Sr. Director of Product and Strategic Marketing

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Lumentum is seeking a dynamic Sr. Director of Product and Strategic Marketing to drive thought leadership, shape market perception, and help define our future. This is a high-impact, dual-role position focused on both Strategic Marketing and Product Marketing. The ideal candidate combines deep industry experience with technical fluency and a talent for compelling storytelling.

If you thrive at the intersection of technology and marketing, enjoy building content that resonates, and have a passion for shaping innovation in the optical communications space—we’d love to meet you.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Marketing

Your primary objective will be to create impactful, insight-driven content that showcases Lumentum’s innovation and leadership:

Build Product and Customer Insight

• Partner with Business Units, Product Managers, and Sales to understand products, roadmaps, customers, and key differentiators
• Identify marketing content opportunities aligned with strategic priorities and trends
• Engage with customers and participate in internal product discussions to gather insights

Create High-Impact Content

• Develop and lead creation of technical marketing content including:
• Support and represent Lumentum at industry webinars, trade shows, and speaking engagements
• Plan scripts and messaging for product videos, demos, and customer testimonials
• Own and maintain product-related website content
• White papers, blog posts, product briefs, case studies, and thought leadership articles
• Social media messaging and corporate presentations

Strategic Marketing

You’ll play a critical role in shaping long-term technology strategy and market presence.

Technology Strategy & CTO Alignment

• Collaborate with the CTO office on strategic initiatives and market modeling
• Translate future product vision into compelling marketing narratives
• Support customer engagements with innovation roadmaps and feedback gathering
• Lead structuring of NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) agreements with customers

Industry Thought Leadership

• Represent Lumentum in industry organizations (e.g., Advanced Photonics Coalition, Ethernet Forum)
• Seek and contribute to panels, speaking events, and working groups to drive visibility

Strategic Planning & Market Intelligence

• Provide cross-business roadmap feedback to ensure strategic alignment
• Support PLMs in customer roadmap discussions when needed
• Leverage market research firms for insights and distribute key findings internally

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years of experience in product or strategic marketing
• Strong technical background (engineering or scientific field)
• Deep industry experience in optical communications or related high-tech sectors
• Proven ability to create technical marketing content (white papers, blogs, briefs)
• Strong collaboration skills across product, sales, and engineering teams
• Confident public speaker and effective customer-facing communicator
• Experience using market insights and competitive data to drive strategy
• Knowledge of product roadmaps and aligning marketing efforts with business goals

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA or MS/PhD in a technical discipline)
• Experience negotiating NRE agreements
• Active participation in industry groups or technical coalitions
• Familiarity with global B2B marketing strategies
• Experience with social media and digital content strategies
• Background in developing scripts or leading marketing videos and demos

Additional Requirement

• Presence is required onsite 5 days/week to foster collaboration and productivity.

Why Lumentum?

At Lumentum, you’ll join a global leader at the forefront of optical and photonic innovation. We offer the opportunity to make an impact at scale, work with cross-functional teams on cutting-edge technologies, and shape how we communicate our vision to the world.

Pay Range:

P95-USA-1 :$187,450.00 - $267,750.00

Disclaimer:

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees, we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages, which may include annual bonus, commission for certain sales roles, equity, and health and welfare benefits.