Leader of Product Line Management

Cisco; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 183,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is hiring a Leader of Product Line Management who will oversee product development from concept to profitability within the optical technology domain. Candidates should have advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering or Physics and extensive experience in product management and optical fiber communications, alongside strong team collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 15 years of related experience with Bachelor's, 12 years with Master's, or 8 years with PhD.
• Experience in high-speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies.
• Experience with the full product life cycle process.

Responsibilities

• Drive product from initial concept to profitable portfolio.
• Engage with customer-facing teams to gather requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering on specifications and risk mitigation.

Skills

Optical fiber communications

Product management

System architecture

Customer application engineering

High-speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies

Presenting complex information

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Physics

Master's in Electrical Engineering or Physics

PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

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CA$183,900.00/yr - CA$225,100.00/yr

The application window is expected to close on 7/14/25.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Acacia (part of Cisco) is a market leader in high-speed coherent optical transceivers, pioneering the development of coherent pluggable transceivers. Acacia’s coherent products are deployed by all hyperscalers to connect their Data Centers over distances from a few kilometers to thousands of kilometers and even in submarine networks. The emergence of AI has drastically increased the demand for Acacia’s coherent transceivers. Acacia’s coherent transceivers are also being used in space applications and are expected to be used inside data centers as interconnect speeds continue to increase. Acacia is also entering the PAM4 Client market and is expected to be a key provider of PAM4 solutions, including a 1.6T PAM4 DSP.

Your Impact

The Leader of Product Line Management plays a crucial role within the cross-functional management team, driving a product from its initial concept to prototype and ultimately into a profitable portfolio. To ensure successful product development, this leader thoroughly understands the product lifecycle requirements and collaborates effectively with various teams:

• Customer-Facing Team: Engage closely to gather customer requirements and ensure expectations are met.
• Engineering Team: Work on product specifications, qualification, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Operations Team: Focus on supply chain security, manufacturability, capacity ramp-up, and cost reduction efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Typically Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 15 years of related experience, Masters in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 12 years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 8 years of related experience.
• + 10 years of optical fiber communications experience in product management, or system architecture, or customer application engineering in coherent DSP, or optical transport and optical transceivers.
• Experience in high speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies and applications.
• Experience with the full product life cycle process in product releases and products through the end-to-end PLCs.
• Experience presenting complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MS Office tools like Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Experience with ASIC implementation including rough design flow.
• Experience with ITU, IEEE, OIF standards and related topics.
• Experience with CPU architecture, security, and encryption requirements for modern systems.

Why Cisco

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.