The Product Design Director plans, recommends, and completes major product design programs leading to innovative solutions having significant impact on the business/staff organization. Advances and utilizes knowledge of technical, design, product, and market information. Consistently applies that knowledge to produce innovative product design solutions. Maintains a flow of major technical and design contributions (e.g. experience design, material/product/process innovations).
Product Development: Generates creative design proposals (visions, scenarios, products) in order to visualize the desired output and share it with internal and external team members. Lead research activities, identify and map unique opportunities, and effectively translates customer needs into actionable design requirements. Translates the requirements identified into real product design proposals, leveraging an extraordinary ability to explore different design solutions and further develop them in 3D. Works comfortably with the engineering function and proactively produces solutions that take into account manufacturability and feasibility. Responsible for driving to final design recommendations, decisions and design approval to enable execution / production phases. Ensure thorough consideration of all project variables and that the final solution (product, service) will perform as planned.
Design Project Management: Responsible for partnering across disciplines within PepsiCo and external suppliers to ensure design assets are developed and delivered with quality, value, and on-time. Energizes and leads both the internal business and R&D team and external design resources from idea phase to commercialization. Ensures each stakeholder understands his/her role and responsibilities throughout the creative process. Regularly reviews the status of projects with appropriate leadership to verify that Company and Division expectations are met. Identifies and promotes self-initiated design programs that generate critical business value for one or more divisions.Supports the PepsiCo Design Organization in building and cultivating a strong external design network.
Qualifications/ Requirements:
10+ years of deep product design and production experience (preferably in a global and matrixed environment, and cross industry experience)
Prior team leadership experience
Masters degree in Design
Strong design and development process
Extraordinary knowledge of 3D modeling and rendering
Extraordinary form-factor exploration, great sketching ability and modeling skills
Deep understanding of engineering processes and product manufacturability
Good communicator that is able to present their ideas clearly and with conviction
Excellent, creative problem solving
Strong conceptual designing skills
Excellent presentation skills across all levels
Taking an idea beyond theory and analysis into execution
Ability to work in an ambiguous and dynamic work environment; comfortable handling risk and uncertainty
Informal influencing at senior levels in the organization across sectors and function
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