What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Management Specialist position at Zayo Group?
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo’s Fiber and Transport Product Management team is seeking a Product Management Specialist to support the development and execution of our Metro Dark Fiber portfolio. This role is focused on translating product strategy into execution—gathering and defining requirements, prioritizing backlogs, and driving cross-functional delivery to bring new capabilities to market and enhance existing services.
You will work across Product, Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Go-to-Market teams to guide services from concept through launch, bridging technical and business priorities to deliver customer-centric solutions. This includes contributing to how products are priced, packaged, positioned, and promoted in the market, ensuring alignment between product capabilities and commercial strategy.
This role requires a hands-on, action-oriented mindset with the ability to break down complex problems, turn insights into clear user stories and functional specifications, and drive product delivery in a fast-paced, high-technology environment. You will also support product performance by analyzing data related to adoption, revenue, customer experience, and market competitiveness to inform continuous improvement.
As part of the Product team, you will collaborate closely with Strategy and Innovation to evolve the product roadmap, incorporate market and customer insights, and improve product performance through data-driven decision making. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional partnership, analytical thinking, and a solid foundation in product management principles, service-based offerings, and go-to-market execution.
Responsibilities:
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo’s Fiber and Transport Product Management team is seeking a Product Management Specialist to support the development and execution of our Metro Dark Fiber portfolio. This role is focused on translating product strategy into execution—gathering and defining requirements, prioritizing backlogs, and driving cross-functional delivery to bring new capabilities to market and enhance existing services.
You will work across Product, Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Go-to-Market teams to guide services from concept through launch, bridging technical and business priorities to deliver customer-centric solutions. This includes contributing to how products are priced, packaged, positioned, and promoted in the market, ensuring alignment between product capabilities and commercial strategy.
This role requires a hands-on, action-oriented mindset with the ability to break down complex problems, turn insights into clear user stories and functional specifications, and drive product delivery in a fast-paced, high-technology environment. You will also support product performance by analyzing data related to adoption, revenue, customer experience, and market competitiveness to inform continuous improvement.
As part of the Product team, you will collaborate closely with Strategy and Innovation to evolve the product roadmap, incorporate market and customer insights, and improve product performance through data-driven decision making. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional partnership, analytical thinking, and a solid foundation in product management principles, service-based offerings, and go-to-market execution.
Responsibilities:
- Support the commercial success of the Metro Dark Fiber portfolio through contributions to pricing, packaging, promotion, and customer targeting strategies
- Develop and maintain pricing models, analyze market trends, and evaluate competitive positioning to inform pricing and investment decisions
- Partner with Sales and Go-to-Market teams to enable effective selling, including development of sales tools, product collateral, and customer-facing materials
- Help define target customer segments, use cases, and value propositions to improve market penetration and win rates
- Collaborate with Marketing to support product positioning, messaging, and promotional initiatives
- Translate market, customer, and business requirements into clear product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlog items
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering and Operations to deliver enhancements that support commercial objectives and customer needs
- Evaluate and improve product-related processes, systems, and workflows across the customer lifecycle (e.g., quoting, ordering, delivery, support)
- Identify gaps and inefficiencies in product operations and partner with internal teams to implement scalable improvements
- Support training and enablement for internal teams (e.g., Sales, Operations) to ensure consistent understanding and effective delivery of product offerings
- Define and track key metrics across product performance and customer experience, using data to drive continuous improvement
- Build strong relationships across Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operations to ensure alignment and effective execution
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in product management, product marketing, pricing, business operations, or a similar role
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in pricing, financial modeling, market analysis, or performance measurement
- Experience supporting go-to-market activities, including sales enablement, customer segmentation, or product positioning
- Familiarity with process improvement, operational workflows, or systems that support the product lifecycle (e.g., quoting, ordering, CRM)
- Ability to use data to identify issues, measure performance, and drive process or product improvements
- Comfortable working in a cross-functional environment and influencing stakeholders without direct authority
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Aha!, or similar) is a plus
- Experience in telecommunications, networking, infrastructure, or B2B services preferred
- Experience with tools such as Salesforce (SFDC), CRM platforms, or analytics tools is a plus
- MBA or relevant certifications (e.g., Product, Agile, Process Improvement) are a plus
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
- Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary : $70,300 - $108,200