Responsibilities

• 60% - New Product Development (NPI)
• Supports cross-functional team (engineering, sourcing, supply chain, finance) through multiple on-going product development projects at various stages of development via milestone process.
• Develops and executes strategic product road development. Understanding of market, channel and/or customer dynamics, product design, trends, and end –user preferences and purchase drivers.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities, product adjacencies, customers and markets.
• Development of NPI scope documents (preliminary financials, KPIs, timeline management, etc.)
• Supplier and factory trips as needed
• Present and interact with senior level internal and external customers
• Participate in annual strategic planning process.
• (20%) - Talent Development
• Supervises 1 employee including, developing, providing feedback on performance, and maximizing team effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum seven years’ experience within consumer electronic product management
• Strategic Thinking and Planning capability and experience
• Detail oriented
• Superior presentation skills
• Proven Project Management experience
• Business / Financial acumen
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team leader and team player who values the ideas and opinions of others and collects their input as part of decision-making process
• Excellent problem solving skills

Preferred

• MBA preferred