Product Line Manager, Hospitality Solutions - Remote

$140,000 - $168,500/Yr

Belden - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Chicago, IL

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Product Line Manager for Hospitality Solutions at Belden is responsible for translating customer challenges into scalable solution offerings that drive revenue growth and enhance profit margins. This remote role requires collaboration with various teams to identify new opportunities, develop solution roadmaps, and prepare solutions for commercial launch, all while maintaining a strong focus on customer needs and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer problems into salable solutions incorporating Belden products, software, and services with third-party offerings.
• Ensure solutions leverage scale by incorporating input from multiple verticals.
• Create solution roadmaps that identify long-term plans for solution development along with resource identification.
• Develop common reference architectures for solutions to enable repeatability and identify gaps in the product portfolio.
• Create solution launch plans including all relevant commercial and marketing activities required for success.
• Support sales, field applications engineering, and solutions consultant teams in creating value propositions, strategic pricing, and overall product/solution support.
• Establish a long-term strategy and vision for hospitality solutions at Belden.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, or Engineering.
• Minimum five years of professional experience in business development, product management, or solution management in telecommunications, IT, or datacom related business.
• Strong technical understanding of IT networking technologies and software solutions such as Ethernet IP, SD-WAN, Wifi, 5GNR, PON, WDM, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with CRM system tools (e.g. SFDC, DeskPro).
• Proven track record within a solutions role in the hospitality environment (hotels, resorts, casinos, theme parks, cruise ships).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and recommend solutions to manage customer challenges.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical information into comprehensible conversation with a non-technical audience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a solutions role specifically within the hospitality sector.
• Familiarity with market trends in hospitality technology solutions.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) matching retirement plans
• Paid vacation
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid leave for volunteer work
• Training opportunities
• Professional talent management and succession planning
• Corporate health and well-being initiatives
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability