PD Lead

Kaas Tailored is a platform for potential to come alive and thrive, a place where we experience joy together daily. By living our values, we’re creating space for collaboration and innovation; promoting deep learning for colleagues, clients, and guests—so that their light may shine for all to see.

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Location: Mukilteo, WA

Job :2026.05PD

# of Openings:1

Are you innovative, service-oriented, and love to create new things? Is quality a priority to you? Are you always looking for better ways of doing things? Do you find joy in developing others and leading a team? If you said yes to all these questions, we think you might be a good fit as our Product Development Lead at Kaas Tailored.

Here at Kaas Tailored, we value relationships. Whether it be with our customers, vendors, or employees, we are looking for individuals who can partner with us in our goal to put people first and create quality products. The Product Development Lead is a people-first leadership role as much as it is a program management role. This individual is responsible for building and developing a high-performing product development team, setting a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and lean thinking, while also owning the end-to-end development of new products within Kaas Tailored.

This role will partner with our Develop, Integrate, and Build teams to develop products and production standards, release engineering, and ensure products meet customer requirements. They bring the coaching mindset and structured thinking needed to grow their team and move complex programs forward, all in alignment with Kaas Tailored’s purpose statement and beliefs.

• Responsible for the professional and personal growth of the Product Development team. This includes providing timely and constructive feedback, identifying technical skill gaps and putting development plans in place, conducting regular check-ins, supporting compensation reviews, facilitating Kaizen training and mentorship opportunities, and managing performance matters in partnership with HR and Management.
• Leads new product development from concept through launch, including evaluation, feasibility review, and go/no-go decision-making for new product introductions.
• Owns project and portfolio management for new product development initiatives, including planning, research, prioritization, resource allocation, responsibility assignment, and timeline management across multiple concurrent projects to ensure milestones and deliverables are achieved.
• Directs cross-functional technical development efforts, ensuring design optimization, manufacturability, and resolution of technical or production issues.
• Provides clear project communication and reporting, including regular updates on progress, risks, mitigation plans, and overall project health to internal and external stakeholders.
• Drives problem-solving and continuous improvement, applying lessons learned to improve development processes, increase efficiency, and strengthen product development outcomes.
• Serves as the escalation point for technical, schedule, or cross-functional issues that exceed the team’s authority, driving timely resolution and communicating outcomes to relevant stakeholders.
• Leads manufacturing integration and production readiness, ensuring smooth implementation into manufacturing lines, effective handoff, and proper training/support for the Production team.
• Supports the PD team in system set-up, including engineering documentation, production plans, and related tooling or process configuration required to successfully launch new products into manufacturing.
• Partners cross-functionally with key internal teams (including Account Management, Purchasing, and Materials Management) to ensure alignment on customer needs, sourcing strategy, material availability, cost targets, and overall project execution.
• Champions continuous improvement within the department through active Kaizen participation, kata coaching and support, and fostering a culture of near-term and long-term problem solving. Encourages the team to pursue tomorrow and day-after-tomorrow…