Associate Product Manager

Your Job

Are you looking to make a connection to your career? Come to Molex where we create connections for life. We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability, and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere. Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical.

Molex is hiring an Associate Product Manager to join our Datacom division. As an Associate Product Manager 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 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.

Our Team

This person 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.

Location: This position is based in Lisle, IL

What You Will Do

· 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

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

· Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

· Previous experience as a Product Manager or similar role, with a focus on high-speed interconnect products in the data center, enterprise networking, or manufacturing industries.

· A minimum of 1+ years of sales experience or minimum of 1+ years of experience managing a product line.

· Eligible to work in the United States without the need for Visa Sponsorship now or in the future.

· Ability to travel globally.

What Will Put You Ahead

· Masters degree

· 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.

· 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

For this role, we anticipate paying $100,000 - $125,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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