Routing & Switching Product Strategy Leader

Ciena; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(K) with company match

ESPP

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Vacation time

Job summary

Ciena, a global leader in high-speed connectivity, is seeking a Product Line Manager to shape strategy, execution, and business performance for Routing and Switching solutions. You will translate market and customer needs into actionable roadmaps, drive financial results, and align engineering, supply chain, and marketing to launch and sustain offerings.

With 5+ years in product management or related telecom roles, you will influence architecture, pricing, forecasting, and go-to-market plans

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, network architecture, technical strategy, systems engineering, or a related role within telecom, networking, cloud infrastructure, or Service Provider markets.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and delivering results across engineering, commercial, operational, and customer-facing organizations.
• Experience developing business cases, pricing strategies, forecasting models, portfolio plans, competitive analyses, profitability assessments, investment prioritization frameworks, and product lifecycle decisions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain momentum, and execute within 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

Systems engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Pricing strategies

Forecasting models

Investment prioritization

Execution in fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business, or a related field

Advanced technical degree preferred

Job description

Ciena, a global leader in high-speed connectivity, is seeking a Product Line Manager to shape strategy, execution, and business performance for Routing and Switching solutions. You will translate market and customer needs into actionable roadmaps, drive financial results, and align engineering, supply chain, and marketing to launch and sustain offerings.

With 5+ years in product management or related telecom roles, you will influence architecture, pricing, forecasting, and go-to-market plans