Optical AI Product Line Manager

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $138.9k - $221.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

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Ciena

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1985

📡 Telecommunications

🔧 Hardware

💰 Series C on 1995-12

Telecommunications • Hardware • Networking

Ciena is a global leader in optical and routing systems, services, and automation software. We build the world’s most adaptive networks to address ever-increasing digital demands for richer, more connected experiences for all users. For three-plus decades, we’ve brought our innate sense of humanity to our relentless pursuit of innovation.

📋 Description

• Own the strategy and commercialization of Optical networking solutions for AI connectivity across DCI, metro and long-haul domains • Lead engagements with North American Communications Service Providers on engineering and monetizing optical networks for AI training and inference traffic • Build account-specific solution plans with customers, Sales and Sales Engineering to support CSP business cases for AI connectivity demand • Translate customer insights into Ciena's product roadmap and solution portfolio • Establish Ciena as the architectural reference point for AI connectivity with a defined set of North American CSP accounts within twelve months • Engage CSP technology and product strategy teams on coherent optics and fabric design • Build revenue and TCO cases to justify customer investment • Gather and translate customer and internal stakeholder requirements into product specifications, proposals, and RFI/RFP responses • Define and prioritize roadmap features with engineering, R&D and PLM teams

🎯 Requirements

• Deep working knowledge of optical and IP networking architectures across DCI, metro and long-haul • Working knowledge of AI cluster networking, including scale-out and scale-across fabrics, distributed training traffic patterns, and inference latency and distribution requirements • Ability to build and defend customer business cases, including service monetization models and TCO/capex/opex analysis • Ability to operate across architecture and commercial strategy • Ability to gather and translate requirements into product specifications, proposals, and RFI/RFP responses • Ability to work with cross-functional engineering, R&D and PLM teams to define and prioritize roadmap features • Strong analytical and quantitative skills • Clear communication and presentation skills across technical and non-technical audiences • Ability to manage multiple initiatives with minimal direction in a globally matrixed, cross-functional environment • Willingness to travel approximately 25%, primarily within North America • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer Science or related), or equivalent experience — required • 10+ years in telecommunications or data communications, spanning networking hardware and software, architecture, product line management or solution development • Prior experience in product management, solutions architecture, technical marketing, or sales engineering • Demonstrated technical engagements on networking for AI workloads with hyperscalers, neoclouds, CSPs or enterprises • Track record of converting a technical architecture position into a customer investment decision • Experience translating cloud networking practice into service provider environments • Experience with coherent optical technologies • Exposure to industry forums, standards bodies or global customer engagements

🏖️ Benefits

• Development opportunities • Flexible work environment • Medical, dental, and vision plans • DCPP (Canada) with company matching • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Company-paid holidays • Paid sick leave • Vacation time • Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence • Discretionary incentive bonus eligibility for non-Sales employees • Sales commission eligibility for Sales employees