Cisco
Product Management Leader, Client Optics - Acacia
$179K–$329K
Holmdel, New Jersey, US +2 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Holmdel, New Jersey, US
San Jose, California, US
Maynard, Massachusetts, US - Experience
- 12+ years of industry experience in product development, field application engineering, or product management.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in optical/electronic engineering, physics, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the integration, development, and market success of Acacia’s high-speed client optical interconnect products within Cisco’s portfolio.
What you'll do
- Partner with Engineering and Operations on product requirements, development priorities, manufacturability, supply, capacity, and cost.
- Lead products through their life cycles, including specifications, quality, launch timing, profitability, and decision reviews.
- Shape product roadmaps and go-to-market strategy, and coordinate customer documentation with Engineering and Systems Applications Engineering.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in optical/electronic engineering, physics, or a related field.
- 12+ years of industry experience in product development, field application engineering, or product management.
- Technical expertise in software, hardware, and/or optics engineering; experience with client optics and/or optical transceiver markets and standardization.
- Experience with full product life-cycle processes, including product releases and return on investment analysis.
Nice to have
- Business-level Mandarin fluency, or demonstrated experience working with APJC organizations and cross-regional business dynamics.
- Understanding of IEEE and OIF standards and client optics applications.
Pay
$194,600.00 to $285,700.00 USD (base salary); $194,600.00 - $328,600.00 USD (base salary); $179,000.00 - $294,000.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
Silicon Photonics, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), 400G, 800G, 1.2T, IEEE, OIF
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