Product Line Management Director, Backbone & Cellular Wireless

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

About the role:

Join our Innovation team as Product Line Management Director to take ownership of Belden’s Backbone and Cellular portfolio. You will drive strategic product initiatives by connecting cross-functional teams while reporting directly to the PLM VP, DOM Wireless.

You will make a difference in the following ways:

• Global Strategic Product Line Management responsibility for all Cellular Wireless products, including 4G/5G cellular routers for industrial and transportation verticals.
• Define and execute the product roadmap based on deep market insight, technology trends and customer needs.
• Drive cross-functional product execution across engineering, sales, marketing, and operations—ensuring quality, timely delivery, and commercial success
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from go-to-market planning and launch to EOL transitions, ensuring organic growth and customer migration
• Lead a team of product line managers across regions and manage the P&L of the global Backbone & Cellular Wireless portfolio.
• Shape product strategy for Backbone & Cellular Wireless in industrial and transportation verticals and drive the revenue growth globally together with the Regional PLMs and regional commercial teams.
• Conduct market and competitor analysis, systematically collecting and analysing market and competition data to build product business cases for roadmap defining.
• Serve as the central orchestrator across the business—connecting R&D, sales, pricing, marketing, legal, and operations to drive alignment and execution
• Create strong product positioning and Go-to-Market strategy to commercial team for market share gain initiatives.
• Foster collaboration and interoperability across product categories to create end-to-end solutions that support Belden’s transformation from product to solution provider.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in engineering, computer science or business.
• Min. 15 years related experience as PLM or Solution Consultant in cellular technologies for industrial or transportation industry, including 5 years in a leadership role.
• Deep understanding of cellular technologies and market dynamics.
• Highly communicative and high business acumen with strong communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; Chinese or German is a plus.
• Willingness to travel, up to 25-50%, including international.

Let’s Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.