Senior Director, Product Development and Design
Otter Products
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Collins • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $240,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementproduct marketingcompetitive analysisportfolio managementmarket analysisconsumer insightsstrategic planningP&L managementproduct designbusiness case development
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkinganalytical skillsinnovationgoal settingteam managementproblem solvingrelationship building
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBA