Job Description

Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual\xe2\x80\x99s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We\xe2\x80\x99re a technology company that leads with our humanity\xe2\x80\x94driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

The Senior Director of Product Line Management Business Operations has the following key responsibilities:

• Leading a team of 5 direct reports including manager and senior managers
• Drive the pricing strategy for the GP&S organization including the next generation coherent modems (example: WL6i) and the transition to software defined pricing with Flexera integration
• Managing the end to end portfolio lifecycle of the GP&S products including issuing PCNs such as MD/EOL notices
• Managing Ciena\xe2\x80\x99s inventory position together with the supply chain team. Includes helping put together marketing/sales programs on excess inventory items
• Managing the GP&S PLM input into the strategic planning process
• Managing the GP&S PLM input into the N+1 operating plan including helping pull together financial trends by customer, by product, by region, etc
• Monitoring key pricing and cost trends and distributing reports to the executive team including in Power BI
• Helping manage key / challenged accounts together with the sales team.
• Supporting PLM leadership team on key strategic initiatives and presentations
• Run the centralized lab team including the battlefront and Encqor labs.

Le directeur principal, Gestion des lignes de produits, a les responsabilit\xc3\xa9s principales suivantes:

• Diriger une \xc3\xa9quipe de 5 gestionnaires, cadres sup\xc3\xa9rieurs et directeurs principau
• Piloter la strat\xc3\xa9gie de tarification de l\'organisation NPD, y compris la prochaine g\xc3\xa9n\xc3\xa9ration de modems coh\xc3\xa9rents (exemple: WL Ai) et la transition vers la tarification d\xc3\xa9finie par logiciel avec l\'int\xc3\xa9gration de Flexera.
• G\xc3\xa9rer le cycle de vie du portefeuille de bout en bout des produits NPD, y compris l\'\xc3\xa9mission de PCN tels que les avis MD / EOL
• G\xc3\xa9rer la position d\'inventaire de Ciena avec l\'\xc3\xa9quipe de la cha\xc3\xaene d\'approvisionnement. Comprend l\'aide \xc3\xa0 la mise en place de programmes de marketing / vente sur les articles en surplus
• Gestion de la contribution du PLM NPD dans le processus de planification strat\xc3\xa9gique, y compris la nouvelle initiative QSR
• Gestion de l\'entr\xc3\xa9e NPD PLM dans le plan d\'exploitation N + 1, y compris en aidant \xc3\xa0 rassembler les tendances financi\xc3\xa8res par client, par produit, par r\xc3\xa9gion, etc. Surveiller les principales tendances en mati\xc3\xa8re de prix et de co\xc3\xbbts et distribuer des rapports \xc3\xa0 l\'\xc3\xa9quipe de direction
• Aider \xc3\xa0 g\xc3\xa9rer les comptes cl\xc3\xa9s / contest\xc3\xa9es avec l\'\xc3\xa9quipe de vente.

Soutenir l\'\xc3\xa9quipe de direction PLM sur les initiatives strat\xc3\xa9giques et les pr\xc3\xa9sentations cl\xc3\xa9s

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum BS in engineering (with telecommunications, networking or communications systems concentration) \xe2\x80\x93 or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience with successful and progressive track record of accomplishment, leadership and increasing responsibility.
• Product background in L0/L1/L2/L3 technology, management and API technologies is preferred
• Keen business sense and general management experience to drive lifecycle management of complex products and solutions
• Strong program and project management skills with a meticulous attention to detail in orchestrating efforts across multiple functional disciplines
• Seasoned interpersonal skills with a proven ability to achieve results through alignment of cross-functional and multi-divisional activities in a highly collaborative, team-oriented, and fast-paced environment
• Extraordinary communications and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with customers, suppliers and other functional organizations
• Telecom pricing experience
• Ability to work with Ciena\xe2\x80\x99s supply chain / finance organization and systems

\xc3\x89DUCATION ET EXP\xc3\x89RIENCE

• BS en g\xc3\xa9nie (avec concentration en t\xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa9communications, en r\xc3\xa9seau ou en syst\xc3\xa8mes de communications) - ou exp\xc3\xa9rience \xc3\xa9quivalente
• MBA souhait\xc3\xa9 plus de 10 ann\xc3\xa9es d\'exp\xc3\xa9rience pertinente dans l\'industrie avec des ant\xc3\xa9c\xc3\xa9dents de r\xc3\xa9ussite, de leadership et de responsabilit\xc3\xa9 croissante.
• Contexte du produit dans les technologies L0 / L1 / L2, de gestion et d\'API est pr\xc3\xa9f\xc3\xa9r\xc3\xa9
• Sens aigu des affaires et exp\xc3\xa9rience g\xc3\xa9n\xc3\xa9rale en gestion pour piloter la gestion du cycle de vie de produits et de solutions complexes
• Solides comp\xc3\xa9tences en gestion de programme et de projet avec une attention m\xc3\xa9ticuleuse aux d\xc3\xa9tails dans l\'orchestration des efforts dans plusieurs disciplines fonctionnelles
• Comp\xc3\xa9tences interpersonnelles \xc3\xa9prouv\xc3\xa9es avec une capacit\xc3\xa9 \xc3\xa9prouv\xc3\xa9e \xc3\xa0 atteindre des r\xc3\xa9sultats gr\xc3\xa2ce \xc3\xa0 l\'alignement des activit\xc3\xa9s inter-fonctionnelles et multi-divisions dans un environnement hautement collaboratif, ax\xc3\xa9 sur l\'\xc3\xa9quipe et au rythme rapide
• Communications extraordinaires et comp\xc3\xa9tences de presentation
• Aptitude av\xc3\xa9r\xc3\xa9e \xc3\xa0 \xc3\xa9tablir des relations de confiance avec les clients, les fournisseurs et d\'autres organisations fonctionnelles
• Exp\xc3\xa9rience en tarification telecom
• Aptitude \xc3\xa0 travailler avec l\'organisation et les syst\xc3\xa8mes de gestion de la cha\xc3\xaene d\'approvisionnement / financi\xc3\xa8re de Ciena

At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.

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