Senior Telecom Product Lifecycle Manager

Lead telecom product lifecycle strategy at Ciena, connecting market insight, business cases, pricing, and profitability across Broadband FTTx and DCOM Products.

As Product Lifecycle Manager, you will guide product scaling and graceful retirements for networking equipment. You will coordinate Engineering, Sales, Supply Chain, customers, and executive leadership. Your work will translate market shifts, customer priorities, technical trends, and competitive insight into clear requirements, investments, and lifecycle plans.

• Build business cases linking pricing, margins, revenue, costs, and investments
• Develop strategies for scaling products and managing graceful retirements
• Engage customers on network evolution priorities and architecture discussions
• Coordinate product data and timelines across cross-functional teams
• Implement engineering change orders and risk mitigation plans

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or related field
• Ten-plus years in telecom, datacom, or networking product lifecycle management
• Experience leading complex initiatives through cross-functional influence
• Business acumen spanning pricing, forecasting, profitability, and portfolio planning
• Knowledge of FTTx PON, IP networking, and routing technologies

Bring commercial judgment and networking expertise to Ciena’s product lifecycle decisions, customer outcomes, and profitable portfolio growth.