Sr. Mgr. Product Management, Data Connectivity Global Portfolio Lead Differential

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client’s in-house talent acquisition teams.

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

• The Strategy team is looking for a hands-on AI-enabled strategy and market intelligence professional to materially accelerate the way we conduct deep research, market intelligence, analytical modeling, and GTM analysis by applying high impact AI workflows and translating them into sharper strategic decisions.
• The individual will partner with business, product, commercial, and tech teams to translate ambiguous questions into actionable insights, while developing and scaling AI-enabled solutions that improve strategic decision-making and drive measurable business impact.
• The individual is expected to work in close partnership with our client IT team, to leverage existing AI & data capabilities on Databricks & AWS (where applicable) while developing solutions.

• Strategic Portfolio Management for the global Data Connectivity Differential product portfolio by understanding the various regional (customer) requirements and aligning the different regional organizations on a single Differential Portfolio Strategy
• Fostering best practice sharing between regions enabling successful margin improvements and revenue grows
• Enablement and support of regional project execution esp. on cross-regional and large strategic projects
• Building culture of continuous improvement, which leverages best practice processes and metrics to drive year-over-year improvements by partnering with operations including optimization of global manufacturing footprints as well as driving product management excellence
• Driving the coordination of go-to-market strategies and cross-regional and cross-functional activities
• Gaining market share with data connectivity differential products
• Building out product roadmaps in technically complex market environments, aligning with key accounts and create differentiation in target applications.
• Assessing and articulating opportunities with new technological trends ensuring long-term continuous pipeline growth and enabling sales force to capture and secure new opportunities.

• Minimum 10 years’ experience combining several experiences, with at least 5 years in Product Management, in industry (Automotive Connectors, experience in Data Connectivity Products strictly preferred).
• Minimum of 4 years technical or business degree required; preference for advanced degree (MS, MBA).
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build credible relationships with multiple functions and work successfully across various cultures
• Proven commercial and leadership track record to drive regional/global market share gains, including sales, operations, and engineering teams with significant customer exposure at senior executive level in a fast paced and changing environment with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Proven financial acumen in evaluating project and program financials and change management
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills in leading teams and managing cross-functional teams globally.
• Ability to effectively work under pressure in a global environment and to meet challenging targets.
• Demonstrated Experience successfully scaling newly launched product portfolios.
• Clear, strategic thinker with vision and the ability to execute on priorities.
• Up to 30% of domestic and international travel dependent on business needs are required.