Senior Product Development Manager – Toys

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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✅ Product Manager

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Comfrt

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51 - 200 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

👥 B2C

eCommerce • B2C

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📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end development and commercialization of Comfrt's toy category, including sensory toys, squishy toys, weighted plush, novelty toys, and comfort-focused products • Develop strategic product roadmaps aligned with consumer needs, emerging trends, and business growth objectives • Analyze sales performance, revenue, unit sales, sell-through, AUR, gross margin, inventory productivity, and profitability • Translate sales data, consumer insights, and market research into product innovation and assortment recommendations • Conduct competitive market analysis and identify trends, white-space opportunities, pricing strategies, and category growth potential • Evaluate commercial viability of product concepts, including demand, pricing, cost structure, margins, and projected sales • Present data-driven recommendations and business opportunities to senior leadership • Own product development from concept and design handoff through production approval • Partner with the Senior Toy Designer on technically sound, commercially viable products • Lead technical development across plush, weighted toys, sensory products, squishy toys, novelty toys, and emerging categories • Evaluate feasibility, construction methods, functionality, materials, and manufacturing capabilities • Manage multiple development projects, troubleshoot challenges, and deliver practical solutions • Research and develop innovative materials, textures, constructions, and product functionalities • Work with domestic and international factories from prototyping through production readiness • Partner with Sourcing to evaluate manufacturing partners based on capabilities, costing, quality, capacity, and expertise • Lead vendor discussions and manage samples, revisions, communication, timelines, quality, costing, and milestones • Partner with QA and accredited laboratories to ensure compliance with ASTM F963, CPSIA, CPSC requirements, and other applicable standards • Investigate testing failures, implement corrective actions, and review production-quality samples • Own the toy category development calendar and manage prototyping, sampling, approvals, costing, testing, and production handoff timelines • Maintain development trackers, product specifications, and project documentation • Communicate risks, delays, decisions, product opportunities, financial implications, and project status to leadership • Partner with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, QA, Finance, Operations, and Marketing to deliver innovative, profitable products • Facilitate cross-functional meetings, drive alignment, and translate decisions into action

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Product Development, Product Engineering, Industrial Design, Business, Merchandising, or a related discipline • 7–10+ years of product development experience, with significant direct experience in toys, plush, sensory products, or related consumer goods • Proven track record developing and commercializing innovative products from concept through mass production • Strong commercial acumen and ability to analyze sales performance, market trends, competitive data, and product profitability • Strong understanding of retail math, including AUR, COGS, IMU, gross margin, sell-through, sales forecasting, and inventory performance • Experience identifying consumer and market opportunities and translating insights into profitable product innovations • Deep technical knowledge of toy construction, materials, manufacturing processes, and product engineering • Strong understanding of toy safety standards, compliance requirements, and testing protocols • Experience working directly with overseas manufacturing partners, particularly in Asia • Demonstrated experience managing product costing, value engineering, and target-margin objectives • Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including interpreting and analyzing product performance and financial data • Strong strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, project management, and communication skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities and execute against aggressive development timelines • Preferred: experience building or scaling a new product category within a fast-growing consumer brand • Preferred: experience developing weighted plush, sensory toys, stress-relief products, or innovative comfort-focused products • Preferred: strong understanding of consumer behavior, market trends, and retail or DTC business models • Preferred: experience preparing business cases, product performance analysis, and strategic recommendations for leadership • Preferred: knowledge of injection molding, silicone molding, foam manufacturing, plush construction, and filling technologies • Preferred: established relationships with toy manufacturers, material suppliers, and testing laboratories • Preferred: experience working successfully in a remote or hybrid environment • Preferred: ability to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively across functions • Preferred: highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with a strong sense of urgency and accountability

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous paid time off • Company-covered health insurance • 5% 401k match • Discounts on all Comfrt products • Supportive, creative environment • Flexibility and collaborative support of a fully remote environment • Ideas and growth valued

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