Product Manager

Superior Essex; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Superior Essex is seeking a Product Manager who will own the strategy, business planning, and lifecycle management of the fiber and assembly product lines from concept through end‑of‑life.

You will bridge product management with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain to ensure market-ready and scalable solutions, while driving financial performance and cost improvements.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, customers, and vendors.
• Must demonstrate strong problem solving skills and analytical skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage and keep projects on-track.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, business planning, and lifecycle management of fiber and assembly product lines.
• Coordinate with product management, manufacturing operations, engineering, and supply chain to ensure market and production readiness.
• Analyze product line metrics, financial performance, and sales enablement needs.
• Develop and execute business plans for assigned product lines and support sales teams.
• Attend industry events and provide materials for training and marketing initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The role will own the strategy, business planning, and lifecycle management of Superior Essex's premises fiber and assembly product lines, from concept through end‑of‑life. This role serves as the strategic connector between product management, manufacturing operations, engineering, and supply chain, ensuring products are market-ready, production-ready, and scalable. The position combines commercial ownership of the product portfolio (financial performance, sales enablement, competitive positioning) with operational rigor (manufacturability, quality, cost, and continuous improvement) to deliver high‑quality, cost‑effective, and market‑leading solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Directors of Product management with managing all aspects of product lines including financial analysis and sales team support.
• Support Directors of Product Management with development and execution of business plans for assigned product line(s).
• Support the expansion of product lines and services to ensure high customer value, market share gain and net profitability improvement.
• Support Directors of Product Management in developing product line training materials for inside sales and outside sales.
• Report and Analyze key product line metrics as requested.
• Support Directors of Product Management with periodical technical and marketing benchmarks can competitive analysis
• Assist in market trend analysis and reporting.
• Work closely with the inside sales, outside sales, & Director PLM on product line selling strategies, training initiatives, and field sales support.
• Attend trade shows and industry events as needed to support marketing initiatives.
• Participate in special projects and performs additional duties as required.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, customers, and vendors.
• Must demonstrate strong problem solving skills and analytical skills
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage and keep projects on‑track.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+ year’s Product Management experience
• 1+ year’s experience supporting fiber optic cables, assemblies, hardware, electrical components or similar products.
• Experience in successfully supporting sales teams with business insights, sales tools, product specification/selection materials, training, and product presentations.