Director of Magnetics Development: Growth & Strategy

Molex; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Molex, a Koch company, seeks a Director of Magnetics Development to lead strategic and technical growth of the ICMM magnetics portfolio. You will translate market needs into product strategy, technology roadmaps and executable development programs, partnering across global functions and with key customers.

The role combines technical leadership with business judgment, market awareness and the ability to align initiatives across Engineering, Product Management, Sales and Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, Materials Science or another relevant technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience in technical product development within magnetics, interconnects, communications hardware, power electronics or an adjacent electronics industry.
• Proven leadership of complex new product development from opportunity definition through qualification and production launch.
• Demonstrated business experience with the ability to connect technology and product decisions to revenue growth, margin, investment and market position.
• Experience developing product, technology or market strategies and converting them into executable roadmaps and priorities.
• Ability to lead strategic customer discussions at both technical and business levels and translate customer needs into product requirements and commercial opportunities.
• Strong cross‑functional leadership, communication, analytical and influencing skills in a global organisation.
• Ability to make sound trade‑offs among customer value, technical performance, speed, cost, quality, risk and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the long-term growth strategy for the ICMM magnetics product group, with focus on profitable revenue growth and market share expansion.
• Lead new product development across the magnetics portfolio from opportunity to production ramp.
• Define and maintain the magnetics product line strategy and roadmap, prioritising based on market attractiveness and profitability.
• Build and own the technology roadmap for integrated connector modules and adjacent magnetic technologies.
• Establish strong senior technical and business relationships with strategic customers.
• Translate customer platforms and market trends into differentiated product concepts and development programmes.
• Partner with Sales and Product Management to identify target customers and design‑in opportunities, developing go‑to‑market plans.
• Own the business case discipline for new developments, including revenue, pricing, cost and investment.
• Drive design‑to‑cost and manufacturing competitiveness from early development.
• Build deep understanding of competitors and market dynamics to guide portfolio choices.
• Build and develop a high‑performing global magnetics development organisation.
• Ensure collaboration across Product Management, Engineering, SI, Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Marketing and regional Sales.
• Develop strategic relationships with PHY/IC vendors and ecosystem partners.
• Create a pipeline of next‑generation technologies with readiness criteria and transitions to NPD.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Analytical

Influencing

Market awareness

Business judgement

Strategy development

Education

Bachelor's degree (Electrical Engineering or related)

Master's degree

Job description

Molex, a Koch company, seeks a Director of Magnetics Development to lead strategic and technical growth of the ICMM magnetics portfolio. You will translate market needs into product strategy, technology roadmaps and executable development programs, partnering across global functions and with key customers.

The role combines technical leadership with business judgment, market awareness and the ability to align initiatives across Engineering, Product Management, Sales and Operations.