Head of Product Strategy & Development

Location: Newark, NJ, Onsite-Full Time

Salary: $225,000

Description / Position Overview

The company is looking for a senior product leader to drive product strategy, category growth, and product development across a portfolio of home and interior products.

This role exists because product decisions have a direct impact on growth, market position, dealer adoption, and long-term category performance. The business needs a leader who can identify opportunities before competitors, translate market trends into winning products, and build a roadmap that aligns customer demand with operational execution.

This is not a project management role.

The execution team already exists.

This role owns the strategic side of product development — identifying opportunities, defining category direction, building product roadmaps, shaping go-to-market strategy, and ensuring products are positioned to win before they are handed off for execution.

The ideal candidate has experience leading product strategy and commercialization within cabinetry, kitchen & bath, tile, flooring, furniture, home furnishings, building products, surfaces, or adjacent industries.

What You'll Own

Own category strategy and long-term product direction across assigned product lines
Identify market opportunities, emerging trends, competitive threats, and portfolio gaps
Build and maintain product roadmaps aligned with customer demand and business objectives
Develop business cases and commercialization plans for new product initiatives
Define product positioning, pricing strategy, assortment strategy, and launch priorities
Drive product lifecycle decisions from concept through market adoption
Partner with Sales, Marketing, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Operations to ensure alignment
Evaluate product performance and adjust strategy based on market response and business results
Influence portfolio decisions that impact growth, profitability, and competitive positioning
Translate customer insights into actionable product development priorities

Success Metrics

Successful launch of new products that achieve adoption and revenue targets
Increased category growth and market share
Improved product portfolio performance
Strong roadmap execution and launch readiness
Faster identification of product opportunities and market trends
Improved alignment between Product, Sales, Marketing, and Operations
Growth in dealer adoption and customer demand
Improved profitability and lifecycle performance across product categories

Requirements

Proven experience leading product strategy, product development, category management, or product commercialization
Experience owning physical products from concept through launch
Strong market research and competitive analysis capability
Experience building product roadmaps and managing product portfolios
Experience partnering with commercial and operational teams
Strong understanding of product positioning, assortment planning, and go-to-market strategy
Ability to balance customer demand, market trends, and operational realities
Experience within cabinetry, kitchen & bath, tile, flooring, surfaces, furniture, home furnishings, building products, millwork, or adjacent industries preferred
Experience working with globally sourced or manufacturing-driven product environments preferred
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Must-Haves

Physical product development experience
Product strategy ownership experience
Category or portfolio management experience
Product launch and commercialization experience
Market analysis and competitive research capability
Cross-functional leadership experience
Experience within home products, interiors, building products, or adjacent categories
Strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution

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