Engineering Program Manager – Asia

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October 22

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Caraway Home

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Retail • eCommerce

Caraway Home is a company specializing in high-quality kitchenware and cooking essentials. Known for their non-toxic, ceramic-coated cookware, Caraway combines thoughtful design with functionality to offer aesthetically pleasing and safe cooking solutions. Their product range includes cookware sets, bakeware, food storage options, and an array of kitchen accessories, all designed to make cooking easier and more enjoyable. Caraway is committed to providing kitchenware that is free from harmful chemicals, ensuring a healthier cooking experience. The company also emphasizes convenience with easy-to-use storage solutions and customer-friendly purchase policies.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2018

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $35M Series A on 2022-09

📋 Description

• Caraway is looking for an Engineering Program Manager in Asia to lead the expansion of our kitchen and homeware lines. • The Engineering Program Manager will be responsible for managing and enacting improvements to existing product lines as well as developing new product line initiatives. • You will manage a current team of 2 (Quality Engineer and Technical Engineering Project Manager) and look to further expand the Asia team’s resources and capabilities. • In close collaboration with the US team and factory partners, you will work to bring new concepts to life. • Lead supplier-driven NPI programs from concept through sustaining, ensuring readiness across tooling, builds, testing, and ramp. • Drive day-to-day engineering build activities on-site at factories to meet Caraway’s program objectives. • Support U.S.-led projects by executing locally with suppliers, escalating issues to internal and external stakeholders, and tracking deliverables. • Own specific portions of the schedule including tooling, builds, validation, compliance, and quality operations. • Build strong working relationships with factory partners; develop detailed knowledge of supplier capabilities, processes, and constraints. • Act as the key liaison between Caraway’s Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Marketing teams and our Asia suppliers. • Identify risks across technical execution, quality, and schedule — develop mitigation and contingency plans.

🎯 Requirements

• An established leader in the kitchen and homeware space with at least 7 years of experience in product development. • Additional expertise in metals, sustainable plastics, glass, wood, electronics, and other materials is helpful as we continue to develop sustainable options. • You are detail-oriented, a quick learner, and comfortable with many different types of responsibilities. • You are an expert project manager and communicator allowing you to easily flow information between multiple stakeholders. • You are comfortable working independently to define tasks and prioritize workflows for you and your team with the larger milestones and objectives in mind. • Your analytical, data-driven approach allows you to translate complex challenges into actionable plans forward. • Travel, sometimes on short notice, to address factory and production related challenges as well as identify potential sources early in the product development lifecycle will be a part of this role.

🏖️ Benefits

• A Setup that works for you: From MacBook to PC, we’ve got you covered. Let us know what you prefer and we’ll get your at-home set up stocked! • Elevate your Workspace: Annual reimbursements for you to elevate your workspace , from standing desks to desktop succulents, you got it! • Fully Remote: Need to pick up the kids? No problem. Have a doctor’s appointment? Enjoy! Flexibility when you need it most. • Coworking Reimbursement: Need a break from the home setting? Monthly reimbursements for you to get out of the house and work from anywhere. From day passes, to monthly memberships, the world is your oyster, we mean office. • Events + Swag: Connection is top of mind (Yes, even in our completely remote environment). We have monthly virtual events, company wide offsites, and many opportunities for new Caraway swag! • Leveling Up with Caraway: In addition to exciting opportunities and exposure in your day-to-day work, we offer annual reimbursements to all full-time employees to support their professional development aspirations! • #AwayFromCaraway: We believe healthy, happy humans do better work. We offer PTO in addition to annual holidays and quarterly wellness days. • Wellness Reimbursement: Monthly reimbursements for you to stay well . From meal services to gym memberships to monthly massages, we want our team to have the flexibility to choose what wellness means for them. • Employee Discount: We provide an employee discount on all Caraway Home products so you can continue to level up your kitchen and home life, too! • Home Upgrade(s): Complimentary product as a new hire + continuous to expand your Caraway Home collection.