Hybrid Product Manager - Fiber Optics & Data Center

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc.; Poway (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus

Medical

Dental

Vision

Dependent Care FSA

Voluntary Life Insurance

Legal Services

Pet Insurance

Financial Wellness

12 Paid Company Holidays per calendar

2 Floating Holidays

PTO

Sick time

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. is seeking a Product Manager for strategic and commercial leadership of assigned product lines.

You will own from market analysis to commercialization, coordinating with Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing to drive growth and profitability within data center, AI/HPC, hyperscale, telecom, and related optical networks. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, strong customer insight, and hands-on lifecycle management, with a hybrid office-based setup in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field; MBA or technical graduate degree is a plus
• 3+ years of experience managing or supporting the lifecycle of tangible products in a product management, product marketing, or related technical/commercial role
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, sales, and marketing teams
• Experience in fiber optics, telecommunications, data communications, connectivity, manufacturing, or tangible technical products preferred
• Experience working with global teams, customers, suppliers, or cross-functional organizations strongly preferred
• Comfortable engaging directly with customers, suppliers, and industry partners
• Ability to operate with ownership and initiative; a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset is highly valued
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 40% to support customers, Sales, trade shows, suppliers, manufacturing sites, and internal meetings

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, positioning, and commercial success of assigned SENKO product lines
• Develop and execute product plans that maximize revenue, margin, market share, and customer adoption
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify customer requirements, emerging technologies, industry trends, growth opportunities, and product improvement initiatives
• Serve as the voice of the customer by gathering, analyzing, and translating customer, sales, and market feedback into actionable product requirements
• Manage products throughout their entire lifecycle, including development, launch, growth, enhancement, rationalization, and end-of-life planning
• Lead the NPD and NPI process by coordinating activities across R&D, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales
• Define product requirements, business cases, launch strategies, and commercialization plans
• Support product validation, customer trials, qualification activities, and launch readiness
• Develop pricing strategies, profitability models, sales forecasts, and business analyses
• Support RFQs, customer proposals, strategic pricing reviews, demand forecasting, and inventory planning
• Partner with Sales, Business Development, and Applications Engineering to support customer engagements and technical presentations
• Create and maintain product documentation, sales tools, marketing collateral, competitive analyses, and customer-facing materials
• Serve as the primary product lead for assigned product lines, providing direction and cross-functional alignment
• Drive product issue resolution by coordinating internal resources to address customer concerns and lifecycle changes
• Represent SENKO at customer visits, trade shows, industry events, standards activities, webinars, and training sessions

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Leadership

Decision making

Presentations

Project management

Time management

Customer relations

Professionalism

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field

MBA or technical graduate degree (plus)

Job description

SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. is seeking a Product Manager for strategic and commercial leadership of assigned product lines.

You will own from market analysis to commercialization, coordinating with Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing to drive growth and profitability within data center, AI/HPC, hyperscale, telecom, and related optical networks. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, strong customer insight, and hands-on lifecycle management, with a hybrid office-based setup in