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Director, Product Management

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  • Report to the VP & GM
  • Define and communicate long-term product vision and value proposition for the product portfolio
  • Drive business revenue and gross margin
  • Develop business and technical customer relationships
  • Drive roadmap discussions, RFP/RFQ activities, and lab certification engagements
  • Conduct market research and competitive analysis
  • Translate customer needs and pain points into product requirements and release priorities
  • Lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, Partners, Sales, R&D, System Architecture, Marketing, and customers
  • Prioritize product features and initiatives using data, customer insights, and business impact
  • Develop go-to-market strategies and enablement materials with Marketing and Sales
  • Manage the product lifecycle from ideation through delivery and sunset
  • Support forecasting, pricing, and profitability activities
  • Monitor and coordinate order fulfillment to meet cost, lead-time, delivery, volume, quality, and margin objectives
  • Influence organizational priorities through storytelling and strategic rationale
  • Travel up to 20%; accommodate occasional overtime and flexible hours for customer needs

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in related engineering field
  • 10 to 15 years of optical networking industry experience
  • Proven track record of developing successful products
  • Strong understanding of disaggregated optical line systems and coherent modem/pluggable technologies is preferred
  • Seasoned business judgment and superior analytical abilities, particularly in strategic business and financial analysis
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills and business acumen
  • Strong planning, leadership, negotiation, interpersonal, and organizational skills
  • Ability to work through non-direct reports and influence others
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and follow through
  • Understanding of business strategies and ability to formulate and execute supporting plans
  • Ability to train, coach, and mentor others
  • Must follow site EHS procedures and Coherent Corporate EHS standards
  • May be responsible for ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable quality and environmental standards depending on location

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in product management within the optical networking industry, focusing on product lifecycle management, market strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration. Proven ability to influence organizational priorities and drive business revenue through strategic analysis and customer relationship management.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Optical Networking Industry Experience
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Strategic Business Analysis
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Go-To-Market Strategy Development

Hard Skills

  • Product Management
  • Market Research
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Optical Line Systems
  • Coherent Modem Technologies
  • RFP/RFQ Activities
  • Forecasting
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Order Fulfillment Management

Soft Skills

  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Leadership
  • Negotiation
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Organizational Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
  • ISO 9000
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 14001

Industry Keywords

  • Optical Networking
  • Product Vision
  • Business Revenue
  • Gross Margin
  • Customer Relationships
  • EHS Procedures
  • Quality Standards
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