Packet Optical Product Line Manager
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- ION IP Optical Networks
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- 1900000KNB Requisition #
- Degree in computer, electrical, software, or systems engineering, or physics, computer science, or relevant related field is required, graduate degree preferred; MBA in addition to technical degree is an asset.
- 5 years of telecom product experience in either network operator or equipment supplier.
- 5 years of product management experience, or consulting engineering/network architect experience with a demonstrated understanding of market requirements for Optical, Ethernet and/or IP/MPLS networking solutions.
- Business acumen.
- Proficient with packet networking technologies (Carrier Ethernet, IP, MPLS, Segment Routing, E-VPN) and knowledgeable in current and emerging standards in both packet and optical domains (IEEE, MEF, IETF, ITU-T).
- Basic understanding of SDN, Netconf, YANG
- Basic understanding of network synchronization: SyncE, IEEE 1588v2.
- Basic understanding in optical networking: CWDM, DWDM, OTN, FTTH.
- Excellent working knowledge of related technologies and applications such as business/cloud services, broadband backhaul, mobile networking (backhaul/fronthaul), optical data center networking, network virtualization and their use in customer’s networks.
- Excellent understanding of the industry landscape, including customers, potential partners, direct competitors and competing and emerging technologies and architectures.
- Experience and demonstrated ability in identifying changing business models, and ability to associate these to changing solution/product and architecture requirement.
- Ability to work collaboratively across many teams within the organization including sales, business development/technical sales, product management, marketing, services & support, R&D, documentation, manufacturing, operations, program and release management.
- Solid technical and operational understanding of service provider networking environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills: ability to communicate technology strategy and architecture approach to engineers, executives, and customers.
- Ability and flexibility to develop and deliver presentations to a wide variety of audiences and to define and participate in product demonstrations during conferences, trade shows.
- Strong consulting skills to work with both external and internal customers and suppliers, sometimes for understanding and sometimes for driving product and network architectures, features, constraints, and limits.
- Proficiency in conflict management and negotiation, with abilities to influence and lead others.
- Strong organizational and project management skills; autonomy and ability to manage competing demands
- High energy; willingness to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to work in both high-level, strategic context and pragmatic execution of specific projects with practical constraints on network functional requirements and schedules and product or feature constraints.
- Ability to forge trusted relationships using an open and respectful communication and collaboration style.