Optical AI Product Line Manager

Role overview

Customer and product strategy

• Lead North American CSP engagements on engineering and monetizing optical networks for AI training and inference traffic.
• Work with customers, Sales, and Sales Engineering to develop account-specific solution plans and CSP business cases for AI connectivity demand.
• Translate customer and internal stakeholder requirements and engagement insights into product specifications, proposals, RFI/RFP responses, roadmap priorities, and the solution portfolio.
• Partner with engineering, R&D, and PLM teams to define and prioritize roadmap features.

Must-have qualifications

• Deep working knowledge of optical and IP networking architectures across DCI, metro, and long-haul.
• Working knowledge of AI cluster networking, including scale-out and scale-across fabrics, distributed training traffic patterns, inference latency, and distribution requirements.
• Ability to build and defend customer business cases, including service monetization models and TCO/capex/opex analysis.
• Ability to work across architecture and commercial strategy and communicate with technical, strategy, finance, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, clear communication and presentation skills, and ability to manage multiple initiatives with minimal direction in a globally matrixed cross-functional environment.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer Science, or related), or equivalent experience, is required; a master's degree is preferred.
• Required experience: 10+ years in telecommunications or data communications spanning networking hardware and software, architecture, product line management, or solution development.
• Prior experience in product management, solutions architecture, technical marketing, or sales engineering is required.
• Demonstrated technical engagements on networking for AI workloads with hyperscalers, neoclouds, CSPs, or enterprises are required.
• A track record of converting a technical architecture position into a customer investment decision is required.
• Cloud networking experience in service-provider environments, coherent optical technology experience, and exposure to industry forums, standards bodies, or global customer engagements are preferred.

Location and travel

• The role is based in North America; the posting does not specify a work arrangement.
• Travel is approximately 25%, primarily within North America.

Compensation

• The posted salary range for this position in Canada is CAD 138,900–221,900; the posting does not specify a pay cadence.
• Eligible non-sales employees may receive a discretionary incentive bonus; eligible sales employees may receive sales commission.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans; retirement savings programs with company matching; an employee stock purchase program; an employee assistance program; paid holidays, sick leave, vacation, and applicable leave programs.