Lead advanced network planning at Ciena, combining optical and IP expertise with AI-enabled optimization methods. Guide global customer and executive engagements.

As Director of Advanced Network Planning, you will lead analysts supporting tactical and strategic initiatives for Ciena’s largest customers. Shape the Navigator Network Control Suite roadmap through customer insight, research, and product hypotheses. Direct technical research across forecasting, capacity planning automation, route and spectrum assignment, failure analysis, and service availability modeling. Partner with product management, engineering, hardware, sales, services, customers, and executives to turn validated concepts into scalable capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead executive and technical customer engagements on network architectures
- Anticipate needs and translate insights into research themes




- Set research agendas and validate advanced optimization methods
- Define technical vision for advanced network planning
- Build, mentor, and lead network planning experts

Requirements:

- 15+ years telecommunications experience with leadership accountability
- 10+ years optical and IP transport expertise
- Experience planning and optimizing complex customer networks
- Technical and product leadership for telecommunications software
- Experience applying AI tools to software development and planning

Bring network architecture, optimization, AI judgment, and technical leadership to Ciena’s Navigator planning capabilities and customer solutions.

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📌 Director Advanced Network Planning (Ottawa)
🏢 Ciena
📍 Ottawa