Director, Engineering

Join our Beauty and Wellness team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell , PUR , Braun , Vicks , Hot Tools, Drybar , Curlsmith , Revlon , and Olive & June . Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day.

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Position:
Director, Engineering Department:
Engineering

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. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.

What you will be doing:

The Director, Engineering is a senior leadership role responsible for setting the strategic direction, capability, and performance of the Engineering function within Beauty Tools. This role leads and develops a team of Project Engineers (and potentially engineering leaders), ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across a portfolio of product development programs aligned to business objectives.

The Director serves as a key member of the cross-functional leadership team, partnering with Program Management, Quality, Innovation, and Advanced Technology to drive product roadmap delivery, strengthen organizational capability, and enable scalable, best-in-class engineering practices.

This role is accountable for engineering strategy, resource planning aligned to multi-year product roadmaps, and establishing technical excellence across the full product lifecycle. While not directly managing individual programs, the Director ensures engineering readiness, organizational alignment, and execution excellence across all initiatives.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Strategy Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering organization, including Project Engineers and/or engineering managers

Establish a strong leadership bench through succession planning, mentoring, and capability development

Drive performance management, goal setting, and career development aligned with business needs

Foster a culture of accountability, technical rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement

Build and scale team capabilities to support future growth and evolving product complexity

Strategic Resource Planning & Portfolio Alignment Own engineering resource strategy and allocation across a portfolio of programs, aligned to product roadmaps and business priorities

Anticipate future capability and capacity needs; proactively plan to address gaps Partner with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment between engineering execution and portfolio priorities

Optimize resource utilization while balancing speed, cost, and quality

Engineering Leadership & Technical Excellence Set the technical direction and standards for product design, materials, manufacturability, and validation strategies

Provide guidance on complex engineering decisions, design trade-offs, and risk management across programs

Ensure all engineering deliverables meet requirements for quality, safety, cost, schedule, and regulatory compliance

Oversee resolution of complex technical challenges, including root cause analysis and corrective actions

Elevate engineering quality and consistency across all product development efforts

Process Ownership & Continuous Improvement Own and evolve engineering processes, standards, tools, and best practices at a functional level

Drive standardization, scalability, and efficiency across programs while enabling innovation

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