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Molex is seeking an experienced Associate New Product Development Manager to join our Copper Solutions team responsible for the development of high speed datacom and telecom solutions used in AI applications. The Associate New Product Development Manager will work with customers (Hyperscalers/OEMs/ODMs), partners, and internal customers to ensure that we are developing new products that align with market technology needs. This individual will be taking those new products and partnering with customers to implement our technologies within their next generation platforms.
This role demands a blend of technical knowledge and business acumen, as well as a passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering high-quality, user-centric products that meet market demands. The Associate New Product Development Manager will play a crucial role in shaping the future of AI hardware in the datacom industry, driving growth and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.
This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Senior Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations.
Our Team
This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations. The information exchange is typically technical in nature and confidential. This position requires a high level of negotiation skills and business acumen.
What You Will Do
- Support the development and implementation of strategic product and annual business plans for target markets, industries and customers, partnering with senior NPD leaders to identify product-line trends and technologies.
- Contribute to pipeline growth, customer wins, and RPM releases by supporting opportunity qualification and go-to-market activities.
- Partner with MIE and cross-functional teams to help align CapEx and product cost targets with market conditions.
- Assist in tracking capacity and support capital-investment planning to meet forecasted demand.
- Work with commercial and senior stakeholders to progress customer negotiations and new platform partnerships.
- Help identify and cultivate industry partner relationships to expand our ecosystem and capabilities.
- Learn, support, and contribute to Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, ISO, and EH&S systems by following policies and procedures and applying continuous-improvement practices.
- Support competitive landscape tracking and help inform the technology roadmap.
- Develop strong relationships with key customers and collaborate to align their technology roadmaps with our development plan.
- Assist in leading development projects, ensuring milestones are met on time and on budget under the guidance of senior project leads.
- Support creation of marketing collateral and launch activities to promote new technologies and increase market penetration.
- Help drive internal product and technology releases and coordinate with marketing communications on launch strategies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned while actively learning and expanding scope.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor degree in Business
- 5+ Years of experience within the high speed Datacom Market OR 2+ Years of Sales Experience calling on Datacom accounts OR 2+ Years of Product Management Experience
What Will Put You Ahead
- Technical background in engineering (electrical or mechanical)
- Sales experience or product engineering
- Experience in negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEM's
For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Your Job
Molex is seeking an experienced Associate New Product Development Manager to join our Copper Solutions team responsible for the development of high speed datacom and telecom solutions used in AI applications. The Associate New Product Development Manager will work with customers (Hyperscalers/OEMs/ODMs), partners, and internal customers to ensure that we are developing new products that align with market technology needs. This individual will be taking those new products and partnering with customers to implement our technologies within their next generation platforms.
This role demands a blend of technical knowledge and business acumen, as well as a passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering high-quality, user-centric products that meet market demands. The Associate New Product Development Manager will play a crucial role in shaping the future of AI hardware in the datacom industry, driving growth and maintaining a competitive edge in the market.
This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Senior Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations.
Our Team
This person will work with all levels of the organization, including Management and external customers, suppliers, and trade organizations. The information exchange is typically technical in nature and confidential. This position requires a high level of negotiation skills and business acumen.
What You Will Do
- Support the development and implementation of strategic product and annual business plans for target markets, industries and customers, partnering with senior NPD leaders to identify product-line trends and technologies.
- Contribute to pipeline growth, customer wins, and RPM releases by supporting opportunity qualification and go-to-market activities.
- Partner with MIE and cross-functional teams to help align CapEx and product cost targets with market conditions.
- Assist in tracking capacity and support capital-investment planning to meet forecasted demand.
- Work with commercial and senior stakeholders to progress customer negotiations and new platform partnerships.
- Help identify and cultivate industry partner relationships to expand our ecosystem and capabilities.
- Learn, support, and contribute to Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, ISO, and EH&S systems by following policies and procedures and applying continuous-improvement practices.
- Support competitive landscape tracking and help inform the technology roadmap.
- Develop strong relationships with key customers and collaborate to align their technology roadmaps with our development plan.
- Assist in leading development projects, ensuring milestones are met on time and on budget under the guidance of senior project leads.
- Support creation of marketing collateral and launch activities to promote new technologies and increase market penetration.
- Help drive internal product and technology releases and coordinate with marketing communications on launch strategies.
- Perform other related duties as assigned while actively learning and expanding scope.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor degree in Business
- 5+ Years of experience within the high speed Datacom Market OR 2+ Years of Sales Experience calling on Datacom accounts OR 2+ Years of Product Management Experience
What Will Put You Ahead
- Technical background in engineering (electrical or mechanical)
- Sales experience or product engineering
- Experience in negotiating and working with contract manufacturers and electronics market OEM's
For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $140,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a New Product Development Manager
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires your degree to align specifically with product development, not just management broadly. Engineering, industrial design, or product management degrees map cleanly. An unrelated degree with years of experience can still qualify through equivalency, but your employer's attorney will need to document it carefully.
Check the prevailing wage before negotiating
Run your target job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting any offer. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing level for your specific role and metro area, so knowing Level II versus Level III rates protects you in salary talks.
Target employers with cross-functional product teams
Companies that run structured stage-gate or agile product development processes file H-1B petitions more readily because the specialty occupation case is easier to document. Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers with active H-1B LCA filings in product management and engineering occupations.
Document your cross-functional leadership for the petition
USCIS scrutinizes New Product Development Manager petitions because the role spans functions. Gather org charts, product roadmaps you owned, and evidence you directed engineers or industrial designers, not just coordinated them. This directly supports the specialty occupation argument in your I-129 filing.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before your start date
If you're transitioning from OPT or cap-gap status, your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify to legally onboard you while the H-1B petition is pending. Verify enrollment status with HR early in the offer process, not after you've given notice to your current employer.
Use the O*NET profile to frame your job description
The O*NET occupation profile for Product Development Managers lists the degree requirements and core tasks USCIS expects to see in a specialty occupation. Sharing it with your employer's counsel helps them draft a job description that aligns with adjudication standards and reduces the risk of an RFE.
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Find New Product Development Manager JobsNew Product Development Manager H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a New Product Development Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, as long as the position genuinely requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as engineering, industrial design, or product management. Generic management roles that accept any degree can face USCIS scrutiny. The employer's job description must show that specialized theoretical knowledge is a normal minimum requirement for the role, not just preferred.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for product development roles?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by verified H-1B LCA filing history, so you can identify employers who have sponsored product management and engineering roles rather than relying on job descriptions that simply mention sponsorship willingness. This narrows your search to companies with a documented track record of filing for similar positions.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer if I change companies as a New Product Development Manager?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once the transfer petition is filed, without waiting for approval, provided your previous H-1B was approved and you've been in valid status. Your new employer files a fresh I-129 with a new LCA covering your updated title, location, and wage level.
What documentation should I gather to support an H-1B petition for this role?
Collect transcripts showing a degree in a relevant field, a detailed offer letter specifying your duties and salary, any product roadmaps or launch portfolios that demonstrate specialized work, and evidence of managing cross-functional teams such as engineering or design. If your degree field is tangential, your employer's attorney may also need letters from industry experts establishing equivalency.
Does my employer need to file a PERM labor certification for an H-1B in this role?
No. PERM is required for most employment-based green card categories, not for the H-1B itself. Your employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL to certify prevailing wage compliance, but this is faster and less burdensome than PERM. If you later pursue an EB-2 or EB-3 green card through this employer, PERM will apply at that stage.
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