Product Engineering Program Manager

lumentum; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumentum Canada in Ottawa is seeking a Product Engineering Program Manager to join our Engineering Quality team. This role combines engineering expertise with project management to drive change across optical networking product families.

You will coordinate Change Control Board activities, manage Product Change Notifications, and partner with Product Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to minimize risk while delivering changes on schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering change management within complex product teams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and stakeholder management.
• Knowledge of PCNs, PxNs and Change Control processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and drive engineering changes across the product lifecycle.
• Lead Change Control Board meetings and document decisions.
• Manage Product Change Notifications (PCNs/PxNs) across functions.
• Develop KPIs to measure change-management performance.

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region's Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada's Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year .

Position Title: Product Engineering Program Manager

Employment Type: Full-time, Existing vacancy

Location: Ottawa (On-Site)

About Lumentum

At Lumentum, we're building the tech behind the world's fastest networks and most advanced systems. Our optical and photonic solutions power everything from AI and cloud computing to data centers, telecom, and advanced manufacturing.

We're a global team of innovators working where light meets technology, solving big challenges that keep the world connected and moving forward. If shaping the future of connectivity excites you, you'll fit right in.

Why You'll Love This Role

At Lumentum , we are searching for Canada's brightest young minds engineers and innovators who want to build the next generation of optical technology . If you are driven by curiosity, eager to solve real-world challenges, and excited about developing groundbreaking optical systems , this is your opportunity.

Join us in designing the future of optical cloud & networking technology our advanced photonic modules power the world's voice and internet traffic , and we need your expertise to take them to the next level. This is not just another job; this is your chance to define & design what's next in photonics.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Product Engineering Program Manager to join our Engineering Quality organization. This role combines technical engineering knowledge with project management to lead engineering change activities across multiple optical networking product families.

The successful candidate will work closely with Product Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Release Management, Customer Quality Engineering, and Program Management to ensure engineering changes are evaluated, implemented, and communicated effectively while minimizing technical and business risk.

What You'll Be Doing

The Product Engineering Program Manager is responsible for coordinating and driving engineering changes throughout the product lifecycle. This includes leading Change Control Board (CCB) activities, managing Product Change Notifications (PCNs/PxNs), facilitating technical risk assessments, and ensuring engineering changes are implemented efficiently and with appropriate stakeholder alignment.

This role requires someone who can understand technical issues, organize cross-functional teams, drive decisions, and maintain momentum across multiple concurrent projects. The successful candidate will also identify opportunities to improve existing change management processes through standardization, automation, and performance metrics.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Change Management

• Coordinate engineering change requests from initiation through implementation and closure.
• Review change requests for completeness and work with engineering teams to resolve gaps before entering the approval process.
• Coordinate technical reviews involving Product Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Quality Engineering, and Release Management.
• Drive engineering changes to completion while maintaining implementation schedules and ensuring action items are closed on time.
• Monitor engineering change metrics and communicate status to stakeholders.

Change Control Board Administration

• Plan, schedule, and facilitate Change Control Board meetings.
• Establish meeting agendas and priorities.
• Document decisions, risks, required actions, and ownership.
• Ensure appropriate technical representation is present for each review.
• Maintain CCB records and reporting.
• Develop and report KPIs that measure change management performance.

Product Change Notification Management

• Coordinate customer Product Change Notifications (PCNs/PxNs) from initiation through customer approval and closure.
• Create and manage PxNs within Agile PLM.
• Coordinate required deliverables and implementation schedules across functional organizations.
• Chair internal and customer-facing PxN meetings.
• Maintain action logs, meeting minutes, and customer communication records.
• Work closely with Release Management to coordinate customer notifications and implementation timing.

Technical Risk Management

• Facilitate cross-functional technical risk assessments associated with engineering changes.
• Coordinate Root Cause Analysis (RCA), corrective actions, preventive actions, and mitigation plans when required.
• Evaluate manufacturing, quality, supply chain, customer, schedule, and cost impacts of proposed changes.
• Ensure technical decisions are supported by appropria