Senior Implementation Services Portfolio Advisor

Shape high-risk implementation services with Ciena through portfolio strategy, financial analysis, and expert guidance across global connectivity environments.

As Ciena’s senior implementation portfolio resource, you will convert customer deployment needs into repeatable, profitable, differentiated services. The work spans optical, routing and switching, software, Navigator/MCP, and multi-domain environments. You will connect customer, delivery, product, regional, and market signals to portfolio decisions while supporting complex opportunities and RFx responses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own services portfolio strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and commercial performance
• Build opportunity P&Ls covering scope, costs, pricing, risk, and margin
• Lead New Service Introduction business cases and launch readiness
• Define scalable deployment, migration, estimating, and commercial patterns
• Represent Implementation Services in strategic customer and executive reviews

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Typically 10+ years in telecommunications, services, or product management
• Expertise in implementation, deployment, and migration services
• Strong P&L, pricing, costing, margin, and investment analysis
• Executive-level communication and customer engagement skills

Bring portfolio authority, commercial judgment, and implementation expertise to Ciena’s complex global services opportunities and customer outcomes.