Ciena

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Deliver forecasting, budgeting, and rolling forecast processes
• Analyze financial variance and generate performance insights
• Develop driver-based financial models
• Create dashboard and business intelligence reporting using Power BI or Tableau
• Automate reporting processes and workflows
• Validate data across systems including ERP, Anaplan, and Snowflake
• Enable AI-driven forecasting and analytics use cases

FP&A Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis, AI & Automation Focus

Consultant

• Drive evidence-based workforce decisions through advanced people analytics and strategic advisory
• Partner with HR and business leaders to translate workforce data into actionable insights
• Shape workforce strategy through analysis and clear communication
• Act as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders on workforce-related decisions and challenges
• Analyze workforce data to identify trends, drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Present insights and recommendations to senior HR and business leaders
• Contribute to workforce planning, organizational design, talent strategy, and workforce transformation initiatives
• Collaborate with analytics, reporting, and data engineering teams to ensure workforce data reliability

Workforce Insights Consultant

QA Engineer

• Drive end-to-end validation and testing strategies for IP routing features, including SR-MPLS, SRv6, BGP, EVPN, and L3VPN
• Lead development of test architecture, automation strategies, and quality engineering practices for large-scale routing platforms
• Design and maintain automated test frameworks and test cases using Python to expand test coverage and efficiency
• Collaborate with development, product management, and system engineering teams to support feature delivery
• Define and execute test plans covering functional, scale, performance, and interoperability scenarios
• Mentor engineers to support technical development and consistency in engineering practices
• Influence product quality through design reviews, defect analysis, and risk identification

Senior QA Engineer - IP Routing

Designer

• Design and validate silicon photonics chips for high-speed optical transmitters and receivers, balancing performance, cost, and reliability requirements.
• Define photonic integrated circuit layouts (GDS) and collaborate with wafer fabrication partners for design verification, production, and delivery.
• Lead and contribute to photonic circuit design reviews prior to production ramp.
• Support module prototyping, define test plans, and transfer designs to high-volume manufacturing in partnership with operations and manufacturing teams.
• Drive continuous improvements in performance, yield, and reliability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver prototypes and production products based on Ciena’s silicon photonics platform.
• Monitor, document, and communicate technical progress while proactively identifying risks that could impact specifications, schedules, or budgets.

Senior Silicon Photonics Chip Designer

AI Engineer

• Design and evolve automation frameworks for public cloud infrastructure deployments at scale.
• Enable secure cloud adoption by automating governance, audit, security, and compliance controls.
• Use, develop and maintain AI services across AWS Platform (Cloud Native)
• Build and maintain infrastructure and application monitoring to detect, prevent, and respond to incidents.
• Drive cloud reliability, performance, and cost optimisation through best practices and continuous improvement.
• Develop tools and mechanisms that eliminate repetitive operational tasks and improve engineering efficiency.
• Review code, assess technical implementations, and provide actionable feedback to improve platform tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotations and serve as an escalation point for cloud service incidents.

Cloud Platform Engineer, AI

Data Scientist

• Design and implement optimization models addressing network design, inventory positioning, demand forecasting, and transportation efficiency
• Apply advanced analytics techniques to improve supply chain performance, cost efficiency, service levels, and sustainability outcomes
• Analyze, cleanse, and transform large, imperfect datasets to generate actionable insights
• Develop algorithms using optimization, machine learning, and statistical modeling techniques to solve complex supply chain problems
• Implement production‑ready analytical solutions using Python, R, or comparable programming languages
• Build dashboards and analytical outputs that communicate insights to technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and architects to ensure scalable and aligned analytical solutions.

Data Scientist – Supply Chain Optimisation

Sales

• Design global sales compensation strategies aligned to revenue growth, product mix, margin objectives, and customer outcomes
• Lead annual and in-year planning cycles including quota methodologies, incentive plan design, and scenario modeling
• Establish and implement analytics and metrics to evaluate compensation plan effectiveness
• Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant compensation payouts through governance, internal controls, auditability, and SOX-aligned processes
• Deliver forecasting insights on attainment, payout exposure, and cost of sales using modeling, predictive analytics, and AI-enabled approaches
• Build and enhance dashboards and reporting solutions to provide visibility into performance, earnings, and attainment
• Lead and develop a high-performing team while promoting automation, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making

Senior Leader, Sales Compensation

Program Manager

• Orchestrate a portfolio of process‑layer and workflow initiatives aligned to the Supply Chain transformation roadmap
• Establish integrated program plans that connect scope, sequencing, dependencies, milestones, and resourcing across multiple workstreams
• Proactively manage interdependencies across process design, workflow implementation, data enablement, information technology delivery, and change adoption
• Provide clear program‑level visibility into progress, risks, trade‑offs, and decision points for senior leaders
• Enable faster execution without loss of coherence by balancing delivery pace, architectural integrity, and adoption capacity
• Track and communicate value realization, linking delivery progress to operational outcomes such as cycle‑time reduction and automation enablement
• Strengthen delivery discipline and predictability in a complex, multi‑stakeholder environment

Supply Chain Digital Transformation Program Manager

Supply Chain

• Design and evolve end‑to‑end Supply Chain process architecture (Tier 1–4) aligned to business outcomes and transformation priorities
• Translate strategic objectives such as growth, cost‑to‑serve reduction, and resilience into executable process designs and operating models
• Define clear business rules, decision logic, handoffs, and controls that enable orchestration and automation
• Lead business process design for enterprise workflow and business process management (BPM) platforms such as Pega
• Partner with Supply Chain, Information Technology (IT), and architecture teams to ensure business intent is accurately implemented
• Establish and monitor process performance metrics to drive prioritization, continuous improvement, and value realization
• Enable a shift from functional silos to end‑to‑end process ownership across the Supply Chain

Supply Chain Process Manager

Engineer

• Define and review system‑level analog and mixed‑signal functions for coherent optical modems
• Develop behavioral models of analog and mixed‑signal blocks using C++ and SystemC
• Collaborate closely with analog, digital, DSP, firmware, and lab teams to align models, specifications, and validation plans
• Support ASIC lab bring‑up and characterization, correlating silicon and lab data with behavioral models and system simulations
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices in analog behavioral modeling and system‑level validation

Senior Analog Signal Processing Engineer

Performance Marketing

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and agency partners to plan and activate paid media strategies across awareness, consideration, and demand generation programs
• Lead planning, launch, and management of paid media campaigns across programmatic, Google Ads, YouTube, Connected TV, and trade publication channels
• Execute publisher-direct and trade publication media buys, including sponsorships, high-impact placements, contextual targeting, and video activations
• Optimize campaign performance through analysis of audience, conversion, and media data to inform bidding, budgeting, pacing, and targeting decisions
• Apply audience, contextual, retargeting, intent, and account-based targeting strategies to improve efficiency and outcomes
• Translate performance data into clear reporting, insights, and actionable recommendations for stakeholders
• Partner with analytics, web, content, and regional marketing teams to support attribution, landing page performance, and lead conversion

Paid Media Lead

• Lead end-to-end program management for complex, turnkey services solutions supporting high-speed data communications deployments
• Translate customer operational requirements into clearly defined plans, milestones, deliverables, and governance models
• Act as the primary point of accountability and escalation, proactively managing risks and engaging appropriate resources to resolve issues
• Establish and maintain stakeholder matrices, responsibility assignment matrices (RACI), and communication plans across internal and external teams
• Monitor program execution to ensure contractual service level agreements (SLAs), cost targets, and profitability objectives are achieved
• Develop and track performance metrics to measure product and service outcomes and drive continuous improvement
• Build and sustain trusted, long-term relationships with customers and internal partners to support delivery excellence and future growth opportunities

Field Service Program Manager

Manager

• Own end-to-end service delivery alignment between customer expectations and internal delivery capabilities
• Coordinate scope definition, planning, execution tracking, and cross-functional resource engagement
• Drive delivery execution within agreed scope while managing risk, cost awareness, and efficiency
• Communicate delivery status, risks, and dependencies to customers and internal stakeholders
• Contribute delivery and technical input during presales discussions to validate feasibility and delivery approach
• Bridge engineering teams, delivery stakeholders, and customer-facing functions to ensure solution deliverability
• Apply network engineering background to challenge and shape proposed technical solutions

Service Delivery Manager

Director

• Lead and execute short-, medium-, and long-term go-to-market strategies to drive growth in bookings, revenue, margin, and market share across strategic accounts
• Own and consistently deliver quarterly and annual financial commitments, including bookings and revenue targets aligned to equal or majority share of customer spend across applicable Ciena solutions
• Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing global sales team through coaching, mentorship, and role-model leadership
• Engage directly with executive-level customer stakeholders to strengthen relationships, uncover growth opportunities, and differentiate Ciena’s portfolio from competitors
• Personally spearhead complex, high-impact sales pursuits as needed to accelerate deal closure and customer outcomes
• Maximize lifecycle value by expanding services revenue, including negotiation of profitable long-term maintenance and support agreements
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align customer requirements with Ciena’s global product roadmap and marketing strategy

Senior Director, Strategic Accounts

SDET

• Engage with various teams and product owners to optimize test coverage
• Automate and maintain test cases implementing automation best practices
• Drive lab or simulation environment setup activities
• Write Test Strategy and Test Plan
• Analyze test results and prepare reports
• Investigate software defects and partner with development teams for resolutions
• Raise Agile Jira bugs for product defects