Product Line Manager
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About the Role
Ciena seeks a Product Line Manager to shape strategy and commercialization of high-speed optical and electrical interconnect technologies for data centers. You will define multi-year roadmaps, lead commercialization, and partner with engineering, sales, and technology partners.
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Responsibilities
- Define product strategy and multi year roadmaps for optical and electrical interconnect technologies
- Lead commercialization efforts for optical and electrical interfaces and associated technologies
- Establish commercial offers and pricing structures aligned with industry norms
- Develop business cases and secure approvals for new features and initiatives
- Partner with marketing teams to create product positioning and customer facing materials
- Serve as primary interface between engineering, sales, customers, and external technology partners
- Assess customer requirements, technology trends, regulatory considerations, and competitive dynamics
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of technical experience in telecommunications or component industry
- Experience with high speed interconnect technologies (co packaged optics, near packaged optics, active cables, coherent, direct detect, SerDes, PHYs, electro optics)
- Background in optical and electrical interconnect architectures and emerging standards
- Experience with component commercialization models (modules, bare die, chiplets)
- Experience working with cross functional modem, component, and R&D teams
- Ability to gather and translate customer requirements into product specifications
- Clear communication and presentation skills
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives with minimal direction
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Role Overview
- As a member of Ciena's Interconnects Product Line Management team, this role shapes strategy, commercialization, and lifecycle execution of high speed optical and electrical interconnect technologies used in and around the data center.
- The position serves as the primary product management interface with Ciena's technology partners while influencing how interconnect solutions are delivered across evolving customer consumption models.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Define product strategy and multi year roadmaps for optical and electrical interconnect technologies including co packaged optics, near packaged optics, advanced optical packaging, and electrical interconnects.
- Lead commercialization efforts for optical and electrical interfaces, associated technologies, and in house components.
- Establish commercial offers and pricing structures aligned with industry norms.
- Develop business cases and secure approvals for new features and initiatives.
- Partner with marketing teams to create product positioning and customer facing materials including presentations, data sheets, and competitive analyses.
- Serve as a primary interface between engineering, sales, customers, and external technology partners.
- Assess customer requirements, technology trends, regulatory considerations, and competitive dynamics to guide roadmap decisions.
The Must Haves
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience: 10+ years of technical experience in telecommunications or the component industry.
- Application of high speed interconnect technologies including co packaged optics, near packaged optics, active electrical and copper cables, coherent, direct detect, SerDes, PHYs, and electro optics.
- Background in optical and electrical interconnect architectures and emerging component standards.
- Utilization of component commercialization models including modules, bare die, and chiplets.
- Experience defining commercialization requirements such as SDKs, documentation, and sales enablement frameworks.
- Background working with cross functional modem, component, and R&D teams to define and prioritize features and roadmaps.
- Ability to gather and translate customer and internal stakeholder requirements into product specifications and proposals, including responses to RFIs and RFPs.
- Clear communication and presentation skills across technical and non technical audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives with minimal direction in a virtual or cross functional environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with direct detect and coherent optical technologies.
- Background interfacing directly with external technology partners.
- Prior experience in product management, solutions architecture, technical marketing, FAE, or sales engineering roles.
- Experience influencing component or subsystem product strategies across multiple market consumption models.
- Exposure to global customer engagements, trade shows, or industry forums.
- Willingness to travel approximately 20%, including international travel.
Pay Range
- The annual pay range for this position is CAD 114,100 CAD 182,300.
- The annual pay range for this position in California is CAD 158,500 CAD 253,300.
- Non Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission.
- Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(K)/DCPP with matching, ESPP, EAP, paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time.
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