[Remote] Product Line Manager Oscilloquartz - Defense Vertical

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Adtran is a growing company focused on innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Product Line Manager to oversee product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and business goals.

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
• 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)
• Ability to help customers design their Time & Frequency distribution system for Defense applications
• High self-learning skills
• Experience with selling / supporting sales is an advantage
• 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
• 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 1 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.