AFL

Product Line Manager

AFL
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeWestford • Massachusetts • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $89,700 - $149,500 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in Product Management and Marketing, with a strong focus on product life-cycle management, market analysis, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and develop strategies that enhance market share and profitability.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Management ExpertiseMarket AnalysisProduct Life-Cycle ManagementProject Management SkillsOptical Networking Acumen

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Deliver product and market intelligence to AFL to increase market share for assigned product ranges
  • Define product, pricing, and promotion strategies
  • Establish the long-term vision and strategy for assigned product ranges
  • Communicate product line vision and strategy to relevant participants and stakeholders
  • Manage designated product ranges throughout their life cycle to maximize company return and profit
  • Ensure compliance with quality systems, regulatory requirements, and commercial change processes
  • Lead commercial input to product development, including product market requirements and target market segments and customers
  • Define product models and structures and identify offering items and structures
  • Coordinate development and deployment of sales training, content, processes, practices, and tools
  • Collaborate with sales, marketing, partners, and stakeholders to improve sales results and productivity
  • Manage performance of new product introductions and post-launch financial performance
  • Determine and manage product pricing, list prices, and customer or project-level discounting
  • Establish, communicate, implement, and maintain quality objectives and policies

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Engineer, Science, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in product marketing, product development or related field
  • Strong project management skills
  • Optical networking or telecommunications product/industry/technical acumen
  • Product Management/Marketing expertise, including market trends/analysis, NPI process, product roadmap development, product life-cycle management
  • Experience working effectively within a matrix environment
  • Experience working in a global environment
  • Occasional travel may be required; approximately 20% or less
  • Ability to work extended hours to accommodate global operations may be required
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Ability to work in teams and build collaborative relationships
  • Strong analytical and process skills

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • A hybrid in office schedule for qualifying employees
  • Flexible time off policy
  • 401K Company match (up to 4% - dollar for dollar)
  • Professional development, training, and tuition reimbursement programs
  • Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policy options
  • Opportunities for career advancement with an industry leading company!

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Hard Skills
Product DevelopmentPricing StrategyPromotion StrategyNPI ProcessProduct Roadmap DevelopmentQuality Systems ComplianceFinancial Performance ManagementSales Training CoordinationMarket Trends AnalysisProduct Models Definition
Soft Skills
Excellent Oral CommunicationExcellent Written CommunicationTeam CollaborationRelationship BuildingAnalytical Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in MarketingBachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Industry Keywords
TelecommunicationsOptical NetworkingGlobal EnvironmentMatrix EnvironmentCommercial Change Processes