Product Line Director - Castings

Role Description

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 is Fictiv’s senior-most castings subject matter expert — someone who has personally designed, launched, or led castings programs from design through production. This role is accountable for vision, strategy, and profitable top-line growth across a technically diverse, tooling-intensive portfolio.

• Operate as the entrepreneurial owner of the castings line of business across die, investment, and sand casting — accountable for vision, strategy, growth, and results.
• Proactively synthesize market trends, customer needs, competitive intelligence, and internal inputs to inform strategy, identify opportunities and risks, and drive decisive action.
• Define and evolve product line strategy, pricing, and go-to-market positioning across die, investment, and sand casting to deliver profitable top-line growth, strong margin performance, and enhanced customer value.
• Shape Fictiv’s castings capability roadmap — defining which processes, alloys, tolerance classes, part sizes, certifications, and secondary operations to support.
• Influence and align cross-functional partners across sales, marketing, solution engineering, program management, and customer success to execute on strategy and deliver results.
• Serve as Fictiv’s internal subject matter expert on castings — covering Design for Casting (DFC), alloy and process selection, tooling considerations, gating and solidification principles, defect modes, tolerance realities, and secondary operations.
• Establish and track key metrics for growth, margin, quote-to-order conversion, on-time delivery, first-article approval, and customer satisfaction.
• Foster accountability by driving continuous improvement, challenging assumptions, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Materials, Metallurgical, or Manufacturing), Operations Management, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in metal castings — spanning die casting, investment casting, and/or sand casting, with direct foundry, engineering, or process ownership.
• 5+ years in a leadership role responsible for growth, operations, or business development.
• Deep expertise in casting processes and technologies, including high-pressure die casting (HPDC), low-pressure die casting, investment (lost wax) casting, and sand casting.
• Strong command of alloy selection (aluminum, zinc, magnesium, stainless and carbon steels, ferrous alloys), gating and solidification, tooling and die/pattern design and life, defect mechanisms and controls.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS9100, NADCA, ASTM, and environmental standards.
• Demonstrated ability to drive business growth, commercial strategy, and customer satisfaction in a multi-process, tooling-intensive environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and entrepreneurial mindset, with experience shaping strategy and influencing outcomes across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Skilled in problem-solving and continuous improvement, with knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies a plus.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, execute effectively, and adapt in a fast-moving environment.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support customers, foundry partners, and global operational initiatives.

Requirements

• Salary Range: $145,000 – $240,000 base salary per year, depending on experience, plus a 25 percent variable compensation potential.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Generous PTO and leave programs