Product Line Director - Castings
location_onCentral Building, 1400, Broadway, Downtown, Downtown Oakland, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94612, United States
Job Description
About the Role
The Castings Product Line Director is the entrepreneurial owner of Fictiv’s castings line of business, spanning die casting, investment casting, and sand casting. This leader serves as the strategic and technical glue across the company. This role is Fictiv’s senior-most castings subject matter expert — someone who has personally designed, launched, or led castings programs from design through production. The Director applies deep, hands‑on castings expertise to make informed decisions on pricing, positioning, capability investment, and partner strategy — and to engage credibly with any partner, customer, or technical team on the hardest castings problems. This role is accountable for vision, strategy, and profitable top‑line growth across a technically diverse, tooling‑intensive portfolio. Success requires operating with a proactive, business‑builder mindset — anticipating risks and opportunities, making bold recommendations, and translating market, technical, and customer insights into decisive action across sales, marketing, solution engineering, program management, and regional General Managers.
Location and Travel
Remote, United States. As needed to support customers, foundry partners, and global operational initiatives.
Work location
Work model: Remote
Central Building, 1400, Broadway, Downtown, Downtown Oakland, Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94612, United States
Oakland, California
Key Responsibilities
- check_circleOwn castings line of business across die, investment, and sand casting
- check_circleSynthesize market trends and competitive intelligence to drive strategy
- check_circleShape castings capability roadmap and partner onboarding standards
- check_circleServe as subject matter expert on casting processes and technologies
- check_circleEstablish and track key metrics for growth, margin, and customer satisfaction metrics
- check_circleDefine product line strategy, pricing, and go-to-market positioning for growth
- check_circleAlign cross-functional teams to execute strategy and deliver results
Requirements
- verifiedBachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, Metallurgical, or Manufacturing), Operations Management, or related field; Master's preferred.
- verified10+ years of hands-on experience in metal castings (die, investment, sand casting) with direct foundry, engineering, or process ownership.
- verified5+ years in a leadership role responsible for growth, operations, or business development.
- verifiedDeep expertise in casting processes (HPDC, low-pressure, investment, sand casting).
- verifiedStrong command of alloy selection (aluminum, zinc, magnesium, stainless and carbon steels, ferrous alloys).
- verifiedFamiliarity with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100, NADCA, ASTM, and environmental standards.
- verifiedKnowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies a plus.
- verifiedWillingness to travel as needed to support customers, foundry partners, and global operational initiatives.
Benefits & Perks
Skills, education and keywords
Skills: die casting, investment casting, sand casting, high-pressure die casting, low-pressure die casting, lost wax casting, alloy selection, aluminum, zinc, magnesium.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, Metallurgical, or Manufacturing), Operations Management, or related field; Master's degree preferred.