Rugged Hardware Product Lead: P&L & Strategy

Titus Talent Strategies; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Titus Talent Strategies partners with a leading rugged hardware manufacturer in the USA seeking a Product Line Manager in Sugar Land, TX. You will own the product family strategy, drive P&L, pricing, margins, and roadmap, while leading cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain.

You’ll partner with customers, conduct technical briefings, and push cost-reduction programs, BOM optimization, and make/buy decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years in product management or hardware product ownership.
• Experience owning a product line P&L including revenue, margin, cost, pricing, and roadmap decisions.
• Strong technical depth with ability to participate in design reviews.
• Experience with cost reduction, BOM strategy, should-cost analysis.
• Background with defense, aerospace, rugged/industrial, embedded computing, or similar environments.
• Strong analytical skills with margin forecasting, yield metrics, and configuration management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, sales, quality, and supply chain.
• Experience managing or building a small team.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and lifecycle for a family of rugged hardware products.
• Take responsibility for P&L performance, including revenue, margin, cost, pricing, and forecasting.
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps based on customer requirements, market trends, and business objectives.
• Lead cross-functional teams and establish priorities across engineering, operations, sales, quality, supply chain, and other stakeholders.
• Serve as a primary product contact for customers, including conducting technical briefings and gathering market intelligence.
• Drive product cost reduction initiatives through BOM strategy, component standardization, should-cost analysis, and collaboration with engineering and procurement.
• Guide product configuration and manufacturing strategies, including make/buy decisions, production flow, and quality improvement.
• Support new product development, sustaining initiatives, and product launches.
• Build and manage a small team supporting product configuration, product data, and product operations.
• Develop product documentation, training materials, configuration guides, and product health updates for internal leadership and customers.

Skills

Product ownership

P&L management

Cross-functional leadership

Design reviews

Cost reduction/BOM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Titus Talent Strategies partners with a leading rugged hardware manufacturer in the USA seeking a Product Line Manager in Sugar Land, TX. You will own the product family strategy, drive P&L, pricing, margins, and roadmap, while leading cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain.

You’ll partner with customers, conduct technical briefings, and push cost-reduction programs, BOM optimization, and make/buy decisions.