Manager - Product Compliance
Our mission to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world allows our employees to be thinkers and tinkerers, designers and doers, creators and number crunchers, makers of things they love. As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a Product Safety & Compliance Manager to our global team.
OVERVIEW:
A detailed-oriented, passionate, and dynamic leader is needed to be an integral part of our product development teams, ensuring that all of our new designs are safe, meet retailer requirements, and comply with all laws and regulations for the countries where sold. In this position, you will experience unparalleled collaboration with many functions of the organization – Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Marketing, Supply Chain, Creative, ID, Quality, Manufacturing, Legal, International, and Senior Executives. You will be interacting with external business partners – certification and test agencies, suppliers, factories, and international distributors, offering you exposure and interaction unlike any other role in the organization. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring delivery of products to market that are free of unnecessary risk and deliver delightful experiences for consumers.
Lead development of certification plans for new product designs
Design initiatives related to team participation in market surveillance activities
Evaluate marketplace and consumer events for safety risks
Manage and conduct design and construction reviews for risk analysis and mitigation
Participate in DFMEA activities to ensure successful execution
Serve as the essential source of knowledge and expertise for all safety and compliance necessities
Act as project manager for safety and compliance related activities
Lead activities surrounding identification and communication of market access requirements
Prepare and present executive review updates on team activities related to NPD projects
Act as principal approver for all safety, compliance, and marketing collateral
Serve as lead for international product extensions for EU, UK and/or rest or world programs
Manage and coach direct reports to continuously drive high performance
Participate in global talent development programs
Participate as a corporate representative in standards development committees and trade associations
HYBRID - This is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week onsite at our headquarters in Needham, MA
ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS:
Bachelor’s degree ideally in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
5 or more years of compliance or design related experience of consumer or commercial electromechanical products
Experience supervising engineering or test personnel
Knowledge of regulatory standard and/or governmental regulations
Experience with facilitating or participating in DFMEA sessions
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
Ability to multi-task, maintaining a continuous comprehensive understanding of project status
Deliver creative and technically sound solutions to complex problems
Analytical operations skills seeking to drive continuous improvement initiatives
Comfortable pushing back on stakeholders in pursuit of product safety and compliance requirements - able to collaborate and compromise where appropriate
Comfortable operating independently - developing project plans within area of expertise
Bring skills in communicating complex technical information to audiences with varying technical understanding
Strong written, verbal and presentation skills, demonstrating comfort and confidence in presenting to and communicating with colleagues and superiors
Knowledge and understanding of consumer product and electrical home appliance standards or transferable industry experience
10-15% travel
Salary and Other Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is displayed below. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts (HSA) with company contribution, 401(k) retirement plan with matching, employee stock purchase program, life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability insurance, long-term disability insurance, generous paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, identity theft protection, pet insurance, pre-paid legal insurance, back-up child and eldercare days, product discounts, referral bonus program, and more.
Pay Range
$130,000—$159,500 USD