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Director, Product Line Management

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, California, Fremont
May 29, 2025
Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry, delivering high-performance, field-proven optical transceiver solutions. Our commitment to continuous innovation and improvement drives advancements in transceiver design, manufacturing automation, and the seamless integration of optical, mechanical, electrical, and firmware capabilities. These strengths enable us to meet the evolving demands of high-density, high-bandwidth, and low-latency optical networks across telecom, datacom, hyperscale data centers, and supercomputing applications. In Fremont, CA, we serve global clients in telecom and datacom industries in providing innovative optical modules and subsystems to support our customer's next generation networks. Our Optical Solutions Team is seeking a Director of Product Line Management to lead the strategy and execution within our Opto-E product portfolio. In this individual contributor role, you will work closely with Product Managers, Program Managers, and the Application Engineering team to shape product strategy and ensure alignment with business objectives. You will also engage directly with external customers to gather insights, understand market needs, and foster strong partnerships. This role carries P&L responsibility for the product portfolio, driving product lifecycle management, portfolio growth, and supporting cross-functional initiatives to strengthen our global market presence. What You Will Do Support product adoption, ensuring smooth integration and operational success. Drive customer satisfaction by proactively addressing issues and engaging with customer engineering teams to foster trust, drive innovation, and secure design wins. Serve as the primary contact and trusted advisor, channeling customer feedback to influence product development, operations, and support. Analyze technical specifications and assess trade-offs in end-use applications, balancing product performance, quality, yield, and cost impact. Develop and execute product line strategies, including annual business plans and comprehensive market analyses, while tracking market trends, competitive activity, and customer strategies in cloud services and optical networking. Identify and develop industry partnerships to drive growth. Manage the product lifecycle, mitigating risks and ensuring alignment with product strategy and organizational goals through a consultative, value-driven approach. Lead cross-functional initiatives across sales, engineering, manufacturing, finance, and operations, ensuring alignment on strategy and shared opportunities. Develop competitive proposals that balance customer value with profitability. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Masters degree in Electrical, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, Business or Finance Experience managing optical product lines for global communications or data transmission Experience in global manufacturing environment Experience managing financial metrics and P&L What Will Put You Ahead MBA PhD in Photonics, optics or related field For this role, we anticipate paying $200,000 - $260,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. 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 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 Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).