Leader of Product Line Management

Netspeed

Maynard, MA

Full Time

Director

about 2 months ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Leader of Product Line Management plays a crucial role within the cross-functional management team, driving a product from its initial concept to prototype and ultimately into a profitable portfolio. This position involves collaborating with customer-facing, engineering, and operations teams to ensure successful product development and lifecycle management. The role is within Acacia, part of Cisco, a market leader in high-speed coherent optical transceivers, serving hyperscalers, space applications, and data centers, with a focus on innovative optical communication technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Drive a product from initial concept through prototype and into a profitable portfolio.
Collaborate with customer-facing teams to gather customer requirements and ensure expectations are met.
Work with engineering teams on product specifications, qualification, and risk mitigation strategies.
Coordinate with operations teams on supply chain security, manufacturability, capacity ramp-up, and cost reduction efforts.
Understand and manage the product lifecycle requirements to ensure successful product development and release.

Requirements

Typically Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 15 years of related experience, Masters in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 12 years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 8 years of related experience.
+ 10 years of optical fiber communications experience in product management, system architecture, or customer application engineering in coherent DSP, optical transport, or optical transceivers.
Experience in high speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies and applications.
Experience with the full product lifecycle process in product releases and products through end-to-end PLCs.
Experience presenting complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to Have

Experience with MS Office tools like Word, XLS, Outlook.
Experience with ASIC implementation including rough design flow.
Experience with ITU, IEEE, OIF standards and related topics.
Experience with CPU architecture, security, and encryption requirements for modern systems.

Qualifications

Educational background in Electrical Engineering or Physics at the Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD level as specified.
Significant experience in optical fiber communications and product management or system architecture.
Knowledge of high-speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies.

Benefits & Perks

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental, and vision insurance.
A 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
Short and long-term disability coverage.
Basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
Up to twelve paid holidays per year, including a floating holiday and a birthday day off.
Vacation time accrual and flexible vacation policies.
Paid sick time off with carryover options.
Paid time off for volunteering and community engagement.
Performance-based incentive pay for sales roles with detailed incentive structure.

Working at Netspeed

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