Global Product Manager

Global Product Manager

Molex is hiring a Supervisor level Product Manager role to join our Datacom division. As a Product Manager Supervisor for High-Speed Interconnect Products, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data center and enterprise networking technologies. You will be responsible for leading team supporting the development and management of our high-speed interconnect product portfolio, specifically focused on silicon protocols at 112G and 224G speeds. In this highly visible position, your expertise and strategic vision will drive our product roadmap and ensure our offerings remain at the forefront of the industry.

Team members under your supervision will own product line decisions and work with global customers, partners, and internal business partners to ensure that we develop and manage existing products to achieve sustainable revenue/margin growth and best return of investments. This role has a global reach and will work closely with our big data and hyperscale customers, sales, engineering, quality and operations teams to meet our customers' needs by providing high-tech leading-edge components that are critical for the data superhighways existence we use every day changing the world. You will also ensure that the product and marketing efforts are tailored to support Molex's overall mission, strategy, and goals. The successful applicant will have the ability to appropriately plan and see assignments through to completion with minimal direction, provide leadership to other team members, present technical information, meet project schedules, manage risks, close business with customers, and achieve profitable growth for the organization.

This position can be based in our Dongguan China production plant.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Lead a team focused on customer fulfillment across multiple plants.
• Support the development and execution of the high-speed interconnect product strategy, including product roadmap, pricing, and positioning for local customer needs
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify emerging trends, customer needs, and growth opportunities.
• Develop marketing collateral to promote new technologies, develop industry partner relationship, and gain penetration in the market.
• Define product requirements based on customer feedback, market demands, and technological advancements.
• Increase pipeline growth, customer wins, and project release.
• Provide leadership, support, and guide less experienced team members.
• You will be interfacing with professional cross functional team members in our product design engineering, signal integrity team, manufacturing integration team, program management, sales organization, state of the art test laboratories, high tech R&D model shop, manufacturing, and senior leadership teams.
• Monitor product performance and market trends, making recommendations for product enhancements or portfolio adjustments as necessary.
• Drive product launches, including go-to-market strategies, sales enablement, and marketing collateral development.
• Track and understand the competitive landscape and establish and drive our technology roadmap.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key customers, partners, and industry influencers.
• Travel opportunities to visit our customers, manufacturing sites, and meet the global team.
• Lead development projects making sure that it is completed on a timely basis and on budget.
• Create relationships with senior leadership, cross functional team members and peers through team building activities and growth opportunities operating as One Molex Team

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Technology or a related field.
• Previous experience as a Product Management or similar role, with a focus on high-speed interconnect products in the data center or enterprise networking industries.
• +3 years of experience in a supervisor position or +5 years leading cross functional teams.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• Ability to travel globally.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Masters degree
• Experience leading a team and influencing others
• SAP experience
• Experience in negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEM's
• Sales experience or product engineering
• Technical background (electrical or mechanical)
• Experience managing and launching products to market.
• Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate market insights into product strategies.
• Strong team management skills
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong understanding of connector solutions

What We Will Provide You:

• Competitive Salary and Benefits Commensurate per your experience
• 401K, Medical, Dental, Vision, Parental Leave, Education Assistance and Life Insurance Benefits
• Receive support and tools you need to get your job done by your leadership team
• Flexible working environment that can be tailored to your needs
• Huge opportunity for future growth potential within the Molex organization
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test