Network Automation Product Manager

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more.

All brought together in a work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Automation Product Manager to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of secure automation solutions across our enterprise network.

This role blends deep technical expertise with strong product leadership to advance automation in a controlled, compliance-driven environment.

You will champion secure-by-design automation capabilities that enhance resiliency, auditability, and operational excellence.

This includes shaping the automation roadmap, driving cross-functional alignment, and enabling network-as-code practices that support predictable and compliant change execution at scale.

What You Will Do:

Product Strategy & Roadmap:


* Define and maintain the product roadmap for secure automation across network environments.


* Identify and translate operational challenges into measurable automation initiatives.


* Establish and track KPIs such as automation coverage, change success rate, compliance adherence, and MTTR improvements.

Design & Delivery of Secure Automation:


* Partner with network engineering, security, and compliance teams to design automation workflows that meet stringent governance and audit standards.


* Ensure automation designs align with change-control processes, rollback requirements, and regulatory frameworks.


* Oversee the development and evolution of network-as-code, intent-based networking, and policy-driven automation platforms.

Cross-Functional Leadership:


* Collaborate with architects, engineers, security partners, and risk stakeholders to ensure alignment on technical design, compliance expectations, and implementation priorities.


* Champion a culture of safe experimentation, enabling teams to validate automation in sandbox environments before production rollout.

Qualifications:


* Senior level Product Manager candidates will have 6 to 9+ years of relevant experience and Advanced level Product Manager candidates will have 10+ years of relevant experience ...