Product Development Manager, APAC
Core
Lead the creation of APAC-first Ninja kitchen products by translating Asian consumer needs, cooking behaviours, and culinary insights into breakthrough innovations from concept through commercialization.
Role type
Senior Product Development Manager (Consumer Appliances)
Builds
Kitchen appliances and lifestyle solutions for the APAC region
Domain
Consumer goods / Kitchen Appliances / APAC Markets
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product strategy definition, cross-functional leadership, ODM/JDM management, consumer insights translation, culinary trend analysis, product validation, competitive benchmarking, project management
Preferred skills
Hands-on cooking evaluation experience, culinary arts background, Business-level Mandarin/Japanese/Korean
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead product creation from concept to mass production, define product vision and performance KPIs, drive cross-functional development with engineering and suppliers, lead product validation and benchmarking, champion product success throughout the lifecycle, build organizational capability through mentoring
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership
