Cisco Product Manager Optics 

United States, California, San Jose 

63189444

The application window is expected to close on: 4/30/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

As a Product Manager within our group, you will have the responsibilities for optical transceivers, owning every product aspect throughout the product lifecycle - from market exploration, requirements definition and development, to go-to-market, product transition and end-of-sale phases.

Product Managers are empowered, trusted and influential leaders.

• Data driven and business-oriented leader to drive adoption and set commercial aspects of High-Speed Optics used on AI applications.
• Responsible for growth, pricing, promotions, and marketing collaterals.
• Track optics opportunities and develop join initiatives with host-platforms (Cisco Switches/Routers/Servers) to position Cisco high-speed optics with customers.
• Develop roadmap and engage with cross functional teams (Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Procurement, Supply, etc.) to productize it.
• Manage new product introductions, transitions, forecast and P&L.
• Create partnerships with host-platform counterparts, sales specialists, and account teams to socialize and promote our portfolio.
• Participate in training webinars, blogs, whitepapers and trade shows to articulate value propositions and competitive advantages.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in relevant field with a minimum 11+ years of product management experience, or master’s degree with 8+ years of product management experience.
• Experience managing multiple issues and initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience with high-speed pluggable optics (such as pluggable form factors and compatibility; IEEE optical standards and MSAs, optical interoperability and breakouts; fiber types, patch panels, patch cords, and optical connectors; data rates, modulation formats, bit error ratio, forward error correction and protocols – Ethernet, Infiniband-, etc.).
• Strong technical understanding of network applications and architectures at a high-level (e.g. GPU Clusters, Data Centers, Service Provider Networks and Campus Networks, among others).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Desirable knowledge of critical components of pluggable optics such as DSPs, lasers, laser drivers and TIAs.
• Ability to build relationships with peers, partners and customers.
• Strong communication skills to engage effectively with key stakeholders, and articulate complex issues clearly.
• Ability to work independently and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong analytical skills to break a problem into smaller solvable pieces.