Product Line Manager

Location:

Sugar Land TX

Fully Onsite

Our Partner is a leading manufacturer of rugged computing solutions supporting mission-critical applications across the defense and commercial sectors. Their systems are designed and manufactured in the USA to operate reliably in extreme and demanding environments.

The Product Line Manager will serve as the business owner for their product family, with responsibility for product strategy, P&L performance, pricing, margin, cost, roadmap direction, and customer relationships. This person will lead a cross-functional team consisting of engineering, test, configuration, operations, sales, and other key stakeholders.

While this role requires a strong technical foundation and the ability to participate in architecture-level discussions, the primary focus is on product ownership, commercial strategy, and driving business results.

• 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.

The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering or technical foundation combined with significant experience owning and managing hardware product lines. They should be comfortable making strategic and commercial decisions while partnering closely with engineering teams on technical direction.

• 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.

Experience with rugged rackmount servers, embedded computing, defense or aerospace products, server architectures, MIL-STD requirements, defense procurement, or AS9100 quality environments would be highly valuable. Experience working with defense primes or government customers is also preferred.

This is a full-time, onsite position in Sugar Land, Texas. The role offers significant visibility and ownership within a lean, fast-moving organization. The successful candidate should be comfortable in a high-accountability environment and willing to put in the time necessary to support customer needs, product launches, supply chain challenges, and active development cycles.

Our Partner is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.