Senior Director Product Design & Development

WE ARE A PRODUCT COMPANY.

WE ARE A PROCESS COMPANY.

ABOVE ALL, WE ARE A PEOPLE COMPANY.

The history of the Acushnet Company is tightly woven into the fabric of golf. From the start, we’ve been committed to enriching the experience of dedicated golfers through superior product performance, technological innovation, unmatched quality, and exceptional service. We are more than a collection of leading golf brands and products. We are a team united in our passion for the game. We are bridge builders who embrace our responsibility to leave our brands, businesses, communities, and the game of golf in a better position than when we started.

Together we live by the credo, “Autograph your work with excellence.” We earn our position as unrivaled leaders in every category in which we compete, striving for excellence in all that we do – from the performance and consistency of our products to our engagement with golfers and trade partners, to our commitment to creating a workplace built on diversity, inclusion, belonging and respect.

Summary

The Senior Director, Product Design & Development is responsible for Titleist Golf Gear global design and development management across all categories. Lead and develop a team of best in class designers and developers to create seasonal best in class products against approved briefs and desired timelines and costing targets. Ensure thorough evaluation and confirmation for materials testing/sourcing, prototype wear testing and color/fashion trend review while collaborating with the leaders of Sourcing and Quality and Product Management. Establish a product innovation pipeline and elevated our Product Costing process annually while executing annually against the product creation calendar.

Responsibilities

• Foster Creative Culture: Collaborate with design team across Acushnet Company to create a design forum where designers can come to share ideas and create in an open environment.
• Global Development Leadership: Pioneer the evolution of and lead an exceptionally efficient and effective development team based in the USA, Korea and (future) Vietnam across any development agents to deliver Best in Class and strategic development execution the exceeds our product brief goals and product creation timelines. Ensure the gold standard of quality and durability testing through foresight and testing program development. Collaborate with Gear Sourcing & QA team to bring evolution of factory best practices in development, and costing and guiding the vendor partners to achieve these enhancements. Work with Sourcing and Operations leadership to develop best in class vendor selection, partnership and execution for the long-term that includes proprietary materials, manufacturing, rapid prototyping and innovation exploration.
• Global Design Leadership: Pioneer the evolution of and lead an exceptionally creative design team based in the USA, Korea and across any design consultants or agents to deliver Best in Class and strategic design inspiration, ideation and execution and key product brief initiatives.
• Development Timeliness and Costing Excellence: Drive process efficiencies and minimize time requirements from product brief to confirmation through continuous improvement in design, development and costing processes. Establish and elevate a product costing process that benefits both Titleist Gear and vendors to more simply and quickly achieve product brief financial targets.
• Drive Franchise Product and Innovation Pipeline Design & Development: Support the focus, development and delivery of seasonal strategic franchise plans for high value/profitable products with collateral materials and related assets to enable regional markets to drive merchandising and marketing execution

Requirements

• Thorough understanding of consumer insights research and creative product commercialization working with product vendors.
• Expertise in transforming a product strategy and vision into a commercial product that realizes sustainable revenue growth.
• B.S. or BA Engineering or related with a master's in industrial design, Business Administration or Engineering desired.
• Candidate should possess strong product creation inspiration, execution as well as strategic growth success, demonstrated leadership in motivating teams, excellent product execution, written and verbal communication skills and time management with golf/competitive knowledge a plus.
• Ability to lead a highly creative team and guide extract creative products from vendor partnerships as well as collaborate and influence key business partners is paramount. Experience in developing world class product marketing assets is a plus.
• A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in exceptional product creation is required.

Benefits

Acushnet HealthWise, Wellness for Life, is an Acushnet Company Associate Initiative positioned to create a climate and culture that encourages and supports Associate Wellness needs. Through partnerships with the medical community and Acushnet HealthWise Coaches, Associates gain access to high quality Health and Wellness services. Participants can earn lower medical rates and other rewards, such as extra days off work, gift cards, and more. On-site options vary, but may include Fitness Centers • Wellness Coaches • Dieticians • Fitness Coaching • Healthy Cafeteria • Virtual Programs & Mobile Apps • Physical Therapy • Chiropractic Care • Psychiatry • EAP Services • Acupuncture • Reflexology and Craniosacral Therapy • Massage Therapy • Medical Case Management • Wellness Lectures • Warm-up & Stretching Routines for Shift Workers

In addition, Acushnet offers a variety of benefits for you and your family. Benefits include Choice of three Medical Plans (prescription coverage included) •Company Contributions to HRA and HSA Accounts •Care Management Teams for chronic conditions •Care Management for Pregnancy/Postpartum •IVF Coverage •Gender Affirmation Coverage •Domestic Partner Coverage •Choose from two Dental Plans (with or without orthodontics) •Vision Plan •401k with 6% Company Match •Company Disability Coverage •Company Paid Basic Life Insurance with AD&D; Supplemental Life & Dependent Life Insurance •Critical Illness Plan •Flexible Spending Accounts •Legal Assistance Plan •Pet Insurance •Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Refinancing •Adoption Reimbursement Program •Surrogacy Reimbursement Program •Smoking Cessation Reimbursement •Paid Holidays & Vacation Time •Company Product Discounts (Associate Store) •Play Golf Fridays in the Summer

About Us

Acushnet Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.

Acushnet Company offers competitive salaries commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefit package consisting of medical & dental; 401 savings plan; tuition assistance; life & disability insurance; vacations/holidays; on-site wellness facilities; and generous product discounts.

Acushnet Company respects the intellectual property and confidential information of third parties. Our policy is that no employee or applicant shall disclose confidential information of a third party to Acushnet Company. Accordingly, please do not include any confidential information of a current or previous employer on your resume or any other materials you provide to us.