Advanced Optics Technology Portfolio Manager and Chief of Staff

Advanced Optics Technology Portfolio Manager and Chief of Staff

** Date:
** Jul 4, 2026

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* Location:

** Corning, NY, US, 14831

** Company:
** Corning

Requisition Number: 75394

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Corning's businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with:

+ Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives

+ Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected

+ Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light

+ Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences

+ Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation

+ Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Corning is seeking an AO Development Portfolio Manager and Chief of Staff to support the Advanced Optics organization in Corning, NY. This role is expected to be primarily onsite, works closely with the Business Technology Director (BTD), and offers relocation assistance for eligible candidates. Occasional travel may be required based on project and business needs.

Materials, optics, engineering, and technical professionals who want to use their background in a broader portfolio and business-facing role will find strong visibility and impact here. Within Corning's Advanced Optics organization, this role serves as a strategic partner to the BTD and helps connect development projects to business priorities, budget planning, staffing needs, and leadership decisions. Rather than owning a single program, this position brings together the broader portfolio view so the organization can prioritize effectively, stay aligned, and move important work forward.

** Key Responsibilities*
* + Serve as a strategic partner to the BTD, helping translate business and technology priorities into an effective operating rhythm across the Advanced Optics technology organization

+ Partner closely with the BTD and BTD administrative support to coordinate leadership cadence, calendar priorities, key meetings, and follow-up actions

+ Establish and maintain a forward-looking cadence for staff meetings, portfolio reviews, business reviews, deep dives, and other leadership forums

+ Prepare agendas, briefing materials, decision-support content, presentations, and follow-up communications for leadership discussions and reviews

+ Review and analyze materials submitted for BTD review or decision-making, highlighting implications, tradeoffs, risks, and recommended actions

+ Represent or support the BTD in selected internal and cross-functional engagements, as needed

+ Develop, maintain, and communicate an integrated view of the AO Development portfolio aligned to near- and long-term business priorities

+ Lead the portfolio operating cadence, including project intake, prioritization, portfolio review, decision capture, action tracking, and cross-functional follow-through

+ Provide visibility to scope, status, milestones, dependencies, risks, resource needs, and budget alignment across the AO Development portfolio

+ Build and maintain portfolio dashboards, analytics, scorecards, and planning tools that improve rigor, visibility, and repeatability

+ Support development budget…