Junior Product Life Cycle Program Manager

Posted yesterday

Apply Now

Resume Score

Check how well your resume matches this job before you apply.

Sign in to check score

About the role

  • Project Manager at Ciena leading teams through product lifecycle management and new product introduction processes. Coordination of project schedules, risk management, and customer engagements while ensuring clarity and quality in product delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross‑functional teams through Ciena’s new product introduction and lifecycle management processes
  • Coordinate release plans that deliver committed scope on schedule and with high quality
  • Mitigate risk by developing and executing comprehensive risk‑management plans
  • Manage project schedules, scope, quality, and cost, ensuring transparent reporting to stakeholders
  • Identify performance issues and guide the team through recovery planning and execution
  • Maintain centralized project documentation and ensure data accuracy in project‑status systems
  • Support early customer engagements by coordinating deliverables and resolving pre‑release issues

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science, engineering, or a related field (+)
  • 3-5 years of technical leadership experience, including 1-3 years in project management (+)
  • Proven success leading complex software and hardware project deliveries (+)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including influence and negotiation (+)
  • Solid project‑management capabilities across planning, risk assessment, issue resolution, and performance tracking (+)
  • Ability to motivate and guide cross‑functional teams toward shared goals (+)
  • High attention to detail with strong organizational and problem‑solving skills (+)

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision plans
  • participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • company-paid holidays
  • paid sick leave
  • vacation time
  • comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Junior

Salary

$73,200 - $116,900 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

Report this job

Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.