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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Group Product Manager

Product ManagementPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • At least 7 years of experience in product management, business development, product development, technical marketing, or product-business leadership in a technically complex business-to-business market.
  • Experience developing and executing product strategy, roadmaps, business cases, and commercialization plans.
  • Experience working directly with technical and commercial stakeholders at customers or strategic partners.
  • Experience using revenue, margin, pricing, forecast, pipeline, and return on investment to make business and portfolio decisions.
  • Experience leading and developing professionals and complex cross-functional initiatives across multiple functions, customers, or regions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, roadmap, and business plan for the global Mezzanine portfolio, including emerging 224G and near-package connectivity platforms.
  • Drive profitable growth and commercialization from voice-of-customer and new-product development through qualification, design wins, production ramp, and lifecycle management.
  • Develop and lead a team of Product Managers, establishing clear ownership, priorities, accountability, and development plans across the portfolio.
  • Build strategic relationships with hyperscalers, original equipment manufacturers, silicon providers, and ecosystem partners to understand evolving system architectures and translate market needs into differentiated product strategies.
  • Prioritize product and technology investments using customer demand, competitive positioning, revenue, profitability, and return on investment to make portfolio trade-offs.
  • Execute cross-functional priorities across Engineering, Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Finance, and other functions, and communicate portfolio opportunities, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience leading a global product portfolio or product business with revenue and profitability accountability.
  • Experience working with hyperscale cloud providers, artificial intelligence infrastructure companies, server/networking original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, or silicon providers.
  • Knowledge of high-speed interconnect and 112G/224G system architectures, including Mezzanine, direct-attach copper, optical connectivity, near-package optics, near-package copper, or related technologies.
  • Experience taking an emerging technology from customer discovery through product development, design wins, commercialization, and revenue growth.
  • Experience leading Product Managers across multiple products, customers, regions, or product lifecycle stages.
  • Technical or commercial experience developing new markets, strategic partnerships, or industry ecosystems around emerging technologies.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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