Hybrid Senior Director, Product Development and Design

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About the role

  • Sr. Director of Product Development and Design leading all product portfolio strategies for Otter Products. Responsible for cross-functional alignment and innovation to meet strategic goals.

Responsibilities

  • Leadership responsibility for all aspects of the product portfolio, including product design, for given category or categories.
  • Directs Product Development Management of given category or categories.
  • Owning the operational and strategic goals for the team.
  • Providing category insights and proposals to the business by analyzing market and consumer data.
  • Identifying emerging market trends to support 1–3-year strategic product and design objectives.
  • Identifying innovation opportunities from consumer/end user and customer insights.
  • Leading competitive analysis and developing plans to beat the competition in market.
  • Partnering with the Marketing Team to develop product narratives/stories and marketing strategies that will connect with consumers/end users’ hearts and minds.
  • Overseeing development of portfolio-level business cases and investment recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Responsibility for the successful implementation/execution of portfolio plans within the category or categories.
  • Ensuring all new launches of new products and/or series across each region meet launch expectations and necessary time to market.
  • Successfully managing the product roadmap and design, color and material/finish roadmap by defining optimal strategies with the right pricing, costs, timing, brand, design and features.
  • Functions as a central resource within the organization as products move through their lifecycle.
  • Partner and collaborate with Merchandising Sales, Marketing and Engineering to align on goals and drive strategic initiatives.
  • Partner with global senior leaders to understand region-specific needs and opportunities to shape global product strategy for given category or categories.
  • Partner with Global Partner Management team to ensure OEM insights and partnership opportunities are integrated into portfolio strategy.
  • Establish and track annual goals and metrics for the Product Team and monitor monthly to ensure expectations are being met.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Degree in marketing, business, or related field preferred.
  • MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • Minimum of twelve years of product management and/or product marketing experience including conceiving, developing, and driving innovative products and portfolios is required.
  • Minimum of two years in a director (and/or up) level role required.
  • Previous experience managing P&L is required.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • basic life
  • voluntary life
  • long-term and short-term disability
  • employee assistance program
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings account
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • accrued paid time off based on seniority
  • volunteer time off
  • parental leave
  • bereavement leave
  • company holidays
  • years of service awards

Job title

Senior Director, Product Development and Design

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$180,000 - $240,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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