Product Management Leader, Client Optics - Acacia

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ciscoMaynard (MA)

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About the role

Product Management Leader For AcaciaThis position requires candidates to be based in Holmdel, NJ or Maynard, MA or San Jose, CA.Acacia, now a part of Cisco, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products. We are the architects behind the technology that transforms how data centers, cloud providers, and service providers connect. By pioneering breakthroughs in Silicon Photonics and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Acacia is shrinking complex, power-hungry optical systems into high-performance, pluggable modules that scale the internet for the future. As part of the Acacia team at Cisco, you will work on the cutting edge of 400G, 800G, and 1.2T technologies. We are a group of innovators dedicated to solving the world's most difficult bandwidth and power-efficiency challenges. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of physics and engineering to build a faster, more connected world, Acacia is where you belong.

Your Impact: As a Product Management Leader for Acacia, you will be responsible for driving the integration and promotion of Acacia's high-speed cohere and client optical interconnect products within Cisco's broader portfolio.

In this role, you will: Collaborate with Engineering on managing and progressing product development projects as well as developing requirements and priorities. Collaborate with Operations: Partner with the operations team to enhance supply chain security, manufacturability, capacity ramp-up, and cost reduction. Drive Product Success: Lead the product through every stage of its life cycle, ensuring specs, quality, market timing, and profitability.

Define Requirements:

Establish clear product requirements
Drive customer product documentation in collaboration with Engineering and Systems Applications Engineering
Execute and Review: Oversee all phases of the Product Life Cycle and ensure successful Decision Reviews.
Collaborate on Roadmaps and Go-to-Market Strategy: Influence strategic decisions on product and customer engagement, prioritization, and resource allocation.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in optical/electronic engineering, physics, or a related field to include 12+ years of industry experience in product development, field application engineering or product management. Demonstrated technical expertise in software, hardware and/or optics engineering. Demonstrated experience understanding client optics and/or optical transceiver market and standardization. Demonstrated experience with full product life cycle process including product releases and return on investment analysis. Preferred

Qualifications: Business-level fluency in Mandarin (spoken and written) is strongly preferred, to support close partnership with APJC-based stakeholders. Candidates without Mandarin fluency should have demonstrated experience partnering with or working within APJC organizations and navigating cross-regional business dynamics. Significant background and experience in related engineering field(s).Understanding of the role and implications of IEEE and OIF standards. Understanding of client optics applications and corresponding priorities. Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, demonstrated through various professional or personal experiences. Experience presenting to a technical audience distilling and addressing their concerns. Experienced in communicating a clear strategy and motivating team members.

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