Segment Technology Lead – Mission Critical & Enterprise

Job description

The Technology Strategy Lead will translate market priorities and customer requirements into a coordinated technology strategy across MCE segments. This role will consolidate regional and vertical requirements, establish investment priorities, and provide a strategic interface to Product Line Management (PLM) for portfolio evolution and lifecycle planning. The position will strengthen investment decisions through business cases for new products, enhancements, and portfolio rationalization.

It will also establish a cross-segment perspective on emerging technologies—including AI, security, and policy—to improve customer value, portfolio competitiveness, and business growth.

Responsibilities

Define technology strategy

Develop and maintain the long-term technology vision and roadmap for each segment, aligned with market demand, customer priorities, and business objectives.

Guide portfolio evolution

Serve as the strategic interface to PLM for portfolio development, lifecycle planning, and rationalization across hardware, network operating systems (NOS), and management platforms.

Shape investment decisions

Identify future technology investments and develop business cases for new products, product enhancements, and portfolio rationalization, evaluating customer value, commercial potential, and strategic fit.

Drive cross-segment alignment

Represent shared technology needs across segments and establish priorities for product development and emerging capabilities, including AI, security, and policy.

Prioritize regional requirements

Consolidate regional technology requirements into clear, prioritized recommendations that inform portfolio planning and development decisions.

Develop competitive intelligence

Consolidate competitive analysis from vertical leads into a pan-segment perspective, identifying market gaps, opportunities, and implications for technology strategy.

Support partnerships and ecosystem development

Identify and assess technology partnerships and ecosystem opportunities that strengthen portfolio capabilities and customer outcomes.

Define AI adoption strategy

Establish the strategy for AI adoption across the portfolio, prioritizing use cases that deliver measurable customer and business value.

Represent the customer’s technical voice

Ensure MCE customer requirements and deployment priorities are reflected in technology direction and portfolio decisions.

Qualifications

Relevant experience in technology strategy, product management, solution architecture, technical business development, or a related role within networking or telecommunications. Strong technical understanding of networking hardware, Operating Systems, management platforms, and their role in end-to-end customer solutions. Familiarity with emerging technologies and their practical applications, including AI, security, automation, and policy.

Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements and market insights into technology strategies, roadmap recommendations, and investment priorities. Experience developing business cases and evaluating commercial, technical, and lifecycle trade-offs. Ability to consolidate complex inputs from multiple regions and segments into clear, actionable recommendations. Experience working across product, engineering, regional, and commercial teams to build alignment and influence decisions.

Strong analytical and communication skills, including the ability to present technical strategy and business implications to senior stakeholders.