VP, Engineering & Quality

Position: VP, Engineering & Quality

Department:
Engineering – Beauty & Wellness

Work Location:

Marlborough, MA, Hybrid (work 3 days onsite)

Hybrid

Schedule:

At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in‑office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

The Vice President of Engineering & Quality is responsible for leading the engineering organization for a $1B global Beauty & Wellness business unit, overseeing the design, development, and quality of a diverse portfolio of consumer products including home appliances, water filtration systems, humidifiers, consumer medical devices, beauty tools, and beauty liquids. Reporting directly to the President of the Business Unit and serving as a member of the leadership team, this role leads a multidisciplinary engineering and advanced quality organization responsible for bringing innovative products to market and ensuring quality is built into every stage of product development.

• Lead the engineering organization responsible for the design, development, and launch of consumer products across the Beauty and Wellness portfolio.
• Partner with Innovation leadership to deliver 30–40 new product launches annually, ensuring programs meet performance targets, cost objectives, and launch timelines.
• Ensure engineering excellence across mechanical, electrical, hardware, firmware/software, materials, packaging, formulation, and quality disciplines.
• Provide technical leadership across product architecture, system design, testing, and product reliability.

• Lead Advanced Quality Engineering to ensure quality is designed into products from the earliest stages of development.
• Drive robust design validation, risk mitigation, and problem‑solving processes during product development.
• Lead cross‑functional investigations and engineering responses to post‑launch product quality issues when design‑related.

• Define and execute the Engineering and Quality strategy aligned with business growth objectives.
• Lead Advanced Development and Technology initiatives focused on identifying emerging technologies and developing product concepts 2–3 years ahead of commercialization.
• Evaluate opportunities to buy, build, or partner on new technologies that strengthen product differentiation and capability.

• Lead an organization of approximately 40–50 engineers, scientists, and technical professionals, including multiple Directors and senior managers.
• Build a culture of innovation, ownership, and high performance while developing the next generation of engineering leadership.
• Coach and mentor engineering leaders and strengthen organizational capability across disciplines.
• Continue evolving engineering processes and organizational maturity to support scale and speed.

• Collaborate closely with Supply Chain leadership to identify and develop the right manufacturing partners for new programs.
• Maintain strong engineering relationships with 30–40 global OEM and JDM partners across China, Southeast Asia, Mexico, and the United States.
• Ensure design‑for‑manufacturing principles and cost optimization are integrated into product development.

• Partner closely with Innovation, Marketing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment across the product lifecycle.
• Support the company’s adoption of agile product development methodologies to accelerate innovation and improve product delivery.
• Serve as the technical voice of the organization within the Business Unit leadership team.

• Passion for consumer product innovation and engineering excellence; strong product intuition and systems thinking.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Proven track record delivering complex hardware products at scale; comfortable working across global manufacturing ecosystems.
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