Shape Broadband FTTx and DCOM product decisions at Ciena through customer insight, pricing strategy, and technical market analysis.

This Product Lifecycle Manager role connects account teams, customers, Engineering, Supply Chain, and leadership around profitable products. You will evaluate opportunities, validate roadmap assumptions, guide positioning, and manage product retirements. The role requires hands-on business cases, portfolio planning, competitive analysis, and lifecycle execution.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate market opportunities and guide product pricing and positioning

Support customer architecture discussions and roadmap assumption validation

Convert market and customer inputs into product requirements

Track performance and prioritize investments across product portfolios





Maintain alignment across Engineering, Marketing, Services, and account teams

Requirements

Ten-plus years with telecom, datacom, or networking equipment vendors

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or related field

Experience developing business cases and forecasting product performance

Ability to influence engineering, commercial, operational, and customer organizations

Technical knowledge of OLTs, ONUs, OMCI, Netconf/Yang, and PON

Use FTTx expertise, customer understanding, and commercial analysis to guide Ciena products from prospect through lifecycle decisions.

📌 Broadband FTTx Product Manager (Winnipeg)
🏢 Ciena
📍 Winnipeg