Senior Project Manager - Optical Networking & Hardware Product Development

Location and work arrangement

• The posting states Ottawa, Ontario, and hybrid work; relocation within Canada is considered.

Compensation

• The advertised compensation range is CAD 140,000–CAD 180,000, plus benefits.
• The posting does not specify the compensation period.

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead technology and hardware development programs from concept through commercial release.
• Develop and manage integrated plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams.
• Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, mitigation plans, and issues through the product lifecycle.
• Facilitate design and technical reviews, roadmap discussions, and governance.
• Coordinate prioritization and delivery planning with Product Management and engineering leadership.
• Support New Product Introduction, manufacturing readiness, and production ramp.
• Report status, risks, dependencies, and metrics to senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Build alignment across geographically distributed engineering teams.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years managing cross-functional product development programs.
• Experience managing hardware, telecommunications, networking, embedded systems, photonics, or technology engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of product development from concept through production.
• Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to influence teams and drive outcomes without direct authority.

Preferred qualifications

• Optical networking, optical communications, optical transceivers, coherent optics, photonics, or telecom infrastructure experience is a plus.
• New Product Introduction or manufacturing transition experience is a plus.
• Embedded systems, hardware validation, qualification, or verification exposure is a plus.
• PMP or equivalent project management credentials are a plus.
• Experience managing globally distributed engineering teams and understanding of hardware qualification are a plus.