Product Development Manager

## What you’ll do:

Leadership & Team Development

•Lead by example to build a high-performing collaborative team culture grounded in trust, shared accountability and technical excellence.

•Elevate a multidisciplinary team of Design, Materials, Process, and Project Engineers by driving a culture where engineers reliably ‘take the ball,’ make informed decisions, and demonstrate end-to-end ownership across the development.

•Identify, mentor, and grow high-potential talent; create an environment where engineers are empowered to take ownership, learn, and innovate.

•Build a world-class product development team by introducing structured career paths, technical training, and collaborative problem-solving practices.

•Partner with Program Management to define and maintain clear engineering roles & responsibilities and accountability frameworks within the Integrated Project Team (IPT) structure, ensuring predictable ownership during times of complexity or ambiguity.

Cultural Transformation

•Serve as a change agent to shift from traditional hierarchical norms to a culture defined by cross-functional engagement, open idea-sharing, confidence and accountability.

•Build an environment of proactive ownership—empowering engineers to make decisions, resolve ambiguity, and drive issues to closure without waiting for direction.

•Foster psychological safety — encouraging engineers at all levels to participate in creative problem solving, challenge traditional assumptions, and collaborate across boundaries.

•Model modern engineering leadership behaviors through transparency, humility, decisiveness, and consistent communication.

Technical Leadership & Innovation

•Apply expertise in polymers, molding, tooling, and product engineering to guide Global development of new golf grip technologies and performance-enhancing materials.

•Lead the development lifecycle—from consumer design freeze through to mass production.

•Introduce advanced R&D concepts, engineering methodologies, and tools that elevate team capability and product quality.

Product Development & Execution

•Oversee complex Retail development projects ensuring speed and engineering rigor.

•Manage highly dynamic OEM programs ensuring on-time commitments and class leading customer service are always upheld.

•Global collaboration - Partner closely with Global Innovation, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to ensure seamless integration from development through to production.

•Prioritize projects based on the needs of external and internal customers, strategic impact, and technical feasibility.

Operational & Strategic Impact

•Build and implement new engineering processes, protocols, and best practices that measure improvements in Global efficiency, development predictability, and innovation quality.

•Strengthen alignment between TWN R&D and Global Innovation, ensuring local strengths support the global technical strategy.

•Drive operational excellence through data-driven decision making, robust problem solving, and continuous improvement.

## Qualifications:

10+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role within polymers, tooling, molding, or related manufacturing technologies.

## Skills:

•Demonstrated success in transforming or uplifting engineering organizations, especially in cultures with traditional hierarchy.

•Strong technical acumen across polymer chemistry, tooling, injection and compression rubber molding, and product design engineering.

•Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in fast-paced, high-output environments.

•Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence across geographies and functions.

•Experience in global consumer goods, sporting goods, or performance products is a plus.