Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS) is a leader in interconnect solutions for various markets, and they are seeking a dynamic Team Lead Product Marketing Manager to drive product marketing initiatives and business growth. This role involves leading a team of product marketers, managing customer relationships, and collaborating across functions to ensure successful product strategies and launches.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product marketing professionals, ensuring alignment with regional business strategies and growth objectives
- Translate high-level product and market strategies into clear execution plans for the team
- Foster a high-performance culture focused on customer value, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Prepare monthly and quarterly revenue projections for key account(s); forecast analysis and preparing book-to-ship estimates
- Drive business growth by identifying, prioritizing, and securing new opportunities within the Telecom/DataCom market
- Own and execute the product portfolio strategy, ensuring alignment with customer needs, market trends, and long-term business goals
- Oversee and contribute to major product line roadmaps and collaborate with engineering on new product development initiatives
- Build and maintain senior-level customer relationships, serving as a strategic advisor to key OEM and ODM accounts
- Lead complex customer engagements to understand technical requirements, challenges, and future opportunities
- Partner with global marketing and sales leadership to strengthen Amphenol's market presence and value proposition
- Local and global travel for customer visits, field engagements and product development meetings. Occasional national and international travel for training, factory visits and customer negotiations
- Direct the development of sales enablement tools, competitive positioning, and pricing strategies that empower regional and global sales teams
- Collaborate with product, engineering, operations, and supply chain teams to ensure effective product launches, availability, and customer satisfaction
- Serve as the escalation point for critical sales inquiries, customer needs, and technical discussions
- Oversee the end-to-end business development funnel, ensuring the team effectively drives opportunities from lead generation through closure
- Partner with sales leadership to convert high-priority opportunities into long-term strategic partnerships
- Ensure consistent pipeline visibility, forecasting accuracy, and proactive risk mitigation
- Lead market analysis efforts, identify trends, competitive movements, and emerging customer demands
- Provide executive-level insights and recommendations to guide investment decisions, product strategies, and sales initiatives
- Drive cross-functional workshops and strategic reviews to continually refine the business growth plan
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field; MBA preferred
- 7–10+ years of progressive experience in Product Marketing or Product Management, sales, or business development within the technology, telecom/datacom, or electronics industry
- Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing direct reports in a high-performance environment
- Demonstrated track record of driving revenue growth, developing go-to-market strategies, and executing successful product or portfolio initiatives
- Background working closely with sales organizations, customer accounts, and channel partners to identify opportunities, influence buying decisions, and support market expansion
- Strong leadership experience mentoring and developing sales/business development teams
- Ability to turn market insights and customer needs into clear strategies and execution plans
- Effective cross-functional collaborator with strong stakeholder-management skills
- Solid understanding of CRM, sales cycles, market trends, and competitive landscapes
- Experience supporting regional sales teams with demand generation and forecasting
- Technical familiarity with interconnect, datacom/telecom, and cloud/server technologies
- Strong communicator able to simplify and present complex technical concepts
- Analytical mindset with financial skills in pricing, forecasting, and business cases
- Highly collaborative, influential, and effective in fast-paced environments