Director, Value Realization
CienaBaltimore, Maryland, United States • Atlanta, Georgia, United States • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted December 22, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Ciena is a technology company that leads with its humanity—driving its business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.
Job Description
As the global leader in high-speed connectivity, Ciena is committed to a people-first approach. We're a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.
Requirements
- Significant experience in value realization, portfolio/program management, finance, strategy, or transformation roles within complex, global enterprises.
- Demonstrated track record converting transformation initiatives into measurable outcomes and sustaining benefits post go-live.
- Advanced financial modeling and business case development; comfort with scenario analysis and tradeoff framing for executives.
- Strong data orientation with expertise in using data to drive decisions and tell stories: ability to define metrics, ensure data quality, and partner with Analytics/IT to build reliable pipelines and dashboards.
- Executive communication: succinct storytelling through high-impact materials for leadership decision making.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Vacation time
- Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence
- Discretionary incentive bonus (non-Sales employees)
- Sales commission (Sales employees)