GCN Director Sales Engineering

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We, the Ciena Global Cloud Networking Sales Team. are looking for an experienced technical business professional to direct a team of sales engineers to scale the consumption of Ciena’s products and solutions within our customers. You will lead the engineering of network solutions, and provide technology introduction, technical interface, support, and leadership into the major GCN accounts in the region.

We are looking for this person to develop customer data (in support of product strategies for driving Ciena’s future products. In the customer development efforts, the candidate will collaborate with multiple groups within Ciena to solve engineering, support, and business challenges to ensure the future achievement of goals.

As the customer-facing, SE Director for the GCN Team, the ideal candidate requires a strong understanding of current and future trends in cloud network architectures, optical and routing products, network software, and applications in the Cloud Networking ecosystem. The candidate must be able to drive technical and sales engagements ensuring Ciena’s hardware and software direction aligns with customer needs. Also, the candidate must be able to work collaboratively with key customer influencers across engineering, deployment, and executive staff to drive technology direction and product introduction. The candidate must be able to build and communicate solutions to customers, working with both internal and external organizations.

Skillful communication of Ciena’s competitive advantages in coherent transmission and data center interconnect solutions, Sof