Director, Product Line Management – Waveserver PLM Team

Ciena
Ottawa, Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 166,000 - 265,200 annuallyFunction: Hospitality & Food ServiceExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Cross-functional alignment","Stakeholder influence","Executive communication","Prioritization","Trade-off decision-making"]

Lead Waveserver product strategy, roadmap direction, and investment priorities, translating customer and market needs into product requirements, release plans, and lifecycle management. Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, marketing, supply chain, procurement, services, and sales from trials through RFP/RFQ responses and offer defense. Build business cases for hardware/software, pricing, and cost optimization while managing revenue planning, forecasting, margins, and competitive positioning for long-term product leadership.

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Director, Product Line Management – Waveserver PLM Team

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Job Summary

Lead Waveserver product strategy, roadmap direction, and investment priorities, translating customer and market needs into product requirements, release plans, and lifecycle management. Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, marketing, supply chain, procurement, services, and sales from trials through RFP/RFQ responses and offer defense. Build business cases for hardware/software, pricing, and cost optimization while managing revenue planning, forecasting, margins, and competitive positioning for long-term product leadership.
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hospitality & Food Service
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and drive Waveserver product strategy, roadmap direction, and investment priorities aligned to portfolio growth and differentiation.
  • •Translate customer, sales, and market requirements into product requirements, release priorities, and lifecycle plans.
  • •Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, marketing, supply chain, procurement, services, and sales across the product lifecycle.
  • •Drive customer engagements, roadmap discussions, RFP/RFQ responses, offer defense activities, and product trials.
  • •Develop business cases for features, hardware/software releases, pricing strategies, cost optimization initiatives, and investment decisions.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 166,000 - 265,200 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kEsppPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, telecommunications, networking, communications systems, or equivalent practical experience.
  • •10+ years of relevant industry experience, including at least 5+ years of product line management (or equivalent).
  • •Application of coherent optical systems, DWDM, OTN, Ethernet services, optical transport architectures, and network management concepts.
  • •Experience leading new product introductions and developing business cases to grow product revenue in a competitive technology market.
  • •Experience with pricing, forecasting, margin management, and competitive analysis with customer value positioning.
Experience:10+ yearsTelecommunicationsOptical networkingTechnologyCloudCarrier
Education:Master's in electrical engineering, telecommunications, networking, communications systems
Skills:Cross-functional alignmentStakeholder influenceExecutive communicationPrioritizationTrade-off decision-making
Tech Stack:Coherent optical systemsDWDMOTNEthernet servicesOptical transport architecturesCoherent pluggablesPlatform softwareNetwork managementRFP/RFQEncryptionAutomationOpen APIsFiber sensingNetwork control software

Company Brief

Ciena
Provides networking systems, software, and services that enable service providers, cloud operators, and enterprises to deliver high-capacity connectivity and adaptive network solutions worldwide.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Hanover, United States
Founded: 1992
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