VP, Sales

Vice President Of Networking Sales

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Lumentum (NASDAQ : LITE) is a global leader in photonics and optical communications, powering the technologies that connect our world. From 5G infrastructure and data centers to next‑generation cloud and edge networking, our solutions enable faster, smarter, and more reliable networks.

We are looking for a dynamic Vice President of Networking Sales to lead our networking sales strategy and execution. This role will be responsible for driving growth, building trusted partnerships with networking, service providers, and OEMs, and positioning Lumentum as the go‑to partner for advanced optical and networking solutions.

• Lead and scale a high‑performing networking sales team across enterprise, service provider, cloud, and OEM accounts.
• Develop and execute sales strategies that drive revenue growth across Lumentum's optical networking portfolio.
• Build and expand executive‑level relationships with strategic customers and partners.
• Partner cross‑functionally with product and engineering teams to deliver customer‑driven solutions.
• Represent Lumentum at industry events and forums as a trusted leader in optical networking.

• 15+ years of sales leadership experience in networking or optical solutions.
• Proven success exceeding multimillion‑dollar revenue targets.
• Deep understanding of optical communications, data center interconnect, coherent optics, and cloud networking.
• Strong relationships with networking, service providers, and networking OEMs.
• Inspirational leader with a track record of building and motivating world‑class teams.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.

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.