VP, Sales

Lumentum; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in photonics is seeking a Vice President of Networking Sales to drive growth and lead their networking sales strategy. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience in sales leadership, proven success in exceeding revenue targets, and a deep understanding of optical communications and cloud networking. This role involves building strategic partnerships and representing the company at industry events. Competitive total compensation packages offered.

Benefits

Annual bonus and commission

Equity options

Health and welfare benefits

Qualifications

• 15+ years of sales leadership experience in networking or optical solutions.
• Proven success exceeding multimillion-dollar revenue targets.
• Deep understanding of optical communications, data center interconnect, coherent optics, and cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a high-performing networking sales team.
• Develop and execute sales strategies that drive revenue growth.
• Build and expand executive-level relationships with strategic customers.

Skills

Sales leadership experience in networking or optical solutions

Successful multimillion-dollar revenue targets

Understanding of optical communications

Strong relationships with networking providers

Excellent leadership and communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced technical degree

Job description

Overview

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing! We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

About Lumentum

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a global leader in photonics and optical communications, powering the technologies that connect our world. From 5G infrastructure and data centers to next-generation cloud and edge networking, our solutions enable faster, smarter, and more reliable networks.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic Vice President of Networking Sales to lead our networking sales strategy and execution. This role will be responsible for driving growth, building trusted partnerships with networking, service providers, and OEMs, and positioning Lumentum as the go-to partner for advanced optical and networking solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and scale a high-performing networking sales team across enterprise, service provider, cloud, and OEM accounts.
• Develop and execute sales strategies that drive revenue growth across Lumentum’s optical networking portfolio.
• Build and expand executive-level relationships with strategic customers and partners.
• Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to deliver customer-driven solutions.
• Represent Lumentum at industry events and forums as a trusted leader in optical networking.

What We’re Looking For

• 15+ years of sales leadership experience in networking or optical solutions.
• Proven success exceeding multimillion-dollar revenue targets.
• Deep understanding of optical communications, data center interconnect, coherent optics, and cloud networking.
• Strong relationships with networking, service providers, and networking OEMs.
• Inspirational leader with a track record of building and motivating world-class teams.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.

Pay Range

E100-USA-1 : $0.00 - $0.00

Disclaimer

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.