Product Development Manager

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Molex is seeking an experienced New Product Development Manager to join our Copper Solutions team responsible for leading the development of high speed datacom and telecom solutions used in AI applications. The New Product Development Manager will work with customers (Hyperscalers/OEMs/ODMs), partners, and internal customers to ensure that we are developing new products that align with market technology needs. This leader will be taking those new products and partnering with customers to implement our technologies within their next generation platforms.

This role demands a blend of technical knowledge and business acumen, as well as a passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering high-quality, user‑centric products that meet market demands. The New Product Development Manager will play a crucial role in shaping the future of AI hardware in the datacom industry, driving growth and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.

This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Senior Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations.

This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Senior Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations. The information exchange is typically technical in nature and confidential. This position requires a high level of negotiation skills, business acumen and ability to cross functional teams.

• Develops and implements strategic product and annual business plans targeting markets, industries and customers. Identifies product line trends and technologies. Leads long term product planning
• Gather technical VOC (mechanical, thermal, SI, FW) from customer and translate that to engineering requirements for development team.
• Translate system‑level customer requirements into mechanical specifications for development team: cable routing, bending radius, shielding/grounding schemes, thermal paths, connector mate/unmate forces, and mechanical interfaces.
• Increase pipeline growth, customer wins, and RPM release
• Work with Manufacturing Engineer and cross functional teams to ensure Cap Ex and product costs are in line with market conditions. Control product cost through design‑for‑cost and material selection; support supplier engineering to meet quality and cost targets.
• Lead customer qualification activities—including on‑site validation and acceptance—and drive cross‑functional teams (mechanical, electrical, test, and supplier engineering) to rapidly diagnose root causes and implement corrective actions for thermal, mechanical, and electrical issues, ensuring timely closure against qualification schedules and acceptance criteria.
• Track capacity and drive capital investments supporting forecasted demand
• Drive the closure of any commercial negotiations with customers on new platform partnerships
• Identifies opportunities to establish and develop industry partner relationships
• Understand, support and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management
• Track and understand the competitive landscape and establish and drive our technology roadmap
• Develop relationships with our key customers and enable collaboration to align our customers technology roadmap to our own development plan
• Lead development projects making sure that they are completed on a timely basis and within budget
• Develop marketing collateral to promote new technologies and gain penetration in the market
• Drive product and technology release internally while working with marketing communications on launch strategies

• Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering
• 4+ Years of experience within the high‑speed Datacom Market
• 2+ Years of Sales Experience calling on Datacom accounts
• 2+ Years of Product Management Experience

• Technical background (electrical or mechanical)
• Sales experience or product engineering
• Experience working with…