VP of Product Development & Manufacturing

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections present: About the role? The posting includes description but not explicit headings. We need to infer sections: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Requirements", "Qualifications", "Skills", "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule". We must include only sections with real content. The posting includes responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Requirements, Preferred Experience, What We're Looking For, What Success Looks Like, Benefits. Also maybe "About the role" could be the introductory paragraph before responsibilities. We'll treat that as "About the role". No Pay or Schedule info given, so omit those sections. Benefits present. No explicit Skills section separate; but we could combine skills within Requirements? Better to follow instruction: use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have content for About the role (intro), Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities), Requirements (Requirements), Preferred Experience (maybe part of Requirements or separate), Benefits. Could also have "Qualifications" but we have Requirements covering that. We'll not duplicate. We must use

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn bullet points into lists. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's parse the posting. Intro paragraph before "Key Responsibilities": "Can you walk into a factory in Shenzhen... Freebird® is a 9-figure DTC brand...". That's about the role and company. We'll put under

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  containing that text. Then Responsibilities: Under "Key Responsibilities" there are several bullet-like paragraphs each starting with a bold heading? Actually they are sections: Product Development, Product Design & Engineering, Sourcing & Manufacturing, New Product Introduction & Execution, Quality, Reliability & Validation, Product Economics, Team & Partner Leadership. Each has multiple sentences. We'll treat each as a subsection? But we need to use

  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are not a simple list but we can still make each duty as
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      • . Preferred Experience: also list. Benefits: list. We must not create sections with filler. Ensure each heading has content. Let's extract text. Intro: "Can you walk into a factory in Shenzhen, China and know within the first hour whether they can actually build what you need? Can you look at a failed EVT unit and know immediately whether it's a design problem, a supplier problem, or a tooling problem? Have you actually taken a sophisticated electromechanical product from a sketch to millions of units in market - not managed a roadmap, but built something? Freebird® is a 9-figure DTC brand serving over 2 million customers and redefining shaving for the modern consumer. We've built a loyal subscriber base, a portfolio of best-in-class grooming products, and one of the strongest direct-response engines in the space. Now we're entering our next stage of growth and investing significantly in the evolution of our physical product platform - and we're looking for the person who will own it. We're looking for a VP, Product Development & Manufacturing to lead the development, engineering, sourcing, validation, and commercialization of Freebird's physical products. You'll serve as Freebird's senior product development authority, working closely with the CEO, President/COO, and broader leadership team to translate consumer and business needs into exceptional physical products. This is not a program-management role. This is a builder role. If you've taken sophisticated hardware from concept through mass production before and want to do it again - keep reading." We'll put that as About the role. Now Responsibilities sections: We need to capture each duty paragraph. Let's copy them: "Product Development Lead end-to-end development of Freebird's hardware and personal care products from concept through commercialization. Translate consumer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives into clear product requirements and development priorities. Define product architectures, specifications, performance requirements, and development plans. Evaluate potential development paths and determine when to build, adapt, source, customize, or partner. Lead product benchmarking, prototyping, testing, and iterative improvement. Make clear recommendations on technology, partners, resources, timing, cost, and development tradeoffs. Ensure product programs remain focused on delivering meaningful improvements to the customer experience. Bring structure, urgency, technical rigor, and strong judgment to product-development decisions." "Product Design & Engineering Lead and coordinate industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and technical development across Freebird's product portfolio. Provide technical leadership across sophisticated electromechanical systems, including: Motors and drivetrains Batteries and charging systems Electronics and PCBs Mechanical systems and interfaces Cutting and grooming mechanisms Blades, foils, and precision components Waterproofing and sealing Materials and tolerances Tooling and molded components Ergonomics Reliability and manufacturability Establish clear engineering requirements, design reviews, technical milestones, and validation standards. Ensure products are designed for performance, durability, manufacturability, quality, and cost from the beginning. Select and manage the appropriate internal and external industrial design, engineering, and technical partners. Challenge engineering assumptions and supplier recommendations where necessary to ensure the strongest product outcome. You do not need to personally engineer every component, but you must have the technical fluency and judgment to effectively lead and challenge internal teams, external engineers, suppliers, and manufacturing partners." "Sourcing & Manufacturing Build and manage a high-performing network of factories, ODMs, component suppliers, engineering partners, and specialist manufacturers. Develop strong direct relationships with China-based manufacturing and technology partners. Lead supplier identification, qualification, RFQs, negotiations, tooling, production readiness, and manufacturing ramp. Improve supplier performance, cost, quality, transparency, and supply-chain resilience. Establish appropriate second-source strategies and reduce unnecessary dependency on individual suppliers or intermediaries. Travel to China and other manufacturing locations as required." "New Product Introduction & Execution Own the development process from concept through engineering, prototype, validation, EVT, DVT, PVT, tooling, pilot production, and mass production. Improve the speed, predictability, and quality of Freebird's product development process. Establish clear milestones, development gates, critical paths, risk management, and launch-readiness criteria. Lead multiple concurrent hardware-development programs while maintaining strong execution discipline." "Quality, Reliability & Validation Establish rigorous engineering, reliability, and consumer-validation standards. Ensure products meet high standards for performance, durability, safety, usability, and customer experience. Build strong processes around lifecycle testing, supplier quality, factory quality controls, failure analysis, and corrective actions. Use consumer testing and competitive benchmarking to validate products before commercialization. Drive continuous improvement based on customer feedback, returns, warranty data, and product performance." "Product Economics Ensure products achieve strong customer outcomes while supporting competitive mass-market pricing and attractive economics. Own or influence target COGS, BOM architecture, DFM/DFA, tooling economics, manufacturing yields, supplier negotiations, and value engineering. Identify opportunities to improve cost without compromising product quality or customer experience." "Team & Partner Leadership Lead and develop Freebird's product-development capabilities across engineering, sourcing, NPI, quality, program management, and manufacturing. Build the right combination of internal talent and specialized external expertise. Select and manage high-quality industrial design, engineering, testing, manufacturing, and technology partners. Create organizational confidence through clear recommendations, strong technical judgment, and consistent execution." Now Requirements: "12+ years of experience in consumer hardware product development, engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, NPI, or closely related functions. 5+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary product, engineering, development, or manufacturing teams. Demonstrated success taking sophisticated physical products from concept through mass production. Significant experience with high-volume electromechanical consumer products. Deep firsthand experience working directly with China-based factories and suppliers. Strong mechanical and electrical product fluency. Experience with motors, batteries, electronics, charging systems, PCBs, tooling, molded components, waterproofing, and precision mechanical systems. Strong knowledge of EVT, DVT, PVT, DFM, tooling, validation, and production ramp. Experience identifying, qualifying, negotiating with, and developing manufacturing and technology partners. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent development programs. Strong understanding of product quality, reliability, COGS, manufacturing economics, and supplier performance. Strong executive communication, decision-making, and cross-functional leadership skills." Preferred Experience: "Experience in one or more of the following categories is highly desirable: Shaving and grooming Trimmers, clippers, blades, foils, or cutting systems Personal care devices Beauty devices Small appliances Precision electromechanical consumer products Experience developing products for large-scale DTC, Amazon, and mass-retail distribution is also highly valuable." What We're Looking For: paragraph. "What Success Looks Like": bullet points. Benefits: list. We need to decide sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Preferred Experience, What We're Looking For, What Success Looks Like, Benefits. But the instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those exact headings if content exists. We have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. We also have Preferred Experience maybe could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Could treat as Qualifications? But we already have Requirements; Qualifications could be similar. However we have Preferred Experience separate; we could put under Qualifications heading. But we must not create heading with filler. We have content for Preferred Experience, so we can make a heading "Qualifications" and put Preferred Experience there? But Qualifications usually includes both required and preferred. Might be okay to split: Requirements heading for required, Qualifications heading for preferred. The instruction list includes Qualifications as possible heading. We'll use that. What We're Looking For could be considered part of About the role or maybe "Skills"? But we have content; we could make a heading "Skills"? However Skills heading is for skills list; we have skills in Requirements. Might be redundant. Better to create a heading "What We're Looking For" but that's not in the allowed list. The instruction says use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says e.g., not limited to those? It says use

        for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect those headings only. So we should stick to those. So we need to map content to those headings. Thus we have: - About the role: intro paragraph. - Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities content. - Requirements: required experience list. - Qualifications: Preferred Experience content. - Benefits: benefits list. - Skills: maybe we could extract skills from Requirements? But we already have Requirements covering skills; but we could still have Skills heading with a list of skills (maybe summarizing). However we must not invent or summarize away detail; we could list the skills as they appear in Requirements. But that would duplicate content. Might be okay to have Skills heading with a list of skills extracted from Requirements (like mechanical/electrical fluency, experience with motors, etc.) but that would be summarizing. Safer to omit Skills if no explicit skills section. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we can omit Skills. - Pay and Schedule: omit as not present. Thus final HTML:

        About the role