Director, Product Management - I/O

Job Overview

The Director, Product Management is responsible for leading a complex global product portfolio, including developing the business strategy, managing a global team of product managers, and ensuring execution across new product development, go-to-market planning, and lifecycle management. This individual will own the long-term product vision and be accountable for meeting financial objectives such as sales and gross margin targets. The role requires a commercially driven, strategically minded leader with strong cross-functional collaboration and the ability to manage the portfolio with a general management mindset.

Key Responsibilities

Market Sensing & Strategy Development

• Analyze market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Monitor and influence industry standards and segment-specific strategies.
• Conduct segmentation and competitive benchmarking exercises.
• Define compelling value propositions and develop aligned product roadmaps.
• Design go-to-market strategies, including channel and partnership plans.
• Collaborate with R&D and operations to ensure NPI meets market demands.
• Manage the full product lifecycle.

Business Planning

• Define resource and capability requirements to support the product roadmap.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders to business goals and strategies.
• Establish pricing policies and develop the annual operating plan (AOP).
• Engage with customers to ensure alignment of product strategy with market needs.

New Product Development & Launch

• Serve as the opportunity champion for new growth initiatives.
• Plan and execute product launches, including marketing and sales enablement.
• Provide accurate demand inputs to S&OP.
• Participate in key customer meetings and support business development.
• Contribute to collateral and business case development with clearly defined outcomes.

Post-Launch Product Management

• Own P&L responsibility for assigned portfolio.
• Ensure sustained, profitable growth through margin and sales performance.
• Support sales enablement through training and collateral development.
• Manage pricing requests and product issue resolution.
• Track performance against business plans and address gaps.

Talent Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a global, multicultural team of product managers.
• Build a high-performance team culture through coaching and engagement.

What your background should look like

• Minimum of 5 years in product management with 10+ years in B2B commercial roles.
• Proven success leading strategic growth and product initiatives in engineering/manufacturing environments.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and execution capabilities.
• Advanced technical understanding; knowledge of high-speed interconnects is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or a technical field required; MBA preferred.
• P&L management experience strongly desired.
• Familiarity with Cloud/Datacenter architectures and experience with Cloud Service Providers, switch, or GPU makers is a plus.
• Willingness to travel 10–25% globally.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Skilled in presenting complex information across all organizational levels.

Competencies