Product Line Manager

Molex; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Molex is expanding its Optical Solutions Business Unit and seeks a Product Line Manager to drive growth, strategy, and profitability across the product portfolio. You will collaborate with global teams, manage pricing, and engage with customers to commercialize solutions that meet market needs.

You will lead lifecycle management, KPI tracking, and sales enablement while traveling ~20–35% to support customer engagements and cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline.
• Experience owning and managing a product line P&L, including pricing strategy and asset optimization.
• End-to-end product lifecycle management experience, from NPI through extensions and EOL.
• Experience working with customers to establish VOC and translate it into product strategy.
• Strong cross-functional leadership across engineering, sales, operations and supply chain.
• Experience shaping product strategy with market and technical insight, including SWOT analysis.
• Experience developing pricing strategies and cost analyses for profitable growth.
• Proven ability to engage customers and internal leaders with clear roadmapping.
• Advanced communication for executive-level and customer-facing presentations.
• Willingness to travel 20–35% to support customers and cross-functional work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the product strategy aligned with business objectives and market demands.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and manufacturing to develop and launch products; ensure quality and customer fit.
• Work with sales and support to incorporate customer feedback and voice of the customer into offerings.
• Develop pricing strategies to maximize profitability while staying competitive; monitor performance.
• Oversee product line transactions through daily collaboration with sales, engineering, and manufacturing.
• Manage product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.
• Define and track KPIs; use data to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Lead cost reduction, capacity planning, and quality initiatives with manufacturing.
• Support customer segmentation and value-chain activities; assist in technical trainings and sales enablement.

Skills

P&L ownership

Pricing strategy

Product lifecycle

VOC engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Data analytics (Power BI)

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Your Job

Molex is expanding its Optical Solutions Business Unit and seeking a Product Line Manager to drive growth and innovation. In this role, you’ll collaborate with global teams across engineering, manufacturing, and sales to deliver customer-focused solutions and manage the product portfolio. You’ll lead strategy development, roadmap planning, and P&L management while engaging directly with customers to support pricing, commercialization, and marketing initiatives. Additional responsibilities include product training, web content, and sales enablement activities that help achieve divisional revenue goals.

Location: Subject to your location, this role can sit in Lisle, IL, Eden Prairie, MN or Hudson, WI. VISA sponsorship is NOT available for this role.

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute the product strategy aligning with overall business objectives and market demands.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and manufacturing teams to develop and launch new products. Ensure products meet quality standards and meet customer requirements.
• Work closely with sales and customer support teams to understand customer feedback and improve product offerings. Act as the voice of the customer within the organization.
• Develop pricing strategies that maximize profitability while remaining competitive in the market. Monitor product performance and adjust strategies as needed.
• Responsible for product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with sales, engineering, and the manufacturing facilities.
• Manage the product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success. Use data to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Sales & Marketing
  • Assist Product Managers to lead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.
  • Engage with customers in the development of specifications and technical requirements, which can be used to direct the development of new products, product variants or improvements.
  • Create and deliver technical product training and technical brochures to support the global sales force and customers.
  • Partner with the Molex worldwide sales engineers who are working with OEMs and Molex franchised distributors to design in Molex connectors & assemblies
  • As needed, travel to meet with customers onsite to understand customer needs and ultimately design in products that meet & exceed customer requirements

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related discipline
• Experience owning and managing a product line P&L, including pricing strategy, margin performance, and asset optimization
• Experience leading end‑to‑end product lifecycle management, from new product introduction through extensions, cost‑reduction initiatives, and end‑of‑life execution
• Previous experience working with customers directly to establish VOC and developing a product strategy around that with respective teams
• Strong cross‑functional leadership skills, with experience orchestrating collaboration across engineering, sales, operations, and supply chain to ensure effective handoffs and requirements flow
• Experience applying market and technical acumen to drive product strategy, including competitive positioning, customer value propositions, and SWOT analysis
• Experience developing and executing pricing strategies and cost analysis to support profitable growth
• Demonstrated effectiveness engaging directly with customers and internal business leaders, translating market needs into actionable product and roadmap decisions
• Advanced communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering executive‑level and customer‑facing presentations
• Capability and desire to influence, mentor, supervise, and develop others while representing the product line with credibility internally and externally
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20–35% of the time in support of customers, business engagement, and cross‑functional collaboration

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience managing direct reports and developing talent
• Experience with Fiber Optic applications or products
• Experience with customer engagements
• Experience using data and analytics tools (e.g., Power BI) to drive product strategy
• B2B business experience
• Strong technical acumen related to product design and features

For this role, we anticipate paying $130,000 - $180,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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Our Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• and may also include infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.