Strategic Product Lead, Coherent Optical Transceivers

Cisco Systems, Inc; Holmdel Township (NJ); Sur place; USD 195 000 - 286 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cisco’s Acacia team seeks a senior leader to define and execute the multi-year product strategy for next-generation optical interconnects. You will orchestrate full lifecycle management from market analysis to NPI, coordinating hardware, silicon photonics, DSP, operations, manufacturing, and marketing to deliver margin- healthy products.

The role requires 12+ years in technical product management or related fields, collaboration with hyperscalers and OEMs, and deep knowledge of 400ZR/800ZR and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field with 12+ years', or Master’s degree with 8+ years' professional experience.
• 8+ years in Technical Product Management, Product Marketing, and System Engineering within the optical communications, high-speed networking, or semiconductor transceiver industry.
• Management of full hardware/optical product lifecycles from concept definition through engineering commit benchmarks, launch, and manufacturing.
• Direct experience collaborating with Tier-1 cloud hyperscalers, telecommunications service providers, or networking equipment manufacturers to capture requirements and deliver complex optical or electronic subsystems.
• Demonstrated technical understanding of optical communications technologies, including coherent optical transceivers (e.g., 400ZR/800ZR/OpenZR+), pluggable form factors (QSFP-DD, OSFP), optical standards bodies (IEEE, OIF, MSAs) and optical transmission properties.

Responsabilités

• Define, drive, and own the multi-year product strategy and execution roadmap for Acacia’s next-generation product.
• Orchestrate full lifecycle product management from initial market analysis, customer discovery, and Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) through Concept Commits, Execution Commits, new product introduction (NPI), and volume scaling.
• Serve as the trusted central technical and business authority, aligning teams across hardware engineering, silicon photonics design, DSP architecture, operations, manufacturing, and marketing to deliver industry-leading products on time and within target margin profiles.
• Engage directly with industry technical leaders and networking OEMs, crafting ambiguous customer requirements into concrete product specifications while positioning Acacia’s portfolio to capture emerging high-speed AI optical interconnect opportunities.

Connaissances

Technical Product Mgmt

Product Marketing

System Engineering

Lifecycle management

Customer discovery

Stakeholder alignment

Formation

Bachelor's in Electrical/Optical Eng or CS

Master's degree in related field

Description du poste

Cisco’s Acacia team seeks a senior leader to define and execute the multi-year product strategy for next-generation optical interconnects. You will orchestrate full lifecycle management from market analysis to NPI, coordinating hardware, silicon photonics, DSP, operations, manufacturing, and marketing to deliver margin- healthy products.

The role requires 12+ years in technical product management or related fields, collaboration with hyperscalers and OEMs, and deep knowledge of 400ZR/800ZR and