Our client is a technology-focused manufacturer serving customers operating within highly regulated and technically demanding environments. The organization develops advanced electronic and computing solutions that support complex applications requiring long product lifecycles, reliability, and high-performance system integration. The business maintains a strong engineering culture and works closely with customers to solve sophisticated technical challenges across hardware, software, and signal-processing domains.
Location: United States
Reporting Relationship: Senior Product Leadership
POSITION OVERVIEW
The team we represent is seeking an experienced product management professional to guide the strategic direction of a portfolio centered on advanced data processing and communications technologies. This individual will evaluate market opportunities, define future product investments, and partner with technical teams to align product development efforts with customer requirements and commercial objectives.
The successful candidate will serve as the bridge between customers, engineering organizations, and executive leadership. Success in this role requires the ability to understand complex technical concepts while translating them into business strategy, product plans, and growth initiatives.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
- Establish the long-term vision and strategic priorities for a portfolio of specialized hardware and processing solutions.
- Assess emerging technologies, customer demand signals, and industry developments to identify new product opportunities.
- Create and maintain multi-year product investment plans that support revenue growth and portfolio expansion.
- Develop business justifications for new offerings, including market sizing, customer demand analysis, financial projections, and competitive positioning.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to convert customer requirements into product definitions and development priorities.
- Partner with commercial teams on customer engagement activities, product positioning, and technical discussions.
- Monitor portfolio performance and recommend actions that improve growth, profitability, and market adoption.
- Support product launch activities, including messaging, sales enablement, customer presentations, and market introduction planning.
- Build relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, strategic partners, suppliers, and internal leadership teams.
- Represent the product portfolio at customer meetings, industry events, and technical review discussions.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated experience managing technology-based products throughout their lifecycle, from concept development through market release.
- Strong understanding of complex electronic systems, digital architectures, or high-performance embedded technologies.
- Experience working directly with engineering organizations on requirements definition, roadmap planning, and product prioritization.
- Ability to interpret customer needs and convert technical requirements into commercially viable product strategies.
- Experience building business cases, financial analyses, and investment recommendations for new product initiatives.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical subject matter experts, commercial stakeholders, and executive leadership.
- U.S. work authorization permitting access to controlled technical information where required.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Advanced degree in a technical field or business discipline.
- Background supporting products involving high-throughput compute architectures, advanced communication frameworks, hardware-software co-design, or embedded accelerators.
- Experience within mission-critical systems, aerospace, telemetry, or complex industrial automation sectors.
- Familiarity with product development processes involving complex hardware and software integration.
- Exposure to government-funded programs, technical standards environments, or long-lifecycle product markets.
- Experience utilizing data analytics and AI-enabled tools to support product planning and business decision-making.