Product Manager - Fiber Optic Connectivity

Location(s)

Chicago, Illinois | Lisle, Illinois

Company

Molex

Career Field

Marketing

Job Number

183110

Your Job

As the Product Manager for Fiber Optic Connectivity, you will serve as the central driver of commercialization, product strategy, and cross‑functional execution for next‑generation optical interconnect solutions. You’ll collaborate closely with customers, suppliers, engineering, manufacturing, quality, strategic marketing, and ecosystem partners to guide products from early concept through successful launch.

In this role, you will lead product initiatives across advanced fiber optic interconnect markets, including high‑density on‑card optical cabling, novel fiber‑to‑chip interfaces, and emerging connectivity technologies. You will assess market needs, define product requirements, conduct pricing and cost analysis, and support marketing efforts to position your product portfolio for growth.

As part of Molex’s expanding Optical Solutions Business Unit, you’ll engage directly with leading technology customers and global manufacturing partners. You’ll help shape product direction, influence roadmap decisions, and bring innovative connectivity solutions to market. If you are energized by technology, cross‑functional leadership, and building products that advance the future of optical connectivity, this opportunity offers a strong platform to accelerate your career.

Location: This is an onsite role based at our headquarters in Lisle, IL.

What You Will Do

• Develop strategy to capture current market/revenue growth opportunities as well as a 5–10-year strategic vision.
• Define product roadmaps, functional requirements, documentation and market development opportunities, prioritizing guidance to the development organization.
• Develop sound points of view on technologies, products, customer, competitors, and convert market trends into actionable product line strategies.
• Define, execute, and manage pricing strategy, P&L and manufacturing footprint for product portfolios, including development of market pricing for new products in new markets.
• Responsible for directing product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with support staff, engineering, and the manufacturing facilities.
• Manage product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.
• Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Sales & Marketing
• Lead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.
• Drive creation and implementation of data sheets, brochures, web content and marketing collateral within various Molex content management systems.
• Engage with customers in the development of new products, specifications and technical requirements which are used by the various teams in commercialization activities.
• Create strategy and inputs to pricing systems for assigned product lines.
• Track and monitor product and program launches to support build timing and sample requirements.
• Develop growth and penetration strategies for new customers and markets.
• Manage the process amongst business development, sales and engineering personnel who are working to solve customer products needs in a dynamic fast moving business environment.
• Travel to meet with customers, eco-system partners and suppliers to understand needs, capabilities and ultimately design products that meet & exceed requirements.
• Define and coordinate marketing strategies for trade shows, advertising, thought leadership, and standards working groups.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in product management, engineering, business, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Development.
• 5+ years of experience in fiber optics or photonic systems and markets with fiber connectivity knowledge.
• Experience in P&L, cost analysis, pricing.
• Desire to interface directly with customers, ecosystems and suppliers at multiple levels
• Demonstrated skills in preparing business plans, product promotion, customer and industry engagement with strong presentation and speaking skills
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with technical customer engagements.
• Working in or supporting large multi-functional organizations.
• Experience with reporting and analysis, PowerBI.
• B2B business or technical experience.

For this role, we anticipate paying $115,000 - $145,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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