Product Design Director jobs in Augusta, GA

SR Director- Product and Commercialization

Why you would want to work on our team…

• Our Mission – Promote an active, athletic lifestyle that inspires healthy families and strengthens community relationships.
• Our Foundational Values – Talented, honest, and passionate people, working together to win, and do the right thing – every time!
• All the other stuff – great work environment, benefits, and compensation.

Our benefits package includes:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance

FSA (Medical and Dependent Care), HSA

Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, and Paid Absence/Sick Time

401(k) Plan, with 3% annual Company Contribution

Discounts on ASB and FSG products

Clean, climate-controlled work environment

Casual dress code…no uniforms!

No experience needed; training provided. 

JOB PURPOSE:

The Senior Director of Product & Commercialization is responsible for developing product plans, creating top-level product offerings, determining and scheduling product delivery milestones, working on and fixing any departmental development issues, ensuring on-time delivery and completion of all scheduled milestones and product requirements, working with all vendors on cost and negotiations and delegating work to the product development team. This role should be the expert in product for all Alleson, Under Armour, Asics, Fanatics team business along with any other brands that are part of Founder Sport Group.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (includes Other Duties as Required):

•    Lead, manage and mentor a team of product managers, developers, and related personnel.
•    Product planning and assignment of tasks and deliverables.
•    Product lifecycle management from concept to launch of the product(s) across all products/product lines.
•    Lead, define, represent and communicate product strategy to all stakeholders.
•    Assess product development sprints and enhancement opportunities.
•    Develop budgets, forecasts, and metrics.
•    Monitor product development sprints and evaluate results.
•    Own the product roadmap and communicate with C-level staff, board members, and other stakeholders.
•    Lead Product Marketing Managers to assess product mix and marketing strategy.
•    Monitor and manage strategic marketing plans for each product or product line.
•    Define pricing and competitive positioning for each product.
•    Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and decisive action.
•    Build incredible teams and processes to deliver products that satisfy the needs of customers.
•    Become the key evangelist of FSG product and participate in press activities, conferences, discussions with thought leaders and         market analysts.
•    Continue to drive Innovation for Alleson, Under Armour, Fanatics, ASICS to be the leader in their competitive environment.
•    Relentlessly pursue ways to improve and decrease the product development timeline.
•    Create and maintain all PLC for Alleson team.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

•    Bachelor’s degree in Textile Management or Textile Design, Master’s preferred.
•    10 years of experience as a product leader.
•    Strategic & creative thinker with the ability to craft go-to-market strategies and campaigns in collaboration with marketing.
•    Demonstrated knowledge of operational issues with (portfolio management, risk management, etc.).
•    Able to formulate and implement global strategies for products.
•    Customer-centric mindset with the capability of translating that into the product development process.
•    Successfully implemented data-driven processes to turn a vision into an actionable roadmap.
•    People leader with demonstrated success in leading and mentoring the research, design, and development team.
•    Strong project management skills and attention to detail.
•    Understand the user experience and design.
•    Direct experience with digital management software or workplace collaboration software is desired.
•    Able to distill product roadmaps into digestible and relevant presentations to key customers and partners.
•    Drive product analytics to understand feature usage, comprehension, and optimization.
•    Excellent verbal and oral communication skills.  
•    Be able to travel domestically and/or internationally 3-4 times per year.
 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Physical requirements needed to perform the job:

• Ability to hear and communicate verbally (in English).
• Ability to see and read printed materials and computer monitors.
• Manual dexterity to operate a keyboard. 
• Ability to sit for long periods.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
• Ability to distinguish colors.
• This position primarily works in a temperature-controlled office environment or remotely.

Augusta Sportswear provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Augusta Sportswear complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Augusta Sportswear requires all candidates to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

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