Director of Product Development and Industrialization

Requisition Number: DIREC
001937

• Posted :
  October 15, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Banning, CA 92220, USA

At Horizon Hobby, we inspire dreams and help build memories! Our company is the leader in the global Radio Control industry, celebrating 40 years in 2025! We offer tremendous opportunities for growth and development and a full array of benefits including discounts on our products! We are currently hiring for a Director of Product Development and Industrialization at our Pro-Line office in Banning CA!

This is a full time, on-site position at our Pro-Line facility in Banning California. Workings hours will be Monday-Friday 8am-5pm PST.

Typical pay for this position is $105,000-$125,000. The final offer for this position will be based on the unique experience and qualifications of the candidate selected. This position may also be eligible for a bonus not included in the base pay range.

The Director of Product Development & Industrialization will provide strategic leadership for the development, commercialization, and industrialization of proprietary hobby products from concept through production. This role will be leading our Product Development, Product Engineering, and Industrialization resources while overseeing the systems, processes, tooling, molds, manufacturing equipment, and technical capabilities required to deliver innovative, high-quality products to market.

This role will partner closely with Brand, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Tooling, and external partners to identify market opportunities, translate customer needs into successful products, and ensure products are designed, developed, and launched efficiently. The role balances technical excellence with business performance, ensuring product investments align with growth objectives, customer demand, profitability targets, and long-term strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Product Innovation & Strategy

• Partner with Brand and cross-functional teams to define product roadmaps, priorities, resources, and timelines.
• Drive innovation and development investments that strengthen market position, customer satisfaction, growth, and return on investment.
• Identify and prioritize new product opportunities using customer insight, competitive analysis, market trends, and commercial potential.
• Lead and develop Product Development, Product Engineering, and Industrialization teams supporting proprietary products.
• Own product development from concept and engineering through validation, launch, and lifecycle management.
• Strengthen quality, scalability, execution, and organizational capability through standards, coaching, succession planning, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Business & Commercial Leadership

• Monitor portfolio performance and align cross-functional priorities to achieve revenue, profitability, and strategic objectives.
• Contribute to portfolio planning, market expansion, long-range growth, budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Provide senior leadership with business reviews, development updates, performance metrics, and recommendations.
• Lead new-product industrialization from concept through launch, applying DFM and DFA to optimize quality, scalability, cost, and manufacturing readiness.
• Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Tool Room, suppliers, and development teams to resolve challenges and improve processes, tooling, and capacity.
• Track launch, readiness, quality, and productivity performance to drive continuous improvement.

Tooling, Equipment & Technology

• Define requirements and roadmaps for molds, tooling, fixtures, machinery, automation, and manufacturing technology.
• Lead capital planning and business…