Remote Advisor, Service Product Line Manager Job in Northern Ireland, UK Ciena

Who you are

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent industry experience
• 10+ years working in telecommunications
• 3+ years of Product Line Management experience
• Ability to take broad direction and drive tasks to closure
• High-level knowledge of the technologies (Layer 0-3) and products (6500, Routing and Switching, MCP) that Ciena provides
• Understanding of how to build and review commercial deal sheets and P&Ls, as well as the financials of the larger business.
• Strong collaboration skills with product management, engineering, sales, and customers.
• Understanding of service provider core network and business models
• Effective time management skills to handle competing priorities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
• Experience delivering services to customers

Desirables

• A sense of urgency and sensitivity to customer timelines
• Strategic, critical, and creative thinking skills with a strong business sense
• Ability to lead, craft, and work within cross-functional team environments
• Ability to quickly understand customer requirements

What the job involves

• Responsible for evangelizing Ciena's current and new maintenance services globally.
• Enabling sales and operations teams to maximize opportunities in the maintenance space.
• Help drive process and sales enablement, including improving quoting operations and processes in the region.