Head of Product

vor 1 Woche

Adliswil, Zürich, Schweiz Polariton Technologies Vollzeit
Your mission

As Head of Product, you will own Polariton's product strategy and lifecycle for optical transceiver engines, ensuring our solutions meet market needs and deliver competitive advantage. You will bridge technology and business, working closely with engineering, business development, and customers to shape products that redefine optical communications.
You will help build the foundation for our product management function and guide the company through its next phase of growth.
Your tasks:

  • Product Vision & Roadmap (Optical transceiver engine):  Define and evolve the product vision and roadmap for optical engines and CPO solutions, ensuring alignment with market trends, customer priorities, and company strategy. Collaborate closely with engineering and business development to translate technology capabilities into a clear, competitive, and executable multi ‑ year roadmap.
  • Full Lifecycle Management:  Oversee the entire product lifecycle from concept through development,  customer demos ,  sampling, launch, iteration, and end-of-life. Drive execution across engineering and  commercial teams to ensure product milestones  and customer deliverables are achieved with high quality and predictable timelines.
  • Market & Customer Analysis:  Continuously analyze industry trends, customer roadmaps, competitive dynamics, and ecosystem shifts. Use this insight to anticipate market  inflection points, identify opportunities  in transceivers and CPO architectures, and guide strategic product and platform decisions.
  • Product  Requirements  Management :  Engage directly with  hyperscalers , module vendors, and system integrators to distill their needs into clear, actionable product specifications. Prioritize features and performance targets based on impact, feasibility, and competitive differentiation . Provide clear and data-backed requirements to the engineering  teams .
  • Marketing Deliverables  &  Product Positioning :  Develop compelling technical documentation, application notes, value propositions, and product collateral that clearly communicate the unique benefits of Polariton's plasmonic technology. Support customer  demos , industry events, and business development efforts through high ‑ quality product materials and messaging.
Your profile
  • 7+ years in product management or product leadership , including experience and established  business network in  the optical transceiver  industry .
  • Proven  track record  in defining and executing product strategies and bringing hardware/semiconductor products from concept to market.
  • Deep technical understanding and hands-on experience with integrated photonics, optical engines, transceiver architectures, and co-packaged optics (CPO), combined with  strong  knowledge of the relevant market dynamics.
  • Bachelor's or  Master's in Engineering , Physics, or related field; MBA or product management certification preferred. 
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a balance of strategic vision and operational execution.   
Why us?

Polariton Technologies is pioneering silicon photonics for next-generation datacenter connectivity. Our plasmonics-enhanced optical engines enable ultra-high-speed, low-power data transmission for hyperscale data centers and AI clusters. We are expanding into the 3.2T and 6.4T transceiver and co-packaged optics (CPO) market and seek an experienced Head of Product to define and execute our product vision and roadmap. 
You will play a pivotal role as we transition from engineering and prototyping to customer ramp-up and commercial scaling.
You will have the opportunity to:

  • Shape the product strategy of a breakthrough photonics platform with clear competitive advantages.
  • Drive the transition from technology development to large-scale industry adoption.
  • Work directly with  hyperscalers , AI infrastructure leaders, and top-tier ecosystem partners.
  • Build the foundations of Polariton's product team and influence long-term company direction.
About us

Polariton Technologies is at the forefront of revolutionizing optical connectivity, providing the world's fastest, smallest, and most energy-efficient photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to leaders in academia and industry. Our mission is to overcome existing technology limitations and empower our adopters to address the next frontier of photonic challenges. 
Born out of ETH Zurich in 2019, we now have a team of over 20 amazing professionals from different backgrounds and 15 different nationalities, working by our values of Teamwork and Collaboration, Curiosity and Continuous Learning and Clear and Effective Communication.

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