Product Manager for Optics

The application window is expected to close on: 9/30/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

In Cisco Transceiver Module Group (TMGBU), we build the future of connectivity for switches, routers and servers.

The Product Management Team in TMGBU specifies and manages Cisco’s pluggable optics portfolio that covers a broad range of optical technologies and applications, including AI.

Your Impact

As a Product Manager within our group, you will have the responsibilities for optical transceivers, owning every product aspect throughout the product lifecycle - from market exploration, requirements definition and development, to go-to-market, product transition and end-of-sale phases.

Product Managers are empowered, trusted and influential leaders.

• Data driven and business-oriented leader to drive adoption and set commercial aspects of High-Speed Optics used on AI applications.
• Responsible for growth, pricing, promotions, and marketing collaterals.
• Track optics opportunities and develop join initiatives with host-platforms (Cisco Switches/Routers/Servers) to position Cisco high-speed optics with customers.
• Develop roadmap and engage with cross functional teams (Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Procurement, Supply, etc.) to productize it.
• Manage new product introductions, transitions, forecast and P&L.
• Create partnerships with host-platform counterparts, sales specialists, and account teams to socialize and promote our portfolio.
• Participate in training webinars, blogs, whitepapers and trade shows to articulate value propositions and competitive advantages.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in relevant field with a minimum 11+ years of product management experience, or master’s degree with 8+ years of product management experience.
• Experience managing multiple issues and initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience with high-speed pluggable optics (such as pluggable form factors and compatibility; IEEE optical standards and MSAs, optical interoperability and breakouts; fiber types, patch panels, patch cords, and optical connectors; data rates, modulation formats, bit error ratio, forward error correction and protocols – Ethernet, Infiniband-, etc.).
• Strong technical understanding of network applications and architectures at a high-level (e.g. GPU Clusters, Data Centers, Service Provider Networks and Campus Networks, among others).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Desirable knowledge of critical components of pluggable optics such as DSPs, lasers, laser drivers and TIAs.
• Ability to build relationships with peers, partners and customers.
• Strong communication skills to engage effectively with key stakeholders, and articulate complex issues clearly.
• Ability to work independently and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong analytical skills to break a problem into smaller solvable pieces.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.