Sr. Product Manager

Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) is a diversified industrial technology manufacturing company shaping solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of electrical energy. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, we serve customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics markets worldwide. With approximately 16,000 employees we design and manufacture innovative technologies that support electrification, energy efficiency, and advanced automation. Our global reach is matched by a culture that empowers innovation and long-term growth.

Guided by our principles We Care, We Succeed With Our Customers, and We Own the Outcome, we work collaboratively, think boldly, and deliver solutions that move industries forward.

Global responsibility is to lead the Solar Fuse and High-Speed Fuse product portfolios with profitable growth, strategic vision, and disciplined execution throughout the product life cycle. Develop and execute global product and market strategies by combining market analysis, Voice of Customer, technology trends, competitive intelligence, and financial performance. Evaluate Littelfuse operational capabilities across manufacturing sites and define the capacity, sourcing, automation, and investment actions needed to support growth.

Lead cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and customers to deliver competitive products, successful launches, strong margins, and sustainable market leadership.

• Own and drive the global strategy for Solar Fuses and High-Speed Fuses.
• Develop and maintain a three-to-five-year product and technology roadmap using customer input, market models, competition, regulations, technology trends, and internal capabilities.
• Analyze market size, growth, applications, regional dynamics, competitive positioning, and adjacent opportunities in Solar PV, Energy Storage, Power Conversion, EV Infrastructure, HVDC systems, and Data Centers.
• Translate insights into differentiated value propositions, investment priorities, product positioning, and executable growth plans.
• Communicate a clear strategic vision and influence global stakeholders to align resources with the highest-value opportunities.

• Identify and prioritize new products, systems, and services required to expand 1500V and 2000V solar protection platforms and High-Speed Fuse solutions.
• Lead product requirements, business cases, stage-gate decisions, product readiness, launch plans, and post-launch reviews.
• Partner with Engineering, Sales, Marketing Communications, Quality, Operations, and customers to ensure prototypes, samples, certifications, documentation, pricing, capacity, and sales tools are ready for commercialization.
• Drive roadmap execution for Solar PV, Energy Storage, Power Conversion, EV charging, HVDC, and Data Center applications.
• Evaluate partnerships, supplier solutions, licensing, and acquisition opportunities that can accelerate portfolio growth.

• Own revenue, gross margin, pricing, portfolio profitability, and life-cycle performance for assigned product families.
• Establish annual operating plans, long-range forecasts, growth targets, margin-improvement actions, and portfolio rationalization priorities.
• Review product and SKU performance regularly and implement actions to grow the top line, improve mix, reduce cost, manage E&O, and restore margins where required.
• Define global pricing architecture and support strategic quotations and commercial negotiations.
• Work with Sales and customers to assess demand; translate forecasts into capacity, inventory, safety-stock, and…