Product Line Manager

Product Line Manager

Department:Sales (Headquarters)

Location:Bohemia, NY

Mission Critical – Join PDC and make a Difference

For more than 50 years, Power Device Corporation (PDC) has been recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-reliability Connectivity, Power, and Control solutions for the Aerospace, Defense, and Space industries. Our dedication to supplying quality products, on-time delivery, and superior support, has contributed to the success of our customers and the critical missions they serve.

To continue to meet our customer-s mission critical needs, PDC is seeking aProduct Line Managerto join our respected and valued team.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving PDC-s industry-leading portfolio of Power Distribution, Power Generation and Motor Control products, and product strategies in accordance with business goals. You will evaluate and understand markets to develop profitable and/or growth strategies for PDC-s products and business. Successful strategies are those that translate market-derived information into specific business actions to deliver impactful results for PDC-s business performance. These specific business actions include pricing, products and service offerings, business models and resource applications, go-to-market approaches, cost structure, technology gaps, as well as cross-functional expectations.

We are not accepting applications from independent recruiters or agencies at this time for this role; should this change the posting will be updated to reflect submission information.

This position requires a U.S Person or a person who can qualify for a department of state or commercial license.

The salary range for this role is $150,000-$200,000.

Essential Functions:

Lead the product line team by conducting market research, business analyses, bookings and revenue forecasts, analyzing regional and industry trends, identifying target segments, marketing activities, etc.

Technical marketing, supporting cross-functional teams from Business Unit, Sales, Planning and Operations to Applications and Customers.

Create new product business cases to clearly articulate ROI, competitive advantages, and investments required.

Develop a detailed understanding of market segments to derive meaningful implications for the business and product teams (including reaching an agreement on target segments and the segments we will NOT target).

Execute new solution launches including customer presentation, sales and channel training, technical collateral, press material, pricing, promotion tours, and sales collateral content generation.

Coordinate product life cycle process from concept to market launch and beyond.

Provide explicit, actionable reports to the business and product line teams as necessary to improve the viability of our products.

Become the true subject matter expert (SME) for their market and the associated segments.

Conduct competitive product analysis and market research.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent proactive problem-solving experience with demonstrated analytical skills.

Ability to work with multi-functional teams is essential.

Ability to lead across teams to formulate plans and execute them.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

Ability to travel up to 20%.

Educational / Experience Qualifications:

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field required; MS preferred. MBA highly desirable.

5 years of product management experience.

Advantageous but not essential to have experience and knowledge of the Power and/or Analog components and solutions.

Experience dealing with technically sophisticated customers.

Proven track record of design wins in technical sales and business-related situations.

Experience in developing and analyzing business cases.

Excellent verbal communication, written communication, and presentation skills to peers and senior management.

Any combination of education, training and experience listed above that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.

Power Device Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.