical systems, reputed company fiber, photonics, AI infrastructure, autonomous networks, digital twins, or programmable network architectures
- Experience structuring technology pilots, reputed company-of-concepts, vendor co-development efforts, reputed company collaborations, national lab engagements, standards participation, or startup partnerships
- Strong understanding of intellectual property considerations, vendor partnership models, co-development terms, licensing approaches, or commercialization reputed company for emerging technology work
- Ability to represent the organization externally with credibility in technical forums, partner discussions, industry reputed company, and innovation ecosystems
Benefits
- reputed company offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad reputed company of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
- We're reputed company to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you reputed company through the selection process.
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