Product Management Leader, Client Optics

Role Description

As a Product Management Leader for Acacia, you will be responsible for driving the integration and promotion of Acacia’s high-speed coherent 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.

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco.
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year.
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program.
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units.