Your Job
Molex is seeking an Associate Product Manager to join our Datacom division, focusing on high-speed interconnect products operating at 112G and 224G silicon protocol speeds. In this role, you will lead product development and management, driving the product roadmap to ensure market-leading solutions for data center and enterprise networking technologies.
You will own product line decisions and collaborate globally with customers, partners, and internal teams-including sales, engineering, quality, and operations-to deliver innovative, high-tech components that support critical data infrastructure. This position requires strategic planning, leadership, risk management, customer engagement, and the ability to drive profitable growth aligned with Molex's mission and goals.
Our Team
You will be part of a dynamic global team collaborating with sales, engineering, quality, and operations to deliver cutting-edge electronic solutions that support the data superhighway and impact industries worldwide.
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
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
- Minimum 3 year of product management or related experience, preferably in high-speed interconnects or networking.
- Minimum 3 year of sales experience and product line management.
- Experience in cost analysis or pricing.
- 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.
- Ability to travel globally.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Master's.
- Experience with SAP.
- Experience negotiating with contract manufacturers and OEMs.
- Strong technical background in electrical or mechanical engineering.
- Experience launching products to market.
- Strong understanding of connector solutions.
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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.
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