Hybrid Product Line Manager

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Product Line Manager at Ciena working on high-speed interconnects solutions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and commercialize product strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Work in a cross-functional manner across Ciena’s modem and component teams
  • Develop commercialization requirements such as SDK, documentation content, and sales support framework
  • Define product strategy and multiyear roadmap for technologies such as CPO, NPO, Advanced optical packaging and Electrical interconnects
  • Define commercial offer and pricing structure
  • Develop business cases and get approval for new features or initiatives
  • Continuously assess customer needs, technology trends, regulatory environment, and major competitors
  • Gather feature requirements from key customers
  • Develop and maintain strategic product roadmap, priorities, and gap analysis
  • Partner with marketing teams to develop product positioning and marketing collaterals
  • Work with product line managers and R&D architects in prioritizing features
  • Assist sales with coherent modem/components roadmap presentations
  • Serve as a key interface between engineering and sales/customers.

Requirements

  • Technical degree (BSEE minimum)
  • 10+ years technical experience in telecommunications or component industry
  • Successful 3+ years of Product Management experience in telecom systems or components
  • 8-10+ years of demonstrated experience in relevant areas including FAE and Sales Engineering
  • Familiarity with the major players in the optical and electrical interconnect market
  • Solid knowledge of high speed interconnect technologies (such as Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), Near Packaged Optics (NPO), Active Electrical cable (AEC), active copper cable (ACC), coherent, direct detect, Serdes, PHYs, electro-optics)
  • Technical background and understanding of a wide variety of interconnect technologies
  • Solid understanding of how to commercialize interconnect optics and sub-components
  • Superb communication, presentation, customer interaction and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate highly technical matters to non-technical individuals
  • Flexible, able to balance multiple tasks with minimal direction
  • Self-motivated
  • Need to work well with a virtual team or individually as necessary.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision plans
  • participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • company-paid holidays
  • paid sick leave
  • vacation time

Job title

Product Line Manager

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

$114,100 - $182,300 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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