Optical Networks Manager

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About the role

  • Optical networks growth manager driving market intelligence, lead generation, and sales pipeline expansion. Supporting go-to-market initiatives across Canadian and U.S. sales teams.

Responsibilities

  • Develop actionable market intelligence by analyzing market trends, competitive dynamics, customer insights, and business performance data to identify growth opportunities and support strategic business decisions.
  • Research, identify, and maintain internal and external lead-generation sources, including industry reports, market intelligence platforms, public tender databases, analyst research, news sources, and third-party data providers.
  • Support lead-generation and go-to-market initiatives through market mapping, whitespace analysis, account prioritization, opportunity identification, and target market assessments.
  • Conduct prospecting and outreach activities with prospective customers, partners, and industry stakeholders to qualify leads and uncover new business opportunities.
  • Collaborate with regional sales teams, growth leaders, partner organizations, and cross-functional stakeholders to align market insights with commercial priorities and pipeline development objectives.
  • Maintain and enhance lead-management dashboards, tracking tools, and reporting mechanisms, providing visibility into lead conversion, pipeline health, and business outcomes.
  • Support regional events, industry conferences, customer engagements, and partner forums by identifying opportunities, generating leads, and ensuring timely qualification and follow-up of prospects.
  • Track, measure, and report on lead-generation performance, campaign effectiveness, and pipeline development metrics, recommending actions to improve conversion rates and business impact.
  • Contribute to sales pipeline growth by transforming market intelligence into actionable recommendations, strategic account pursuits, and targeted business development initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Economics, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field; MBA is a plus.
  • 5–8 years of experience in market intelligence, business development, sales operations, strategy, consulting, or related commercial functions.
  • Proven experience conducting market research, competitive analysis, account prioritization, and opportunity identification.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate market insights into actionable business recommendations and growth strategies.
  • Experience leveraging industry databases, analyst research, market intelligence platforms, CRM systems, and external data sources.
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools.
  • Experience supporting lead generation, pipeline development, and go-to-market initiatives.
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple organizational levels.
  • Experience working with geographically distributed sales, marketing, and business teams.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.
  • Telecommunications, networking, enterprise technology, or B2B technology industry experience.
  • Experience with sales pipeline analysis, whitespace analysis, territory planning, or account-based growth strategies.
  • Familiarity with Salesforce, Dynamics CRM, or equivalent sales platforms.

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$112,453 - CA$160,647 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Tableau

Location requirements

HybridOttawaCanada

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