Photonics Strategy Architect

Fujitsu Careers; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

1Finity, a Fujitsu company, seeks a Principal Strategist for the Photonics Systems Business Unit in Dallas, TX. You will partner with PSBU leadership to sharpen strategy, test hypotheses, and craft clear narratives that steer portfolio direction.

You will synthesize market signals, frame strategic options, and influence upstream decisions, translating complex tech, market, and competition into concise recommendations for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping strategic direction within a complex technology business, including portfolio choices and growth priorities.
• Industry experience in optical networking and photonics systems with exposure to products and platform decisions.
• Ability to operate in high-ambiguity environments and guide decisions forward.
• Translate complexity into clear strategic options, tradeoffs, and narratives for senior leadership.
• Experience with market and customer discovery, including ecosystem dynamics and competitive intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic hypotheses across markets, buyers, technologies, and business models.
• Frame options and tradeoffs to enable leadership decision‑making and clarify where to invest or not.
• Maintain an external view of buyer behavior, ecosystem dynamics, and technology inflection points.

Skills

Strategic direction

Optical networking

Photonics systems

Decision guidance

Market discovery

Job description

1Finity, a Fujitsu company, seeks a Principal Strategist for the Photonics Systems Business Unit in Dallas, TX. You will partner with PSBU leadership to sharpen strategy, test hypotheses, and craft clear narratives that steer portfolio direction.

You will synthesize market signals, frame strategic options, and influence upstream decisions, translating complex tech, market, and competition into concise recommendations for senior leadership.