Senior Product Manager
Our Take
Own InP photonics product strategy and roadmap at SMART Photonics.
What you’ll do
- Own product strategy and roadmap
- Translate customer needs into product specs
- Interface between customers, R&D, engineering
- Drive new customer engagement
- Conduct competitive analysis
- Integrate market insights into positioning
What they’re looking for
- 7+ years photonics or semiconductor experience
- Integrated photonics and PDK expertise
- Telecom/datacom system knowledge
- Cross-functional stakeholder influence
- Strategic product roadmapping
What you get
- Competitive compensation package
- Shape strategy across high-growth markets
- Mentor and guide others
- Work at a fast-growing company
Skills & Focus Areas
- roadmapping
- stakeholder management
- competitive analysis
- product strategy
- cross-functional leadership
- data analysis
As posted by SMART Photonics
As a Senior Product Manager at SMART Photonics, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of integrated photonics by translating customer applications and market trends into winning product strategies. You will work at the intersection of customers, R&D, and engineering to define product roadmaps, drive technology alignment, and identify new market opportunities. Your insights will directly influence SMART’s platform development and long-term innovation strategy.
In this role, you will focus on the telecom and datacom markets as our primary growth drivers! While also engaging with customers in emerging application areas such as automotive LiDAR, structural health monitoring, and biomedical technologies.
We need a seasoned senior Product Manager with a strong foundation in photonic integration and semiconductor technologies, combined with system-level understanding of optical communication systems (e.g., coherent and IMDD). You can translate system and customer requirements into clear product and technology needs and have a solid understanding of the pure-foundry model and PDK offerings.
Your responsibilities:
Own the product strategy and roadmap for InP photonic integration technologies across telecom, datacom as well as other relevant markets
Develop a deep understanding of customer needs and system challenges, translating them into clear product requirements, functional specifications, and PIC building blocks
Serve as the key interface between customers, R&D, and engineering, aligning market needs with technology capabilities and influencing both internal and customer roadmap
Shape and influence company strategy by identifying market trends, defining strategic priorities, and aligning product direction with long-term business objectives
Drive new customer engagement and build strong, collaborative relationships to expand adoption and long-term partnerships
Partner with Sales and Marketing to identify, assess, and develop new business opportunities, defining scope and requirements for customer projects
Guide technology development by defining specifications with R&D and prioritizing execution with Engineering
Conduct competitive analysis and benchmarking to position products effectively in the market
Integrate market insights, customer feedback, and competitive intelligence into product positioning and roadmap decisions
Foster a culture of technical excellence and customer focus in the Product Management team
Collaborate with external partners (e.g., EPDA tool providers) to advance the broader technology and software ecosystem
About SMART Photonics:
SMART Photonics is building an Indium Phosphide (InP) integrated photonics ecosystem that drives innovation across a wide range of applications; from energy-efficient datacenters to advanced sensing solutions for infrastructure monitoring and medical diagnostics. InP integrated photonics is rapidly expanding into new application areas, including aerospace, environmental monitoring, autonomous systems, and secure communications. At SMART Photonics, we are shaping the future of the medical, automotive, and data communications industries.
You can play a key role in that transformation.