Product Manager

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Molex is hiring a Product Manager to lead our High-Speed I/O portfolio supporting hyperscale customers. This role is pivotal to shaping data center and enterprise networking technologies at 112G and 224G silicon protocol speeds.

This person will own the product line and work with global customers, partners, and internal business partners to ensure that we develop and manage existing products to achieve sustainable revenue/margin growth and best return of investments. This role has a global reach and will work closely with our big data and hyperscale customers, sales, and engineering teams to meet our customers  needs by providing high-tech leading-edge technologies that are critical for the data superhighways existence we use every day changing the world.

You will also ensure that the product and marketing efforts are tailored to support Molex s overall mission, strategy, and goals. Success in this role means becoming the trusted  go-to  contact for key customers and appropriately planning and seeing assignments through to completion with minimal direction, providing leadership to other team members, presenting technical information, meeting project schedules, managing risks, closing business with customers, and achieving profitable growth for the organization.

This role can be based anywhere in the U.S., with a preference for Illinois (Lisle, IL headquarters).

At Molex, we create connections for life by combining innovation, engineering excellence, and superior customer experience. With presence in 40+ countries, we serve diverse markets such as data communications, consumer electronics, automotive, medical, and more.

• Lead the development and execution of the product strategy for hyperscale customers and global hyperscale customers, including roadmap, pricing, positioning, and portfolio management.
• Own the full product lifecycle: define requirements from customer feedback, market trends, and technical advancements; drive on-time, on-budget product launches.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with customers, Engineering, conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify new growth opportunities, emerging trends, and technology gaps.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify new growth opportunities, emerging trends, and technology gaps.
• Drive go-to-market strategies, including sales enablement and marketing collateral development, to promote new technologies and expand market penetration.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams including Product Design Engineering, Signal Integrity, DFM, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, and Program Management to ensure alignment and successful execution.
• Lead and mentor project teams by setting clear goals, managing risks, resolving issues, and adhering to project schedules.
• Develop business cases and secure leadership buy-in for new product development and capacity expansions aligned with hyperscalers and broader data communications market needs.
• Track product performance and market shifts, recommending product enhancements or portfolio adjustments to sustain competitive advantage and profitable growth.
• Manage relationships with key industry partners and vendors to optimize product solutions.
• Integrate broader ecosystem insights (e.g., SMT, BiPass, liquid cooling) into critical customer growth strategies in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Represent Molex externally by visiting customer sites, global manufacturing locations, and participating in industry forums as needed.

• Bachelor s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Previous experience as a Product Manager or similar role.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience within the Datacom Market.
• A minimum of 2+ years of sales experience calling on Datacom accounts.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority, driving complex projects with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel globally as required.

• Master s degree in a technical or business discipline.
• Previous experience as a Product Manager or similar role, with a focus on high-speed interconnect products in the data center or enterprise networking industries.
• Experience negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEMs.
• Understanding of silicon protocols and experience of high speeds such as 112g and 224g.
• Strong background understanding of signal integrity concepts for both active and passive cables, including BER, crosstalk, and termination tradeoffs.
• Knowledge of business dynamics and vendor relationships in the hyperscale market, especially managing partnerships with chip vendors.
• Hands-on experience with SAP.

For this role, we anticipate paying $XXXXX - $XXXXX per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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