5G PRODUCT MANAGER F/H

About VIAVI Solutions

VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer’s most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks – like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. And, we are also at the forefront of optical security – we bend light to develop and deliver optical solutions that provide security to the world’s currencies and safety and performance applications for consumer electronics and spectrometry.

We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected – at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company – to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Missions

VIAVI Solutions is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Product Line Manager for its RAN and Core 5G assurance monitoring solutions portfolio. This role is responsible for setting the strategy, creating the roadmap, defining Go to Market strategies for new solutions, supporting sales opportunities, and bring to market world class RAN & Core Assurance, 5G NSA and SA solutions and application suite.

This PLM position reports to the Visibility, Intelligence and Analytics (VIA) Director of Market PLM with the primary responsibility of ensuring portfolio and solutions differentiation and business growth through execution of an articulated strategy, roadmap, solution, platform and feature definitions.

There is a high level of collaboration and coordination required with other VIAVI teams, such as Sales, Solution Consultants, Engineering, Marketing, Services, and Support, to ensure successful solution planning, solution execution and successful global commercialization.  As a member of the VIA Product Line Management leadership team, the Senior Product Line Manager plays a key role in determining business strategies, roadmaps and prioritized execution plans to optimize results against current and future market opportunities.

Here are a few of the responsibilities offered on this position:

• Develop a deep understanding of the market and competitor landscape to strategically position the VIA business unit, in order to increase revenue and market share as well as strengthen its competitive position in the industry
• The development and articulation of a solution and portfolio specific strategy that supports the business unit’s market segment objectives and company’s growth plans
• Identify and formalize new customer Use Cases increasing customer value and differentiation
• Own the value proposition definition
• Own solution specific content to support the marketing team in taking solutions to market
• Create new solutions and new capabilities training and training material for sales, solutions consultants, support and services teams
• Provide leadership and direction to the cross functional team to enable world class execution and achievement of ambitious growth objectives
• Build and grow strong customer relationships from engineering to executive levels with the existing customer base and new target customers through direct engagements with the sales team, industry events, consortiums and standards bodies
• Support proposal activities to sustain installed base and win new carriers in current and new application areas
• Conduct pricing research and create pricing strategies in support of business objectives
• Own solution and portfolio specific financial performance for products in the market in accordance with the business plan