WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ORGANIZATION- Manage and lead the Industrial Design team, design process and best practices while working cross-functionally within our New Product Development (NPD) community.
- In this role you will lead and encourage a team of designers and together will help determine aesthetic direction, materials, construction methods, mechanisms, shape, finishes, and manufacturing processes of final products
- Responsible for building, mentoring, and supporting a team of dedicated industrial designers in bringing innovative, ground-breaking, and balanced products to life
- Lead industrial design team through high volumes of development work within expected and manageable timelines alongside a cross functional team of product managers, developers, engineers, quality assurance, and supply chain professionals
- Build and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, exceptional design impact, engagement, and celebration of wins
- Guide and focus the team's creation and execution of design work to excellence, from concept to design finalization, on time and on budget.
- Manage allocation of ID team resources across a large portfolio of products ranging in complexity, scope, and project stage in order to deliver exceptional results on time
- ID team resource management: reviewing project status, refining project schedules, communicating with cross-functional peers and leadership, etc.
- Partner with leadership to determine product design strategy and priorities
- Partner with engineering and product leaders and teams to problem solve and envision intuitive user interfaces and functionality
- Build and advocate for processes, documentation and best practices that deliver design results
- Drive ideation sessions with the ID team as well as cross-functional brainstorms, research activities on users, trends, materials, and processes that may be applied towards development of future products
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE- Mentor and develop the ID team members, identifying educational and professional development opportunities
- Strong people management skills with a passion for optimizing teams toward exceptional output
- Ownership of ID team processes while continuously identifying, investigating, and adapting tools and techniques for product and process improvements
- Successful track record delivering a constant flow of projects with timelines
- Excellent analytical ability with a passion for product development and problem solving
- Work with outside consultants when vital to drive design projects outside scope of internal team abilities
- Partner with peer leadership across subject areas to drive brand growth through design and innovation, as well as cultivate multi-functional collaboration between the Industrial Design, Product Management, Engineering, and R&D teams
- Champion and contribute to PMI's efforts toward 'design for sustainability'
- Strong social skills, communicating effectively with individuals and large groups (internal and external) at all organizational level
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Industrial Design
- 10 years proven experience as a practicing designer for consumer hard goods
- 5+ years leading an Industrial Design team or studio (consumer hard goods preferred)
- Expert level experience with SolidWorks, Rhino 3D, Keyshot (preferred) or other rendering software, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Proven skills in sketching and conceptualization
- Ability to work accurately with close attention to detail
- Proven knowledge of 'Design for Manufacturability' methods
- Sophisticated knowledge of product manufacturing including plastic injection molding, metal forming, CMF (Color, Material, Finish) techniques
- Proven experience working with, and presenting to customers
- Direct experience communicating directly with engineers and factories (Asia based factories preferred)
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 15% of the time
Starting salary between $130,000-$155,000.00
TOTAL REWARDSOur total rewards philosophy integrates programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, corporate culture, corporate citizenship and work-life balance. While individual program components may differ by country, some things remain constant:
- Our commitment to rewarding results
- Opportunities to work with talented and driven individuals at every level of our company who respect each other, treat each other fairly and hold one another accountable for our customers'-and our company's-success
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Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
Paid parental and medical leave programs
401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
Hybrid work model
Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance
Inclusive employee resource groups
