Product Manager

We are looking for a Product Manager in Avondale, Pennsylvania to guide new consumer product ideas from early concept through successful market introduction. This position is ideal for someone who combines strategic thinking with hands-on product development expertise and enjoys partnering with teams across design, operations, marketing, and sales.

About the role

The role offers the chance to shape innovation priorities, translate market insights into product plans, and deliver offerings that meet customer expectations, quality goals, and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Drive the full product lifecycle by moving ideas from discovery and planning through development, launch, and post-launch evaluation.
• Research customer behavior, category activity, and competitor offerings to uncover opportunities for new products and improvements to existing lines.
• Translate insights into clear product briefs, functional requirements, specifications, and development priorities for cross-functional teams.
• Partner closely with design, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial stakeholders to keep development efforts aligned with timing, cost, and quality targets.
• Oversee prototype creation, product testing, validation activities, and refinement cycles to support readiness for commercialization.
• Build and maintain product innovation plans that support company growth objectives and long-term category strategy.
• Monitor product results, customer input, and market feedback to identify enhancements and recommend next steps.
• Coordinate launch preparation across internal teams and external partners to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and within budget.
• Track project milestones, development spending, and vendor performance while providing progress updates and recommendations to leadership.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success managing product development initiatives from initial concept through commercial release.
• Strong analytical ability with experience using market data, customer insights, and performance trends to inform decisions.
• Background in market research and consumer-focused product planning within a consumer goods environment.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple functions and communicate clearly with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Practical experience with product design processes, prototype review, testing, quality considerations, and continuous improvement.
• Solid project management skills, including oversight of schedules, budgets, deliverables, and external suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Product Design, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• Experience in consumer products such as beauty, personal care, fashion accessories, toys, or similar categories is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
• Eligibility to enroll in our company 401(k) plan for contract/temporary professionals.