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Senior Sales Manager- Data Centers

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, California, Fremont
Oct 30, 2025

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Your Career Connection in the Bay Area- Are you ready to connect your career to innovation? Join Molex, where we create connections for life. From Silicon Valley to global markets, we're driving the future of communication through engineering excellence, quality, and customer-centric solutions. Molex's Optical Solutions Business Unit is expanding, and we're seeking a growth-minded Sales Manager based in the Bay Area to help us scale our presence in the hyperscale data center space. If you're passionate about optical technologies and thrive in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment, this is your opportunity to make an impact.

Your Role: Senior Sales Manager - Data Centers As a key member of our Global Sales and Marketing team, you'll report directly to the Director of Sales and manage strategic accounts in the hyperscale data center sector. You'll be the primary point of contact for high-touch customer engagement, driving revenue growth, pipeline development, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver cutting-edge optical connectivity solutions.

What You Will Do

  • Drive revenue growth across assigned Bay Area and West Coast accounts to meet global sales targets
  • Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders at hyperscale data centers firms
  • Develop and execute opportunity pipelines for existing and emerging optical products
  • Lead customer negotiations, RFQs, and pricing strategies with internal alignment
  • Monitor competitive trends and deliver actionable business intelligence
  • Prioritize high-impact opportunities and customer engagements
  • Deliver accurate forecasts and reporting to support operational planning
  • Serve as the customer's advocate, resolving issues and coordinating internal resources
  • Collaborate with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to align on customer needs
  • Maintain strategic account plans that reflect customer goals and market dynamics

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field
  • Proven success in Account Management, Sales, Marketing, or Business Development
  • Experience with telecom or data communications customers
  • Familiarity with fiber optic components, modules, optical systems, and silicon photonics

What Will Put You Ahead

  • MBA or advanced technical degree (Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, Photonics)
  • Deep understanding of the Bay Area tech ecosystem and hyperscale data center landscape
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills across technical and executive audiences
  • Collaborative mindset with a track record of cross-functional teamwork
  • Strategic thinker with project management and relationship-building expertise

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $200,000 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

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, aqui, or tu).

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