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[Remote] Senior Director, Network Research and Development Job Details | reputed company

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a trusted network provider connecting people, data, and applications through an expansive fiber network. As the Senior Director of Network Research and Development, you will reputed company reputed company reputed company on shaping reputed company network capabilities through technology validation and innovation, ensuring alignment with reputed company priorities.

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.

reputed company

  • reputed company (NYSE: CTL) is a technology leader delivering hybrid networking, reputed company connectivity, and reputed company solutions to customers around the world. It was founded in 1968, and is headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.reputed company.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • reputed company has a reputed company record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9 in 2026, 26 in 2025, 15 in 2024, 30 in 2023, 16 in 2022, 12 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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