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Global Product Manager

Location(s)

Lisle, Illinois

Company

Molex

Career Field

Engineering

Job Number

196698

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Molex is seeking an experienced Global Product Manager to lead the Brad Power product family within our Industrial Automation business. This role has global responsibility for the portfolio, including product strategy, roadmap, commercial performance, and long-term growth.

A key priority is shaping the future of Brad Power. You will work closely with major industrial automation customers and global Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to understand evolving applications, market trends, and technology needs. You will translate those insights into a long-term strategy, next-generation product roadmap, and growth opportunities beyond today's core applications.

Success requires an experienced product manager who understands industrial automation customers, thinks strategically, and has demonstrated the ability to grow and transform an established product portfolio.

Our Team

At Molex, we create connections for life by combining innovation, engineering excellence, and superior customer experience. With a presence in 40+ countries, we serve diverse markets including industrial automation, data communications, consumer electronics, automotive, medical, and more.

Within Industrial Automation, we work closely with customers to solve connectivity challenges across demanding applications while developing technologies and solutions that address their future needs.

What You Will Do

• Define and execute the long-term global strategy for Brad Power, establishing where the portfolio will compete, differentiate, invest, and grow.
• Develop and manage the next-generation product and technology roadmap based on customer needs, market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies.
• Identify new markets, applications, and adjacencies beyond Brad Power's current core business and translate opportunities into actionable growth initiatives.
• Own the product lifecycle and portfolio strategy, including new product development, positioning, pricing, portfolio optimization, and product rationalization.
• Build trusted relationships with major industrial automation customers to understand their applications, technology roadmaps, unmet needs, and future challenges.
• Lead market research, voice-of-customer, and competitive analysis to identify trends, technology gaps, and opportunities for differentiation.
• Develop business cases for new products, technologies, and market expansion opportunities.
• Drive portfolio performance across revenue growth, profitability, pricing, product mix, forecasting, and return on investment.
• Partner globally with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance to translate strategy into execution.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams and serve as a product management leader within the broader Automation Connectivity organization.
• Represent Molex with customers, manufacturing locations, and at relevant industry events and forums.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 6+ years of relevant experience in product management, product strategy, business development, sales, engineering, or a related role within industrial automation or a comparable industrial market.
• Demonstrated product management experience spanning strategy, roadmaps, pricing, portfolio management, and new product development.
• Experience working with major industrial automation customers and understanding their applications, needs, and market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to develop long-term strategies and grow, reposition, or transform established product portfolios.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including business-case development, pricing, and profitable growth.
• Experience leading global cross-functional teams and influencing without direct authority.
• Strong communication, presentation, and strategic decision-making skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel (mainly domestically) up to 25%.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline
• Product management experience in industrial automation, factory automation, industrial connectivity, robotics, machinery, material handling, or industrial controls.
• Experience working with automation OEMs, machine builders, system integrators, distributors, and strategic end users.
• Experience with industrial connectivity, power connectivity, cordsets, I/O, or industrial networking technologies.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing a multi-year product strategy or roadmap that delivered measurable growth or portfolio transformation.
• Experience identifying and commercializing opportunities in new applications or adjacent markets.
• Experience balancing an established portfolio with investment in next-generation technologies and growth platforms.
• Master's degree or MBA in a technical or business discipline.

For this role, we anticipate paying $130,000 - $160,000 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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