Manager, Product Design

What You Will Bring

• 5 years of Product Design experience is required.
• Design leader experience with strong fashion, toy, doll, collectible, or character product development experience and a proven ability to lead licensed products through complex development cycles.
• Sharp aesthetic judgment, strong understanding of consumer product milestones, and deep knowledge of softgoods, fit, fabrication, color, print, trims, deco, plastics, accessories, tooling, and manufacturing constraints.
• The candidate must be able to manage multiple licensed partner brands, lead internal and external teams, and make smart tradeoffs across design intent, cost, schedule, quality, and licensor requirements.
• Strong experience in on-site model review, sample critique, vendor direction, and factory communication is essential, along with the ability to translate creative feedback into clear, actionable development direction.
• Strong communication and leadership skills are required to partner effectively with LA-based licensed partners, global design and brand teams, Hong Kong and Asia development partners, vendors, and factories.
• Highly organized, confident in leading creative reviews, comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and licensors.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, PLM systems, digital review tools, and presentation/documentation workflows is preferred.

What You Will Do

• Leads fashion design and product development for Hasbro’s licensed Partner Brands, owning execution from early creative direction through final development.
• Translate partner brand strategy, trend direction, seasonal concepts, character/consumer insights, and licensor feedback into development-ready fashion, softgoods, deco, accessory, feature, and model direction while balancing creative ambition with cost, manufacturability, quality, and schedule.
• Oversee development responsibilities across the full product lifecycle, including line planning support, concept direction, color/material/finish direction, fabric/print development, trims, construction, fit review, deco callouts, feature integration, presentation input, sample review, licensor-ready assets, and final model approval.
• Help define product development and innovation strategy for licensed partner brands, identifying scalable formats, features, materials, and category opportunities that strengthen consumer value and partner brand growth.
• Partner closely with Design, Marketing, Engineering, Costing, Sourcing, Quality, Model Shop, vendors, factories, sculpting, electronics, plush, and softgoods teams to deliver products that meet brand standards and consumer expectations.
• Lead weekly creative meetings with LA-based licensed partners to review design intent, feedback, approvals, open issues, and next-step decisions. Clear documentation, timely follow-up, and strong cross-time-zone communication are essential to keep development moving and reduce unnecessary iteration and approval delays.