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Lead evaluation and development of emerging photonic technologies for future optical communications products. Assess photodetectors, lasers, modulators, silicon and III-V photonics, integration, and packaging against performance, power, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and scalability requirements. Define proof-of-concept experiments, prototypes, and technology demonstrations; analyze results, risks, and development gaps; monitor industry and competitive trends; and coordinate internal teams, suppliers, universities, and research partners through productization.

As Optical Systems Product Line Manager, you will oversee product lifecycle management, coordinate with R&D and sales, and drive market strategies to ensure alignment with customer needs and corporate goals.

The Global Process Owner for S&OP leads the design and continuous improvement of the S&OP process, ensures collaboration across functions, and drives digital transformation and automation within the organization.

Lead design and standardization of FP&A processes, data lineage, governance, and reporting. Drive process redesign, align requirements with planning platforms and ERPs, enable analytics/AI initiatives, deliver executive dashboards and KPIs, and lead governance and continuous improvement for global finance performance.

Manage VAR partner relationships and a large Tier‑1 service provider account to drive purchase orders, forecasting, inventory alignment, bookings, revenue, and margin. Coordinate across sales, supply chain, and demand planning; create strategic commercial plans covering hardware, software, and services; represent Ciena with executive presence and stakeholder management.

Manage global accounting and financial planning IT projects and programs: lead cross-functional and vendor teams, prioritize requirements, create schedules, track risks and milestones, drive technical builds, integrations, testing, and delivery using Agile/Waterfall/hybrid methodologies.