Associate New Product Development Manager

About the role

The Associate New Product Development Manager will work with customers (Hyperscalers/OEMs/ODMs), partners, and internal customers to ensure that we are developing new products that align with market technology needs. This individual will be taking those new products and partnering with customers to implement our technologies within their next generation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of strategic product and annual business plans for target markets, industries and customers, partnering with senior NPD leaders to identify product-line trends and technologies.
• Contribute to pipeline growth, customer wins, and RPM releases by supporting opportunity qualification and go-to-market activities.
• Partner with MIE and cross-functional teams to help align CapEx and product cost targets with market conditions.
• Aid in tracking capacity and support capital-investment planning to meet forecasted demand.
• Work with commercial and senior stakeholders to progress customer negotiations and new platform partnerships.
• Identify and cultivate industry partner relationships to expand our ecosystem and capabilities.
• Learn, support, and contribute to Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, ISO, and EH&S systems by following policies and procedures and applying continuous-improvement practices.
• Support competitive landscape tracking and help inform the technology roadmap.
• Develop strong relationships with key customers and collaborate to align their technology roadmaps with our development plan.
• Assist in leading development projects, ensuring milestones are met on time and on budget under the guidance of senior project leads.
• Support creation of marketing collateral and launch activities to promote new technologies and increase market penetration.
• Help drive internal product and technology releases and coordinate with marketing communications on launch strategies.
• Perform other related duties as assigned while actively learning and expanding scope.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Business
• 5+ Years of experience within the high speed Datacom Market OR
• 2+ Years of Sales Experience calling on Datacom accounts OR
• 2+ Years of Product Management Experience

Qualifications

• Technical background in engineering (electrical or mechanical)
• Experience in negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEM’s

Pay

$90,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.