Job Description
Searching for a Director of Product Management to join a leading creative agency working across multiple products. Ideal candidate has design/ad agency experience and available to start ASAP.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Create competitive, innovative product mix to increase both revenue and profitability for structures, furniture, fixtures and flooring categories
- Establish master product matrix by category to include customer segmentation, product requirements, features, certifications, pricing, sustainability and containerization specifications
- Create documentation for conducting ongoing customer and industry research to stay ahead of new and emerging trends
- Responsible for the entire product lifecycle including phase out and disposal planning
- Organize and participate in cross functional design thinking brainstorming workshops
- Develop prototypes ranging from mock-ups through 3D models
- Plan and execute cross-functional team workshops, meetings and customer showcases
- Develop minimum construction standards for design and manufacturability and create standardization across the Freeman network
- Test and refine product and containerization concepts. Troubleshoot production samples and make necessary changes to improve per branch feedback
- Collaborate with procurement on domestic and global partnership maintenance and development, utilizing trade show and complimentary industry resources
- Work with regulatory bodies to ensure all required certifications are issued and assigned per industry requirements
- Provide cost estimates and financial analysis for all products in development
- Support product claims and protect intellectual property through collaboration with legal department
- Partner with marketing to develop sales collateral to support all product launches
- Create and implement product training process across the enterprise - Growth, Design and Delivery
- Support all customer product presentations as required
- Perform all other duties as assigned