Product Line Manager - Network Gear

Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the portfolio and roadmap (accountable, innovative): Define, communicate, and sequence a multi-year hardware strategy for routers, gateways, and related network components that integrate seamlessly with firmware, software, and mechanical systems, aligning with customer needs and business outcomes.
• Translate strategy into execution (agile, accountable): Lead the conversion of product vision and market insights into clear requirements, prioritized backlogs, and executable product plans that deliver value at scale.
• System integration leadership (collaborative, authentic): Champion end-to-end system interoperability across hardware, firmware, software, and mechanical domains, guiding architecture decisions that balance performance, power, cost, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Technical trade-off management (innovative, accountable): Drive data-informed decisions by leading formal trade studies and maintaining decision records that transparently balance competing technical and business constraints.
• Cross-functional leadership through influence (collaborative): Partner closely with systems, hardware, firmware, software, mechanical engineering, supply chain, operations, finance, quality, and field teams to deliver products on schedule, at target margin, and with high customer satisfaction.
• Lifecycle ownership (customer centric): Own the full product lifecycle, including requirement definition, business cases, new product introduction (NPI), launch readiness, production ramp, cost-down initiatives, sustaining activities, and end-of-life transitions.
• Customer and market insight (customer centric, authentic): Engage with utility customers and internal stakeholders to translate customer needs, regulatory requirements, and industry standards into actionable product requirements.
• Financial stewardship (accountable): Manage key P&L levers, including list pricing, cost targets (BOM, NRE, COGS), volume assumptions, and warranty exposure, ensuring sustainable business outcomes.
• Quality and reliability partnership (accountable, collaborative): Work with Engineering and Quality teams on verification and validation, environmental and regulatory compliance, and field issue triage to continuously improve product reliability and customer trust.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying complex systems in a technology-driven environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, building alignment through collaboration, clear prioritization, and well-defined decision frameworks.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and business concepts to diverse audiences in an inclusive and authentic manner.
• Proven accountability for delivering customer-focused outcomes in dynamic, fast-evolving markets.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience working with electric, gas, or water utility customers, including exposure to AMI/DA systems, industry standards, and utility procurement or qualification processes.
• Hands-on familiarity with hardware development, cellular technologies (LTE/5G), edge computing, and IP networking; comfort reviewing schematics, thermal and power budgets, and firmware interfaces.
• Mastery of core Product Management skills—from discovery through delivery—including portfolio management, business casing, and outcome-oriented prioritization in agile environments.
• Passion for innovation and continuous improvement in support of reliable, secure infrastructure for the Utilities & Energy sector.

Benefits

Info This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial, social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more!