Ciena · 6 hours ago
Product Line Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $182K/yr
10+ years expCiena is a global leader in high-speed connectivity, committed to a people-first approach. The Product Line Manager will work closely with cross-functional teams to support the definition, introduction, and life cycle management of Ciena’s Interconnects portfolio, focusing on high-speed interconnect technologies.
CollaborationDeliverySoftwareTelecommunications
Responsibilities
Work in a cross-functional manner across Ciena’s modem and component teams and help define industry best practice of selling modem components as products to customers
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 that is in line with industry norm
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 (end customers, product marketing, and sales organization)
Develop and maintain strategic product roadmap, priorities, and gap analysis
Partner with marketing teams to develop product positioning and marketing collaterals (e.g., external presentations, data sheets, value propositions, competitive analyses, etc.)
Work with product line managers and R&D architects in prioritizing features and defining roadmaps
Assist sales with coherent modem/components roadmap presentations, collecting customer requirements, assessing modem/components fit to customer needs and preparing product specifications and proposals including responding to customer RFI/RFP for all coherent modem/components related requirements
Serve as a key interface between engineering and sales/customers
Function as a focal point to align design, product line managers, supporting groups, and product marketing towards a common goal
This critical, high visibility role blends coherent domain technical expertise, an eye for business, and people influencing soft skills
~20% travel required including international (e.g. customer visits, trade shows, cross-functional meetings, etc.)
Qualification
Required
Familiarity with the major players in the optical and electrical interconnect market, their products, positioning, and strategies
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) and consumption models (modules, bare dies, chiplets)
Technical background and understanding of a wide variety of interconnect technologies, emerging component options and standards
Solid understanding of how to commercialize interconnect optics and sub-components – expert in understanding of component product sales approach and competitive landscape
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
Education: Technical degree (BSEE minimum) and 10+ years technical experience in telecommunications or component industry
Experience: Successful 3+ years of Product Management experience in telecom systems or components; or 8-10+ years of demonstrated experience in relevant areas including FAE and Sales Engineering. Prior Product Management, Solutions Architect, or Technical Marketing experience is highly desired
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
Company
Ciena
Ciena collaborates with customers to unlock the strategic potential of their networks and and change the way they perform and compete.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1997-02-07IPO
1995-12-01Series C
1994-12-01Series B
Leadership Team
Gary Smith
President & CEO
Kevin Kimberlin
Co-Founder
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