# Pluggable Material Lead

As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena builds the critical infrastructure powering the AI era. We’re a technology company shaping the future of networking, guided by innovation, integrity, and collaboration. Through development opportunities, meaningful work, and flexibility, Ciena supports growth and well-being-on and off the job. Connect with a career that matters. Accelerate cost reduction, improve supply security, and shape the materials strategy behind Ciena’s next generation of products. This senior leadership role sits at the intersection of supply chain, engineering, and manufacturing, driving Phase-In Phase-Out (PIPO) execution to strengthen competitiveness, reduce risk, and unlock measurable business value. How you will make an impact: Lead Phase-In Phase-Out (PIPO) execution with contract manufacturers to accelerate timelines, maximize cost reduction, and improve supply continuity Drive material transitions that enable cost reduction, quality improvement, product retirement, and new product introduction Optimize PIPO timing, risk management, and excess prevention to accelerate financial impact Partner closely with Product Engineering and Research and Deve

- **Id**: 3720932
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ciena-corporation-pluggable-material-lead>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ottawa, Canada, Guadalajara, Mexico
- **Countries**: CA, MX
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T12:48:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4415
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Telecom Infrastructure, Optical Communications

## Company

- **Id**: 1996
- **Name**: Ciena Corporation
- **Domain**: ciena.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ciena>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 29
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.828
- **Repost share**: 0.034
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 92300
- **Max**: 147500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 147500

## Technologies

- **Informatica** — Optional: yes
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: yes
- **Oracle ERP** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T02:39:32Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5; Filings prev 12m: 2; Route: Global Talent Stream; High Wage

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:10, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 147500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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