Optical Systems Product Line Manager

🕒 January 22

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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

• Work with customers and account teams to ensure product / portfolio alignment to market demands • Work with broader PLM leadership team to ensure a complete cross portfolio evolution strategy is in place to ensure Ciena meets its corporate goals • Work with R&D, supply chain and procurement to optimize product / solution costs • Work with R&D to ensure appropriate feature prioritization / roll out • Work with sales and customers to ensure appropriate pricing • Work with Marketing team to ensure that our competitive differentiation is clearly articulated and understood by sales, customers and the financial community • Articulate the features and value proposition of products to Sales team and customers • Support sales activities through active involvement in lead customer engagements and key bid activities • Drive market pricing strategies and product cost reduction programs to balance market share growth with long term portfolio profitability • Drive cross functional team consisting of Sales, Marketing and R&D to establish a portfolio strategy for accelerated growth in the market by systematically analyzing customer needs, product requirements and associated market opportunities • Define, develop, drive product roadmap and manage R&D development priorities for maximizing market share and revenue growth • Drive complete lifecycle management of products from concept through to product retirement

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor or Master of Electrical Engineering degree, with specialization in fiber optics, telecommunications, networking or communications system – or equivalent experience is mandatory • Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is desired but not mandatory • 5+ years of relevant industry experience with successful and progressive track record of accomplishment, leadership and increasing responsibility

🏖️ 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