Director, New Product Development

Guardian Industries - DeWitt

Director of New Product Development at Molex leading market evaluation and product planning for Datacenter/AI solutions. Focused on driving customer engagement and operational readiness.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Thermal Component Development and Program Management, with a strong focus on customer engagement strategies and business planning. Proven ability to drive revenue growth through effective communication and relationship building at the leadership level.

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Thermal Component DevelopmentProgram ManagementCustomer Engagement StrategyHigh Speed Communication SystemsCold Plate Implementations

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Hard Skills

Thermal EngineeringProduct Development RoadmapOperational ReadinessSupply PlanningProduction CapacitySupplier SelectionDesign and TestBusiness PlanningCustomer Design WinsMarket Evaluation

Soft Skills

Leadership CommunicationBusiness AcumenRelationship BuildingExecutive PresenceCross-Level Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Industry Keywords

DatacenterAI Rack MarketThermal EngineeringHigh Speed Communication SystemsCustomer Qualification Requirements

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Evaluate the Datacenter/AI rack market and customers
Recognize trends and set forth a plan to penetrate business opportunities
Define the customer engagement strategy specific to the Thermal engineering teams
Drive revenue and profit growth through customer design wins
Coordinate product support functions targeting customer engagement and qualification requirements
Business planning and execution driving the product development roadmap
Operational readiness for supply planning, production capacity, supplier selection

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor degree in Engineering or related technical discipline (Optics, Electrical and or mechanical engineering)
At least 7 years of thermal component development (High speed communication systems) and program/project management
Experience in cold plate implementations at the Chassis and Rack level for Design and test
Experience developing customer relationships at the leadership level
Experience communicating across all levels of business and executive leadership presence
Business acumen to deliver high level communication in the specified field

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
flexible spending and health savings accounts
life insurance
ADD
disability
retirement
paid vacation/time off
educational assistance
infertility assistance
paid parental leave
adoption assistance