Product Line Manager (Hybrid Office Schedule)

AFL Telecommunications•Westford, MA

11d•$89,700 - $149,500•Hybrid

About The Position

AFL is seeking a Product Line Manager to join its Test & Inspection team in Westford, Massachusetts. The role delivers product and market intelligence to help increase market share for assigned product ranges and defines product, pricing, and promotion strategies. After learning the organization’s environment, the position may follow a hybrid schedule, working both in the office and remotely. The Product Line Manager sets long-term product-range vision and strategy; manages product portfolios and life cycles to maximize company returns; contributes commercial requirements to product development; enables sales through training, content, processes, and tools; oversees new-product introduction performance; and establishes and communicates pricing strategies. The role also supports compliance with quality systems, regulatory requirements, and commercial change processes, and helps ensure quality policy and measurable objectives are understood and maintained throughout the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Engineering, Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in product marketing, product development, or a related field.
Strong project management skills.
Optical networking or telecommunications product, industry, or technical acumen.
Product management or marketing expertise, including market trends and analysis, the new-product introduction process, product roadmap development, and product life-cycle management.
Experience working effectively in a matrix environment.
Experience working in a global environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work in teams and build collaborative relationships.
Strong analytical and process skills.
Ability to travel occasionally, approximately 20% or less.
Ability to work extended hours to accommodate global operations may be required.

Responsibilities

Establish the long-term vision and strategy for assigned product ranges to achieve market performance goals.
Communicate and champion product-line vision and strategy with relevant participants and stakeholders.
Manage designated product ranges throughout their life cycles within the broader business-area portfolio to maximize return and profit, while aligning with company, business-area, and marketing plans.
Ensure compliance with quality systems, regulatory requirements, and the commercial change process.
Lead commercial input to product development, including defining product market requirements and identifying target market segments and customers for new products.
Manage product life-cycle activities from detailed planning during development onward, including defining product models and structures and identifying offering items and structures.
Identify and coordinate development and deployment of sales training, content, processes, practices, and tools in collaboration with sales, marketing, partners, and other stakeholders.
Be accountable for new-product introduction performance, including post-launch project pro-forma financial performance.
Determine product pricing using market research, production and sales costs, anticipated volume, and costs for special or customized orders.
Manage list prices and customer- or project-level discounts to balance growth, capacity utilization, and product-line profitability.
Establish a commitment to quality and communicate the importance of meeting statutory, regulatory, and customer requirements.
Ensure the quality policy is understood, implemented, and maintained across the organization.
Establish and communicate measurable quality objectives consistent with the quality policy.