At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.
Infinera also offers paid leave, medical,
dental, and vision coverage, 401(k),
life, and disability insurance to
eligible employees.
Infinera is the global supplier of innovative networking solutions. Our customers include the leading service providers, data center operators, internet content providers (ICPs), cable operators, enterprises, and government agencies worldwide, including: 9 of the top 10 Tier 1 service providers and 5 of the Top 6 ICPs.
The Sr. Director of PLM will be a business leader responsible for business ownership for the multi-year business plan of an industry-leading DWDM coherent optics. Business Ownership includes the definition of revenue / profitably plans, go-to-market plans, sales team enablement for business development, customer interaction, and cost / technology strategy. He/She is responsible to establish strong-working relationships with sales, R&D, supply chain, lead customers, and Infinera’s executive leadership team.
A successful PLM leader must be adaptable to solve a variety of business problems to maximize profitability and market share growth. Infinera’s coherent transceiver product line includes multiple elements including 400G transceivers, 800G Transceivers, and sub-components integrated into system sleds.
Education & Experience Necessary For Success
10 or more years of experience as a Product Manager, System Architect of similar technology position in the optical communication industry
Experience in customer interaction
Experience in the optical transceiver product companies is desired.
Ability to address problems and topics outside of direct experience, abstract and understand and communicate content, natural problem solver
Ability to work independent and self-organized
Ability to work in a distributed team and in international environment
Ability to work flexible and deviate from initial plans, outcome focused
Ability to contribute to and shape business with fundamentally new technology / architecture
Strong presentation skills (including management and customer presentations, conference talks and plenum discussions)
requiresires extensive Travel
Define multi-year business plan and underlying assumption
Deliver annual commitments on profit / loss metrics, including establishing new customer wins
Align with Infinera’s optical businesses on future roadmap and technology evolution
Define technology requirements for Infinera’s vertical integrated optical components
Interacts with all key stake holders in R&D, supply chain, and sales
Interacts with lead customers
Identifies and defines applications with highest value, including support of RFP process
Enables and supports Infinera sales and during market introduction phase
Develop and deliver marketing materials and pricing strategies to promote the value proposition and maximize the profitability of the product platform
Coordinate across PLM organization to define and execute customer focused solutions
Evaluates return-of-invest scenarios and business cases
Evaluates Competitor benchmarks and Infinera Solution values versus the benchmarks
“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.
Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”
Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Product Management and Marketing
Industries
Telecommunications
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