As a Sales Manager at Ciena, you will oversee business development within the regional GCN Partner sales vertical, driving demand, creating business plans, and maintaining customer relationships. You will need strong strategic thinking, relationship building, financial acumen, communication, and industry leadership skills, along with industry expertise in GCN, competitive insight, technical proficiency in optical networking, and carrier experience with Hyperscaler customers.

Provide system level pre and post-sales support for assigned customers in the field of telecommunications, specializing in fiber optic transport systems. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, technical support, managing customer issues, and collaborating with internal teams.