Product Manager - Fiber Optic Connectivity

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 t...