Director of Engineering - Product Development

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Keep reading. The Director of Engineering – New Product Development is a senior leader who manages an engineering team, sets technical strategy, and ensures that projects match the business goals of the company. Their primary focus is the development of new product lines with a strategic focus on legacy product lines. This position reports to American Holts’ General Manager & VP.

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• Own the new product development portfolio and lead products from voice-of-customer discovery and concept development through design, prototyping, validation, production launch, and post-launch review.
• Work with the GM to develop and execute a multi-year product and technology roadmap aligned with business strategy, customer needs, market opportunities, and growth objectives.
• Establish and continuously improve a disciplined, scalable new product development process with clear stage gates, decision criteria, ownership, documentation, and executive visibility.
• Partner with Sales, Product Management, customers, and other Pro Mach business units to identify unmet needs, define product requirements, assess commercial potential, and prioritize the highest-value opportunities.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and ensure new products meet committed targets for scope, schedule, quality, performance, manufacturability, cost, and return on investment.
• Work with the GM on rapid learning through feasibility analysis, concept evaluation, prototyping, testing, design reviews, risk assessment, and design verification and validation.
• Embed design for manufacturability, design for assembly, standardization, modularity, reliability, safety, serviceability, and target-cost principles early in the development cycle.
• Work with the GM to build an innovation-focused engineering culture by recruiting, developing, mentoring, and retaining talented engineers and by strengthening technical capability, accountability, collaboration, and independent problem-solving.
• Allocate internal and external engineering resources across the new product portfolio, sustaining engineering, customer projects, and strategic initiatives while protecting critical launch milestones.
• Work with the GM to monitor meaningful new product development metrics, including milestone attainment, development cycle time, project risk, product cost, quality, launch readiness, and post-launch performance; communicate progress, tradeoffs, and decisions to leadership.
• Maintain robust engineering standards, procedures, design controls, documentation, intellectual property practices, and change-management processes while driving continuous improvement of existing products for quality, performance, and cost.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• 5 years of management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences including, but not limited to subordinates, peers, senior management, and suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience developing and improving operational processes and driven to solve complex challenges.
• Demonstrated Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
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