Product Manager, Optics
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Product Manager leading Legrand’s Approved Networks optical networking portfolio. Driving product strategy, launches, profitability, and customer growth for data center infrastructure solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Own the overall business performance of the Approved Networks portfolio, including revenue, margin, market share, and inventory
- Develop and execute product strategies aligned with company growth objectives
- Drive portfolio optimization through pricing, lifecycle management, and investment decisions
- Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs, market trends, and industry dynamics
- Engage with customers, partners, and sales teams to identify growth opportunities and unmet needs
- Translate market insights into product strategies, roadmaps, and value propositions
- Define and manage the product roadmap based on business opportunity, customer demand, and technology trends
- Build business cases and prioritize new product investments and development efforts
- Partner with Engineering to translate market requirements into successful product solutions
- Lead go-to-market strategies and support successful new product launches
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to drive customer adoption, revenue growth, and market penetration
- Monitor business results, customer feedback, and competitive activity to improve commercial performance
- Collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain on forecasting, inventory planning, and service-level objectives
- Monitor supply availability, lead times, inventory health, and business risks
- Support sourcing and planning decisions balancing customer needs, profitability, and working capital
- Manage portfolio performance through revenue, pricing, cost, margin, and inventory metrics
- Develop financial models and business cases for strategic business decisions
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve profitability and return on investment
- Connect Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain teams as the business leader
- Align stakeholders around priorities, business objectives, and execution plans
- Influence decision-making and drive accountability to achieve business results
- Perform other similar and related duties as required
Requirements:
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing or related field
- 2-4 years of experience in Product Management, Product Line Management, Business Management, or a related role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Close attention to detail
- Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities
- Strong analytical, financial, and cross-functional leadership skills
- Knowledge of optical networking solutions for data centers, enterprise networks, and service providers, including optical transceivers, DACs, AOCs, AECs, fiber connectivity, and related networking products
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to negotiate and influence
- Regular travel of approximately 20%, with potential for higher travel commitments based on business demands, special projects, or operational requirements
Benefits:
- Comprehensive medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- High employer 401(k) match
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holiday pay
- Short-term disability benefit plan
- Long-term disability benefit plan
- Above-benchmark paid maternity leave
- Above-benchmark paid parental leave
- Bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans
- Paid time off to volunteer
- Active/growing Employee Resource Group network
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