Director, Product Management - I/O

TE Connectivity; United States; Remote; USD 187,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Director of Product Management, where you'll lead a diverse team to shape innovative product strategies. This pivotal role involves managing a global portfolio, driving product development, and ensuring alignment with market needs. You'll engage with cross-functional teams and customers to craft compelling value propositions while overseeing the entire product lifecycle. With a strong focus on strategic growth and collaboration, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. If you're ready to unleash your potential and drive success, this role is for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Plan

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Time Off

Voluntary Benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management with 10+ years in B2B commercial roles.
• Proven success in engineering/manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead global product portfolio and manage product managers.
• Define product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies.

Skills

Strategic Growth Leadership

Product Management

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Technical Understanding

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Technical Field

MBA

Job description

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At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Job Overview

The Director, Product Management is responsible for leading a complex global product portfolio, including developing the business strategy, managing a global team of product managers, and ensuring execution across new product development, go-to-market planning, and lifecycle management. This individual will own the long-term product vision and be accountable for meeting financial objectives such as sales and gross margin targets. The role requires a commercially driven, strategically minded leader with strong cross-functional collaboration and the ability to manage the portfolio with a general management mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Monitor and influence industry standards and segment-specific strategies.
• Conduct segmentation and competitive benchmarking exercises.
• Define compelling value propositions and develop aligned product roadmaps.
• Design go-to-market strategies, including channel and partnership plans.
• Collaborate with R&D and operations to ensure NPI meets market demands.
• Manage the full product lifecycle.

Business Planning

• Define resource and capability requirements to support the product roadmap.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders to business goals and strategies.
• Establish pricing policies and develop the annual operating plan (AOP).
• Engage with customers to ensure alignment of product strategy with market needs.

New Product Development & Launch

• Serve as the opportunity champion for new growth initiatives.
• Plan and execute product launches, including marketing and sales enablement.
• Provide accurate demand inputs to S&OP.
• Participate in key customer meetings and support business development.
• Contribute to collateral and business case development with clearly defined outcomes.

Post-Launch Product Management

• Own P&L responsibility for assigned portfolio.
• Ensure sustained, profitable growth through margin and sales performance.
• Support sales enablement through training and collateral development.
• Manage pricing requests and product issue resolution.
• Track performance against business plans and address gaps.

Talent Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global, multicultural team of product managers.
• Build a high-performance team culture through coaching and engagement.

What your background should look like

• Minimum of 5 years in product management with 10+ years in B2B commercial roles.
• Proven success leading strategic growth and product initiatives in engineering/manufacturing environments.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and execution capabilities.
• Advanced technical understanding; knowledge of high-speed interconnects is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or a technical field required; MBA preferred.
• Familiarity with Cloud/Datacenter architectures and experience with Cloud Service Providers, switch, or GPU makers is a plus.
• Willingness to travel 10–25% globally.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Skilled in presenting complex information across all organizational levels.

Building Effective Teams

Managing and Measuring Work

Motivating Others

SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)

ABOUTTE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more atwww.te.com and onLinkedIn , Facebook , WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

COMPENSATION
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $$187,400 – $281,100 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits

BENEFITS
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets

Location:

#remote, WA, US, 98101

City: #remote

State: WA

Country/Region: US

Travel: 10% to 25%

Requisition ID: 134496

Alternative Locations:

Nearest Major Market: Seattle
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