New Product Development Manager

About the role

The New Product Development Manager will lead the development of high speed datacom and telecom solutions used in AI applications. They will work closely with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with market technology needs.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements strategic product and annual business plans targeting markets, industries, and customers.
• Identifies product line trends and technologies.
• Leads long-term product planning.
• Gathers technical VOC (mechanical, thermal, SI, FW) from customers and translates it into engineering requirements for the development team.
• Translates system-level customer requirements into mechanical specifications for the development team: cable routing, bending radius, shielding/grounding schemes, thermal paths, connector mate/unmate forces, and mechanical interfaces.
• Increase pipeline growth, customer wins, and RPM releases.
• Works with Manufacturing Engineers and cross-functional teams to ensure CapEx and product costs are aligned with market conditions.
• Controls product cost through design-for-cost and material selection; supports supplier engineering to meet quality and cost targets.
• Leads customer qualification activities, including on-site validation and acceptance, and drives cross-functional teams to diagnose and implement corrective actions for thermal, mechanical, and electrical issues, ensuring timely closure against qualification schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Tracks capacity and drives capital investments supporting forecasted demand.
• Drives the closure of any commercial negotiations with customers on new platform partnerships.
• Identifies opportunities to establish and develop industry partner relationships.
• Understands, supports, and contributes to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO), and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
• Tracks and understands the competitive landscape and establishes and drives our technology roadmap.
• Develops relationships with key customers and enables collaboration to align their technology roadmap with our own development plan.
• Leads development projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.
• Develops marketing collateral to promote new technologies and gain market penetration.
• Drives product and technology release internally while working with marketing communications on launch strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering.
• 4+ years of experience within the high-speed Datacom market.
• 2+ years of sales experience calling on Datacom accounts.
• 2+ years of product management experience.

Qualifications

• Technical background (electrical or mechanical).
• Experience working with semiconductor/re-timer companies.
• Experience in negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEMs.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and planning.
• Customer relationship management.
• Product development leadership.
• Technical expertise in mechanical, thermal, and electrical systems.
• Business acumen and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple functions and teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• Roth and traditional 401(k) plans.
• Paid vacation/time off.
• Education assistance.
• Infertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.

Pay

$130,000 - $160,000 per year.

Schedule

N/A