The Director, Product Development – Private Brand is a key leader responsible for elevating, growing, and expanding Sur La Table's Private Brand product. This role leads end-to-end product creation for private brand across categories—from concept and design direction through sourcing, costing, and commercialization—while strengthening processes, tools, and ways of working across the organization.
Requirements
- 10+ years of product development experience in consumer hard goods (home, kitchen, tabletop, small electrics, or similar), including at least 5 years leading product development teams and processes.
- Deep experience in private brand / own-brand development for a multi-category, multi-channel retailer or consumer brand.
- Proven success building and/or improving a Product Development function (process design, tools, organizational structures, or operating models).
- Strong taste level and design sensibility; able to quickly assess whether a product is on-brand, commercially right, and differentiated.
- End-to-end product creation expertise, including: Trend research and concept development Line planning and product road mapping Sourcing and factory/partner management Cost engineering and negotiation Sampling, testing, and quality Timeline and calendar management
- Strong analytical and financial acumen; comfortable working with cost models, margins, and business cases to support decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional partners at all levels, including senior leadership.
- Curiosity and hands-on experience using modern AI tools to accelerate research, streamline workflows (e.g., communication, documentation, and tracking), and reimagine how product development work gets done—without needing to be a technologist.
- High comfort level working with partners and vendors across time zones and cultures; ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity and phased change.
Benefits
- Paid time off policies
- 401(k)/RRSP match
- Medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies
- Employee discounts at our portfolio companies
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