Director of Product Development

Responsibilities

• Manage the product development and R&D process, ensuring all stakeholder timelines and deliverables are met.
• Source vendors and negotiate for cost-effective purchases, while reducing delivery times.
• Achieve product assortment goals while ensuring product quality, testing standards, and margin expectations are met.
• Work closely with sales to understand customer directives, analyze sales data, and review new product forecasts.
• Use personas, stakeholder maps, customer journey maps, etc. to develop and refine new product concepts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product development, with a focus on sensors, IoT, and electronics.
• Comfortable with technical aspects of product development and communicating with engineering teams.
• Experience in dealing with the Chinese vendor ecosystem and exposure to China's ecosystem.
• Great negotiation skills and a mix of business acumen and product knowledge.