Routing and Switching Product Line Manager

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About the role

  • Routing and Switching Product Line Manager shaping Ciena’s high-speed networking infrastructure portfolio. Driving product strategy, roadmaps, business cases, and customer-focused execution.

Responsibilities

  • Own the business performance of assigned Routing and Switching products and solutions
  • Drive strategy, roadmap definition, business planning, execution readiness, lifecycle decisions, and financial results
  • Engage with account teams and customers to identify network evolution priorities and contribute to architecture discussions
  • Validate roadmap assumptions and position solutions around customer outcomes
  • Translate customer requirements, market developments, standards evolution, technology trends, and competitive insights into product requirements, business cases, investment priorities, and go-to-market plans
  • Build and maintain product business cases covering pricing strategy, margin objectives, revenue opportunities, cost structures, competitive positioning, investment trade-offs, and profitability targets
  • Align Engineering, Supply Chain, Marketing, Services, and account teams from concept through launch, adoption, and lifecycle management
  • Lead roadmap and portfolio planning based on customer demand, market requirements, technology readiness, platform economics, competitive differentiation, and execution considerations

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in Product Management, network architecture, technical strategy, systems engineering, or a related role within telecom, networking, cloud infrastructure, or Service Provider markets
  • Track record of leading complex cross-functional initiatives and delivering results across engineering, commercial, operational, and customer-facing organizations
  • Experience developing business cases, pricing strategies, forecasting models, portfolio plans, competitive analyses, profitability assessments, investment prioritization frameworks, and product lifecycle decisions
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain momentum, and execute within a fast-paced environment
  • Application of IP networking and routing technologies, including IPv4/IPv6, BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, Segment Routing, multicast, EVPN, QoS, OAM, and Service Provider network architectures
  • Experience with Service Provider architectures across access, aggregation, metro, core, edge, DCI, cloud interconnect, business services, and converged packet-optical environments
  • Ability to communicate with engineering teams and executive stakeholders
  • Experience evaluating innovation based on technical feasibility, customer value, execution risk, time-to-market, differentiation, and financial return
  • Experience working directly with Tier-1, Tier-2, MSO, or cloud/network operator customers on network modernization, routing transformation, service evolution, or automation initiatives
  • Exposure to AI-enabled operations, streaming telemetry, intent-based networking, cloud-native network functions, programmable infrastructure, SRv6, network slicing, and advanced orchestration
  • Ability to bring clarity to ambiguity, evaluate trade-offs, simplify complexity, and align teams around execution milestones and measurable outcomes

Benefits

  • Discretionary incentive bonus eligibility for non-sales employees
  • Sales commission eligibility for sales employees
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(K) (USA) and DCPP (Canada) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Company-paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Vacation time
  • Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence
  • Development opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Support for employee growth and well-being

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$137,800 - $220,200 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudSwitching

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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