Global Product Line Leader

Job Overview

TE Connectivity's Product Management Teams manage all aspects of a product, from driving new product development to manufacturing to marketing. They are responsible for overall product strategy, business leadership and capacity plans to meet sales and profit targets.

As part of the DDN business unit, the Micro Markets team is a growth driver with a focus on enabling customers in broad industrial markets as they evolve their data connectivity needs IoT and Edge AI/connectivity applications.

The Global Product Line Leader will lead and manage a team of product managers focused on a portfolio of connector product families in the Micro Markets product team. Global Product Line Leaders act as “mini” GMs driving the overall product strategy, business leadership, and capacity plans to achieve revenue and gross margin targets that enable long-term competitiveness and success of the product families under the product line. This leader will develop and implement strategies for new business opportunities. This includes identifying attractive growth industries, developing product roadmap, positioning the portfolio, supporting opportunities within vital accounts, and developing relationships with emerging customers and market segments. 

This role requires strong strategic thinking, experience working across regions, and a proactive solid work ethic. This role must closely collaborate cross-functionally with colleagues in Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Marketing to gain alignment and drive the successful execution of the product roadmaps.
 

What your background should look like:

Market Sensing & Strategy Development

• Understand and articulate market trends, demand drivers, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape
• Define application and market segment–specific value propositions that beat the competition
• Develop product roadmaps and manage product lifecycle that aligns with business strategy
• Design go-to-market strategy, inclusive of channel strategy and partnerships

Develop Business Plan

• Define resource and investment needs necessary to execute the product roadmap and growth strategy
• Work cross functionally to define sales, R&D, and operations strategies and goals, in line with financial goals. Build consensus on specific tasks
• Establish pricing policy aligned with business and product strategy
• Develop the annual operating plan (Sales and gross or standard margin)

Execution – New Product Development & Launch

• Be the opportunity champion for development projects – exercise thought leadership to drive product innovation
• Plan product launches, including the development of marketing and sales plans, and competitive, market-based pricing
• Provide demand forecast inputs to S&OP

Execution – Growth and Product Lifecycle Management

• Manage P&L for the portfolio to deliver sustained profitable growth, with a strong bias for action
• Enable sales teams for pipeline growth and conversion through training, value-proposition development, customer engagement, etc.
• Manage special price requests and ongoing competitive benchmarking
• Track progress to the business plan and be the champion for resolution of product issues and gaps (e.g., quality, delivery, etc.)

People Management

• Manage a team of global product managers who have ownership of product families 
• Support ongoing development and career planning for the team

Skills, Experience & Education

• 4-year technical degree required, ddvanced business degree (MBA) preferred
• 8+ years of product management, sales, business development or relevant P&L management experience preferred
• Connectors product or relevant experience in industrial markets would be an advantage
• Managing and motivating others, and building high-performing teams
• Strong business acumen with an ability to understand and navigate technically complex concepts
• Creative and innovative thinker able to provide input on the development of the product strategies and the relevant business plans with the ability to execute
• Proven ability to multi-task and drive results in a dynamic, high paced environment
• Strong interpersonal, planning, organization, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to influence cross functional teams both internally and externally
• Advanced presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to foster understanding and acknowledgement of critical information both up and down the organization

Competencies