Rugged Hardware Product Line Lead — Strategy & Growth

Titus Talent Strategies; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Partner in the United States designs rugged rackmount computing solutions for defense and commercial sectors. This Product Line Manager role owns a family of rugged hardware products, steering strategy, P&L, pricing, and roadmaps while coordinating with engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain.

The position emphasizes commercial outcomes, customer relations, and strong technical grounding. Onsite in Sugar Land, Texas, it offers ownership and opportunities to influence future launches

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in product management, product line management, or a similar product ownership role supporting hardware products.
• Experience owning a product line P&L, including responsibility for revenue, margin, cost, pricing, and roadmap decisions.
• Strong technical depth with the ability to participate in design reviews and make informed architecture-level decisions.
• Experience with product cost reduction, BOM strategy, should-cost analysis, or design-to-cost initiatives.
• Background working with hardware products in defense, aerospace, rugged/industrial, embedded computing, or similar environments.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience with margin analysis, forecasting, yield metrics, and configuration management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and work effectively 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 management

Hardware products

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Forecasting

Pricing

Technical depth

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Our Partner in the United States designs rugged rackmount computing solutions for defense and commercial sectors. This Product Line Manager role owns a family of rugged hardware products, steering strategy, P&L, pricing, and roadmaps while coordinating with engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain.

The position emphasizes commercial outcomes, customer relations, and strong technical grounding. Onsite in Sugar Land, Texas, it offers ownership and opportunities to influence future launches