Director at PLEXO HR Solutions
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Associate Director - New Product Development - B2C/Devices (8-13 yrs)
Job Mode: Work From Office
Job Type: Full-time
Working Days: 5
Industry: Consumer Electronics and Technology
About the Company:
A leading innovator in connected lifestyle technology, this homegrown brand has redefined wearable tech and audio devices for over 40 million users.
What You- ll Do:
- Scope new products(devices) and their features based on customer persona, needs, and competitiveness.
- Build and maintain the product launch roadmap and lifecycle.
- Draft detailed technical specifications documents including PRD's for hardware and software requirements.
- Create software prototypes and wireframes of software features using AI tools.
- Manage and drive the entire product development process, both internally and externally, ensuring all stakeholder timelines and deliverables are met.
- Own product quality
- Deal with component supplier ecosystems across China and India
- Achieve product assortment goals while ensuring product quality and testing standards, as well as margin expectations, are met.
- Work closely with sales and marketing teams to understand existing sales numbers on projects and create product roadmaps to meet organisation goals.
- Research extensively on new technologies.
- Anticipate unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies.
What We- re Looking For:
- Strong experience of 8+ years in consumer electronics (IOT experience will be a plus)
- Excellent in communication and presenting ideas.
- Preferred background of BE/B.Tech(EEE, ECE, EIT only). MBA will be a value
- Comfortable with understanding technical aspects of a product development process and
communicating with engineering teams on trade-offs vs. implications
- Tenacious and Self-motivated with the ability to ruthlessly drive and achieve business goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and good at interacting with senior-level professionals.