Senior Product Leader, Client Optics & Interconnects

Cisco; Holmdel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 195,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with Cisco matching

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Short/long-term disability

Basic life insurance

Cisco restricted stock units

Job summary

Acacia, now a part of Cisco, seeks a Product Management Leader to drive integration and promotion of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products within Cisco’s portfolio. You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Systems Applications Engineering to define requirements and manage development, with focus on lifecycle profitability and market timing.

You will guide roadmaps, coordinate go-to-market strategy, and ensure robust documentation while leading teams across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in optical/electronic engineering, physics, or a related field with 12+ years of industry experience in product development, field application engineering or product management.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in software, hardware and/or optics engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with full product life cycle process including product releases and return on investment analysis.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Engineering on managing and progressing product development projects and developing requirements and priorities.
• Partner with Operations to enhance supply chain security, manufacturability, capacity ramp-up, and cost reduction.
• Lead the product through every stage of its life cycle, ensuring specs, quality, market timing, and profitability.
• Establish clear product requirements.
• Drive customer product documentation in collaboration with Engineering and Systems Applications Engineering.
• Oversee all phases of the Product Life Cycle and ensure successful Decision Reviews.
• Influence strategic decisions on product and customer engagement, prioritization, and resource allocation.

Skills

Product lifecycle management

Cross-functional collaboration

Software/hardware/optics engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in optical/electronic engineering, physics, or related field

Job description

Acacia, now a part of Cisco, seeks a Product Management Leader to drive integration and promotion of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products within Cisco’s portfolio. You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Systems Applications Engineering to define requirements and manage development, with focus on lifecycle profitability and market timing.

You will guide roadmaps, coordinate go-to-market strategy, and ensure robust documentation while leading teams across multiple