Head of Product Development - Licensing

Head of Product Development - Licensing | Greater Manchester | To £80,000 + Benefits

Based in Greater Manchester, Zachary Daniels are delighted to be partnered with a trend led business who are looking to appoint a Head of Product Development to manage the Licensing arm of their business to lead and inspire a high-performing team responsible for delivering world-class licensed product ranges across multiple categories and global retailers.

The ideal candidate will be an inspirational and commercially minded product leader with deep experience in developing licensed consumer goods across multiple categories.

You will combine hands-on product ownership with strategic oversight, confidently managing key licensed ranges while guiding a creative, high-performing licensing team.
Highly collaborative and organised, you will excel at aligning design ambition with commercial goals, ensuring every product meets rigorous standards of quality, creativity, and price point viability.
You will possess strong trend awareness, excellent communication skills, and a passion for innovation, thriving in fast-paced environments, drive continuous improvement, and build standout licensed ranges for global retailers through seamless partnership with the licensing design team, QA, sales teams, and licensors.
This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on product ownership, managing key licensed ranges directly while overseeing the wider licensing team's development output.
You'll work closely and collaboratively with the in-house licensed design team, quality and compliance team and sales team to ensure all products embody creativity, commercial value, and design excellence at every stage.
You'll champion best-in-class execution across product and packaging design, ensure the ranges deliver at every retailer price point, and keep our client at the forefront of product and brand innovation.
In return our client can offer a fantastic working environment, attractive basic salary with good bonus potential and genuine, fast paced, career development.

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