Remote Routing & Switching Product Leader

Ciena; United States; On-site; USD 138,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(K) with company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid holidays and vacation time

Job summary

Ciena is seeking a Product Line Manager for Routing and Switching to shape strategy, execution, and business performance. You will align customer needs with market dynamics, technology investments, and measurable outcomes, impacting revenue growth and portfolio performance.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales, with a focus on roadmaps, pricing, and lifecycle decisions in a dynamic telecom environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, CS, business or related field; advanced technical degree preferred.
• 5+ years in Product Management or related roles in telecom, networking, cloud infrastructure, or service provider markets.
• Experience developing business cases, pricing strategies, forecasting models, portfolio plans, profitability assessments, investment prioritization, and lifecycle decisions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the business performance of assigned Routing and Switching products and solutions, driving strategy, roadmap definition, business planning, execution readiness, lifecycle decisions, and financial results.
• Engage directly with account teams and customers to identify network evolution priorities, contribute to architecture discussions, validate roadmap assumptions, and position solutions around customer outcomes.
• Translate customer requirements, market developments, standards evolution, technology trends, and competitive insights into product requirements, business cases, investment priorities, and go-to-market plans.
• Build and maintain product business cases that align pricing strategy, margin objectives, revenue opportunities, cost structures, competitive positioning, investment trade-offs, and profitability targets.
• Create alignment across Engineering, Supply Chain, Marketing, Services, and account teams to advance initiatives from concept through launch, adoption, and lifecycle management.
• Lead roadmap and portfolio planning based on customer demand, market requirements, technology readiness, platform economics, competitive differentiation, and execution considerations.

Skills

Product Management

Network architecture

Technical strategy

Cross-functional leadership

telecom / service provider markets

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or business

Job description

Ciena is seeking a Product Line Manager for Routing and Switching to shape strategy, execution, and business performance. You will align customer needs with market dynamics, technology investments, and measurable outcomes, impacting revenue growth and portfolio performance.

The role involves cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales, with a focus on roadmaps, pricing, and lifecycle decisions in a dynamic telecom environment.