Sr. Director Product Mgmt. & Engineering - Platform Level

Standex

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About The Position

Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through our market-leading brands in electronics, cutting-edge forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. We work with our customers to advance progress through innovation. From inventing and producing parts for next-generation space vehicles to evolving vaccine refrigeration, designing functional textures for everyday products, improving renewable energy technology, and much more, we are focused on making what’s next possible. Standex Electronics is a worldwide market leader in the design, development and manufacture of standard reed switch-based sensor solutions and custom electro-magnetic components, including magnetics products. We are a global team of problem solvers who can provide custom and/or standard solutions through our diverse and dynamic capabilities. Our approach is to strategically partner with customers to conquer challenges and deliver reliable high-quality results through our engineering and components. These parts serve an array of markets globally, and through our customer driven innovation – improve the overall performance and efficiency at which end products operate. The Sr. Director of Product Management & Engineering is a Senior Functional Leader responsible for managing the Global Product Management and Engineering organizations across multiple business units (Magnetics, Sensors/Switches, Grid Technology). Reporting directly to the Vice President of Innovation, this role leads day-to-day functional execution while partnering closely with BU Presidents and functional peers to ensure product innovation is tightly embedded in business strategies. The Sr. Director drives strategic product innovation, new product development, and capability building aligned with customer needs and corporate growth goals. This role is accountable for deploying maturity models, standard work, and operational metrics that improve speed, quality, and impact across engineering and product management functions.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in engineering, product management, or innovation leadership within industrial or electronic components markets.
• Proven track record in leading global teams, scaling product innovation, and delivering commercially successful NPD projects.
• Strong understanding of functional excellence models, product development processes, and IP management.
• Executive-level collaboration experience across business units and geographies.

Nice To Haves

• Systems thinker who balances strategy with execution.
• Skilled at navigating matrix organizations and influencing without authority.
• Data-driven, customer-centric mindset with strong commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Engineering function across all business units, setting technical direction and enabling high-performance R&D execution.
• Deploy engineering maturity models to improve process discipline, innovation throughput, and technical problem-solving capability.
• Align engineering resources with product roadmaps, technology platforms, and customer requirements.
• Drive global standardization in design processes, design reviews, documentation, and testing methodologies.
• Partner with BU and functional leaders to manage engineering capacity, capability development, and execution of critical projects.
• Lead the global Product Management organization with responsibility for product lifecycle management, market segmentation, and portfolio planning.
• Implement standard work for ideation sessions, road mapping, value proposition development, customer VOC, and opportunity assessments.
• Develop market-facing strategies that drive revenue growth, customer alignment, and competitive differentiation.
• Oversee stage-gate governance and business case rigor for all new product initiatives.
• Guide product managers in aligning offerings with strategic priorities and long-range plans, while establishing standard work, defining KPIs, and setting a clear managerial cadence to ensure consistency, accountability, and measurable impact across the portfolio.
• Drive IP strategy execution, including coordinating invention disclosures, patent filings, and trade secret protection aligned to product roadmaps.
• Chair or co-lead the cross-functional IP Steering Committee, ensuring collaboration with engineering and legal partners to prioritize IP creation and mitigate risk.
• Monitor competitive IP activity and technology trends to inform proactive innovation and protect market positions.
• Manage and develop high-performing global teams across engineering and product management.
• Build a strong talent pipeline through recruitment, performance management, training, and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the function.
• Serve as a key member of the division’s leadership team, engaging regularly with BU Presidents and functional peers to align strategy, resources, and execution.
• Champion cross-functional and cross-regional collaboration to share best practices and scale innovation initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees