Product Management - Product Line Manager - Fiber Optics

Infinite Electronics•Lewisville, TX

19h•$135,000 - $175,000

About The Position

The Product Line Manager serves as the business owner for Integra Optics’ product portfolio. The role defines product strategy, develops and manages the roadmap, leads supplier engagement, and drives portfolio growth. It calls for strong technical knowledge of fiber optics and transceiver technologies, commercial judgment, market insight, and effective partnership across sales, engineering, marketing, operations, and supply chain. The role translates customer needs and market insights into product decisions that support revenue growth, margin improvement, market-share gains, and innovation. The Product Line Manager represents Integra Optics with customers, suppliers, and internal leadership and helps shape product direction, investment priorities, and customer value through disciplined execution. The portfolio focus includes data center, medical, enterprise, government, and telecommunications markets, with products spanning transceivers, fiber-optic cabling, and related connectivity solutions. The role leads the end-to-end new product introduction process, maintains a disciplined stage-gate pipeline, develops market-based pricing and financial models, monitors industry and technology trends, and supports sales, marketing, supplier, and operational readiness. Performance goals include launching 4 to 6 new products annually to generate more than $5 million in annual revenue through innovative, differentiated, value-driven solutions. In the first 30 days, the role is expected to learn the portfolio, customers, target markets, capabilities, and resources; develop an initial roadmap; and identify partners, suppliers, and engineering resources. Within 60 days, the role is expected to complete at least three voice-of-customer discussions and present a six-month roadmap. Within 90 days, the role is expected to engage key telecom and data center customers and present a 12-month roadmap. The role may be remote or office-based, depending on proximity to an Infinite facility and management direction. It includes travel for customer visits, supplier meetings, industry conferences, and internal gatherings, and may involve meetings or events outside normal workspace or business hours. The work is primarily in an office or remote-office environment and may include extended screen time.

Requirements

15 or more years of product management experience, with earlier responsibilities in business development, sales, or applications engineering for fiber-optic products across multiple markets and applications.
Strong technical knowledge of fiber optics and transceiver technologies.
Established relationships with key industry leaders, governing agencies, and industry organizations in the market.
Demonstrated success developing and executing product strategies, roadmaps, and new product launches.
Proven ability to develop and present complex business cases to internal and external stakeholders to gain alignment.
A track record of commercial success in portfolio growth and new product introduction.
Ability to translate complex technical knowledge into digestible information for sales and marketing.
Strong interpersonal skills, sound business judgment, a customer-focused mindset, and a track record of delivering revenue growth.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and professionally in English.
Strong proficiency and working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as CRM and ERP systems.
Experience working successfully in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
Able to manage multiple priorities and perform effectively under deadlines and changing business needs.
Able to communicate and collaborate effectively across technical and commercial teams.
Able to perform the listed physical and communication duties, including visually assessing information, reading and analyzing written and visual information, and occasionally lifting or moving items up to 10–15 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related technical discipline is preferred.
Solution-oriented, collaborative, and accountable approach, with ownership and urgency.
Dependable, consistent follow-through, professionalism, reliability, and sound judgment.
Strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills.
Detail orientation and effectiveness in a dynamic environment.
Professional presence and ability to represent the organization effectively in internal and external settings.

Responsibilities

Own product strategy for the Integra Optics portfolio, with emphasis on data center, medical, enterprise, government, and telecommunications markets.
Understand current and future customer needs and ensure the portfolio supports customer partnership and success.
Identify market gaps, customer needs, and competitive opportunities; develop business cases supported by market analysis, pricing strategy, and revenue projections.
Define and maintain near-term and long-term product roadmaps across transceivers, fiber-optic cabling, and related connectivity solutions, emphasizing innovation, value, and patents.
Drive quick-turn product initiatives with suppliers and internal partners to reduce time to market; identify, qualify, and develop supplier relationships that support growth and supply continuity.
Develop product requirements and supporting documentation that communicate product value, technical needs, and ROI.
Lead the end-to-end new product introduction process, including requirements definition, supplier qualification, sample validation, pricing, collateral development, and launch execution.
Maintain a healthy NPI pipeline and track launch commitments using a stage-gate approach.
Monitor industry trends, customer applications, and emerging technologies through market engagement, research, and industry events.
Partner with sales teams to support opportunity development, provide product training, and strengthen market positioning.
Build and maintain working relationships with suppliers, customers, the product team, and internal stakeholders.
Develop, implement, and monitor market-based pricing strategies for direct and distribution channels.
Build and maintain financial models for pricing decisions, NPI business cases, and large RFPs.
Work with suppliers and internal teams to improve margins, cost competitiveness, and portfolio profitability.
Serve as the market expert for fiber-optic transceivers and connectivity solutions, monitoring technology and customer trends, including 400G, 800G, and 1.6T migration, silicon photonics, and coherent pluggables.
Engage customers, channel partners, and industry participants to understand application needs, buying behavior, market drivers, and forecast trends.
Represent Integra Optics and the ACS Business Unit at customer meetings, trade shows, media opportunities, and industry events as needed.
Partner with sales and business development teams on strategic opportunities, win strategies, and product and solutions expertise.
Collaborate with marketing on product and solutions messaging, datasheets, application content, and campaign assets.
Serve as a subject matter expert by guiding and training channel partners and customers, collaborating with engineering, developing marketing content, and supporting media relations opportunities.
Partner with operations, procurement, marketing, and sales to ensure launch readiness, supply continuity, and fulfillment performance.
Work with other product line leaders to develop integrated, system-level solutions across the broader Infinite Electronics portfolio.
Deliver the first-30-, first-60-, and first-90-day roadmap and customer-engagement milestones described in the posting.
Launch 4 to 6 new products annually with a goal of generating more than $5 million in annual revenue.