Sr. Product Developer, Soft Goods, PowerA

Sr. Product Developer, Soft Goods, PowerA

PowerA , a division of ACCO Brands, USA LLC., is a leading third-party gaming accessory brand, and one of the fasting growing companies in the industry. We’re made up of many unique individuals who come together for one purpose: to build the most innovative accessories for the world’s most popular interactive entertainment platforms. We partner with industry giants such as Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Activision, Pokémon, and more.

You can find our products at most major retailers in North America, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.

The Sr. Product Developer, Soft Goods serves as the strategic leader and subject matter expert for the Soft Goods product category, driving innovation from concept through commercialization. This role owns category roadmaps, influences product strategy, leads complex cross‑functional initiatives, mentors development team members, and partners closely with suppliers, licensors, and business leaders to delivery innovative, profitable products that support long term business growth.

This includes meeting consumer needs, business objectives, quality standards, and cost targets. The position combines creativity, technical understanding, market awareness, and strong cross‑functional communication to support successful product launches.

• Own the soft goods of PowerA gaming product category strategy and development roadmap, identifying growth opportunities, portfolio gaps, and long‑term innovation initiatives aligned with business objections.
• Develop 3-5 year product innovation roadmaps.
• Create new product concepts and guide products from ideation through commercialization.
• Evaluate emerging market opportunities and new business concepts.
• Translate consumer insights, market trends, and business goals into compelling product solutions.
• Present product strategy and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Develop and communicate key product benefits, value propositions, and market positioning.
• Develop category‑level financial analyses and business cases to support product portfolio decisions.
• Partner with leadership to establish and achieve margin, cost and profitability objectives.
• Drive portfolio prioritization recommendations and identify opportunities for expansion, rationalization and lifecycle management.

Strategic Planning & Concept Development

• Serve as the company’s subject matter expert for soft goods design, materials, construction techniques, manufacturing processes and consumer trends.
• Serve as the primary decision‑maker for soft goods product development tradeoffs involving materials, functionality, manufacturability, cost and user experience.
• Lead highly complex projects with significant technical, operational or commercial ambiguity.
• Create and present product concepts using sketches, renderings, digital illustrations, and prototypes.
• Lead complex cross‑functional initiatives involving Product, Engineering, Licensing, Supply Chain, Quality and Commercial teams to resolve business‑critical issues and achieve strategic objectives.
• Influence cross‑functional leaders without direct authority to achieve strategic product objectives.
• Build clear, persuasive presentations that communicate product vision, benefits, and development strategy.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, competitive products, materials, and emerging technologies.
• Apply analytical thinking and proactive issue resolution to keep projects moving toward launch.

Product Lifecycle Management & Operations

• Provide technical leadership and guidance across functional teams.
• Lead the development best‑practice initiatives and improve the organizational product development capabilities.
• Manage products from concept through…