Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Adtran is a company focused on innovation and growth, seeking a talented Product Line Manager for their expanding team. The Product Line Manager will be responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring customer satisfaction and revenue goals are met by collaborating with various teams.
Responsibilities
• Define the marketing specification of new products and features, with a focus on Defense and Government programs
• Interface directly with OSCILLOQUARTZ defense customers and customer-facing organizations, as well as internal engineering teams, to capture market requirements and satisfy tactical and strategic program needs
• Author Marketing Requirements, including Market study, Competition analysis, Product requirements, Price, Planning, and Go-to-Market strategy
• Communicate defense-specific customer needs back into OSCILLOQUARTZ internal organizations to influence design and business priorities and to deliver timely solutions to customer programs
• Coordinate with OSCILLOQUARTZ business development teams to prioritize product features across a broad range of Defense opportunities, including RFIs/RFPs and long-cycle engagements
• Research and participate in standards activities in related fields and disciplines to ensure conformance to relevant industry and defense-related standards and practices
• Develop pre-sales documentation to support OSCILLOQUARTZ BD team in Defense-related engagements
• Support internal business processes to realize successful program delivery aligned with customer expectations in rugged or mission-critical environments
Skills
• Ability to help customers design their Time & Frequency distribution system for Defense applications
• High self-learning skills
• Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Can-do attitude and a creative, problem-solver by nature
• Strong organizational skills (tidy, pedantic, flexible, and adaptive)
• Excellent presentation skills to make complex technology simple, motivate sales forces, and build customer confidence and trust
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English is a must, other languages are advantages)
• B.Sc. / M.Sc. in Computer Science or a related engineering field
• More than 2 years as a Product Line Manager in the Hi-Tech industry, preferred in Sync for the Defense industry
• Experience working with Defense customers or tenders
• Knowledge in network synchronization and related technologies - an advantage (e.g. IEEE 1588, GPS/GNSS)
• Experience with selling / supporting sales is an advantage
• MBA - desired
• Background experience in software and hardware development
Company Overview
• ADTRAN designs, manufactures, markets, and services network access solutions that enable voice, data, video, and Internet. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.adtran.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Adtran has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 5 in 2021, 10 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.