What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Product Manager, Health and Wellness position at Homedics?
HoMedics is a privately-owned multinational company headquartered in Commerce Township, Michigan. Over the past 35 years, HoMedics has grown into a world leader in developing, marketing and distributing personal care, wellness and consumer electronics products. The Company’s products are sold under the HoMedics brand name, as well as other recognizable brands, including HMDX, Jam, Obusforme, Salter, Ellia, and House of Marley.
This success is attributable to innovation, speed to market, and depth/breadth of distribution. Growth has been both organic and through acquisitions. HoMedics extensive line of personal wellness products strives to promote overall well-being and create a healthy home environment that helps relax the body, renew the spirit, de-stress and simplify life. HoMedics has a full line of wellness products, including back, neck, foot and handheld massagers, sound spas, footbaths, essential oils and diffusers, humidifiers, air purifiers, blood pressure monitors, and more. The HoMedics brand is synonymous with innovation, especially in the massage category where the brand enjoys dominant market share.
HoMedics products are sold in more than 60 countries throughout North and South America, Central America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Middle East and Africa, with North America representing 65% of the Company’s revenues. Products are sold in brick and mortar and online retail across all channels of distribution including mass, specialty, department store, club and drug, as well as independent distributors. As a private, family-owned organization, culture is a very important part of the experience at HoMedics. The operating style is fast-paced, innovative, and commercially driven. Adequate structure, nimbleness, and speed to market are key attributes of the Company’s culture and critical reason behind continued successes.
If you’re someone who lights up at the idea of creating products that genuinely improve people’s lives, helping them relax, sleep better, recover faster, or feel more balanced, this role is the perfect place to launch your product career.
As our Assistant Product Manager, you’ll learn the full craft of product management from a team that builds best-selling wellness products. You’ll get hands-on experience researching trends, shaping product ideas, working with global factory partners, collaborating with creatives, and helping turn concepts into real products people use every day.
This is the ideal role if you’re curious, creative, organized, and excited to learn how great consumer products actually come to life.
What You’ll Do
- Learn the Product Lifecycle (By Actually Doing It)
- Support Product Managers as products move from idea to prototype to production to launch.
- Identify category trends, whitespace opportunities, and competitive insights.
- Test prototypes, evaluate competitive products, and help shape product direction.
- Collaborate Across the Company
- Work daily with global manufacturing partners on samples, materials, timelines, and status updates.
- Partner with Marketing to support packaging, product storytelling, brand voice, and launch planning.
- Team with Sales to build product sell sheets, merchandising concepts, and coordinate samples.
- Build Real Product Artifacts
- Assist in developing packaging, instruction manuals, user-facing materials, and product collateral.
- Maintain accurate product documentation, specs, timelines, trackers, and internal briefs.
- Help organize and manage product samples: competitive items, prototypes, and development rounds.
- Bring Fresh Ideas
- Spot emerging wellness trends, technologies, and consumer behaviors.
- Bring forward new product concepts or enhancements backed by insights.
- Contribute creative problem-solving in a collaborative, supportive environment.
What You’ll Gain
- A clear path to Product Manager based on performance and skill development.
- Ownership of small product projects early in your career.
- Hands-on exposure to global manufacturing, sourcing, testing, and product strategy.
- A strong understanding of consumer insights and market trends in a fast-growing wellness category.
- Mentorship from experienced PMs who value your growth and perspectives.
