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Head of Product: mophie
About Us
ZAGG Brands is a global leader in accessories and technologies that empower mobile lifestyles. Our award-winning product portfolio includes screen protection, power management solutions, mobile keyboards, cases and
personal audio.
Mophie, a leading brand within Zagg Inc., is renowned for its innovative power solutions, including portable batteries, phone charging cases, and power stations. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality products that enhance the lives of our customers.
ZAGG Brands is a global leader in accessories and technologies that empower mobile lifestyles. Our award-winning product portfolio includes screen protection, power management solutions, mobile keyboards, cases and
personal audio.
Mophie, a leading brand within Zagg Inc., is renowned for its innovative power solutions, including portable batteries, phone charging cases, and power stations. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality products that enhance the lives of our customers.
What You'll Do
We’re in search of a strong Head of Product looking for a unique opportunity as a key leader in exploring and delivering innovative products and lines that drive growth through new technologies, designs, features, and applications. This person will provide leadership and direction to Product Management (PM), Engineering, Product Development (PD), and Industrial Design staff who are assigned to the Innovation tier product roadmap. The Innovation product tier is intended to go beyond the existing in-market product scope and find opportunities to gain market share through innovation and create new markets where possible.
Fundamentally, the Innovation roadmap is intended to drive brand value and new revenue opportunities through features and products that are not currently on the Mophie roadmap. This position reports to the SVP of Product and works closely with other key stakeholders both within the Mophie business unit and the various shared services under the ZAGG umbrella, including Sales, Operations, and various global GMs, to deliver highly compelling product offerings aligned with the brand and the power needs of new customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Overall strategic direction of Product Management, Development, Engineering, and Design
- Developing and operating a robust ideation/innovation funnel, ultimately narrowing down to delivering a limited number of highly innovative products each year
- Driving execution on Product Management, including a focus on defining new customer needs and markets that have high volume opportunities, the driving aspirational product requirements, along with the traditional PM functions such as financial modeling, market and competitive analysis, selling propositions, document control, and communication documents
- Driving Product Development execution, including on-scope, on-time, and on-budget delivery of products within the specific product categories according to both a forward-looking roadmap and internally identified opportunities
- Creating and managing a Product Advisory Council with external advisors who can suggest and ideate on new market and application opportunities
- Working in collaboration with the other business unit leaders (Marketing, Sales, Operations, etc) to ensure the success of Mophie Innovation products in market
- Aggressively and proactively finding and developing a key supplier network that provides access to new technologies and product concepts
- Coaching, mentoring, motivating and supervising direct reports and assigned team members
Key Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience in areas like Marketing, and Engineering.
- 10 years of direct work experience in product management or product development in consumer electronics industry, with experience in new growth product lines and brands preferred.
- 7 years experience of senior leadership experience within product development of a consumer electronics peripheral type (Portable Power Stations / Power Banks highly preferred) product.
- History of leading successful projects on time and under budget with desired outcomes
- Up to 30% domestic and international travel.
- The demands of this role require an in-person/on-site presence. Our preference to find someone local to the Salt Lake City area, however, for the right fit - we are open to cadenced in-office visits from someone who does not live in the area.
What You'll Love About ZAGG
- Catered lunches every Wednesday
- Generous PTO 2 floating holidays
- 401k match
- Free phone case and screen protectors
- 50% discount on all products
- Free access to Top Golf and discounted rate on food
- Tuition reimbursement
ZAGG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.