Cisco Leader Product Line Management 

United States, Massachusetts 

93371810

The application window is expected to close on 5/23/25.

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

Acacia (part of Cisco) is a market leader in high-speed coherent optical transceivers, pioneering the development of coherent pluggable transceivers. Acacia’s coherent products are deployed by all hyperscalers to connect their Data Centers over distances from a few kilometers to thousands of kilometers and even in submarine networks. The emergence of AI has drastically increased the demand for Acacia’s coherent transceivers. Acacia’s coherent transceivers are also being used in space applications and is eventually expected to be used inside data centers as interconnect speeds continue to increase. Acacia is also entering the PAM4 Client market and is expected to be a key provider of PAM4 solutions, including a 1.6T PAM4 DSP.

The Leader of Product Line Management plays a crucial role within the cross-functional management team, driving a product from its initial concept to prototype and ultimately into a profitable portfolio. To ensure successful product development, this leader thoroughly understands the product lifecycle requirements and collaborate effectively with various teams:

Customer-Facing Team: Engage closely to gather customer requirements and ensure expectations are met.

• Typically Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 15 years of related experience, Maters in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 12 years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Physics + 8 years of related experience.
• + 10 years of optical fiber communications experience in product management, or system architecture, or customer application engineering in coherent DSP, or optical transport and optical transceivers.
• Experience in high speed coherent and PAM optical transceiver technologies and applications.
• Experience with the full product life cycle process in product releases and products through the end-end PLCs.
• Experience presenting complex information to technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience with MS Office tools like Word, XLS, Outlook
• Experience with ASIC implementation including rough design flow
• Experience with ITU, IEEE, OIF standards and related topics
• Experience with CPU architecture and security and encryption requirements for modern system.