About the Role
SanDisk’s Product Innovation Team operates at the front end of product innovation—identifying emerging technology opportunities and transforming them into validated product concepts ready for incubation within Product, Engineering, and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams.
As the Director of Product Management for Product Innovation, you will lead the innovation portfolio and operating rhythm that converts emerging technologies and consumer insights into evidence-backed product opportunities. You will guide concepts from early exploration through incubation readiness by combining consumer insight, technical experimentation, ecosystem collaboration, and rapid prototyping.
This role requires a leader who can operate comfortably in ambiguous spaces while building clarity through structured experimentation and cross-functional collaboration. You will work closely with Research, Engineering, Industrial Design, Software (UX/UI), Ecosystem & Partner Development, and Product teams to explore new growth vectors and develop differentiated product concepts across domains such as Edge AI, wireless technologies, wearables, and immersive computing platforms.
The outcome of this role is a pipeline of validated, high-potential product concepts that accelerate SanDisk’s long-term growth and technology leadership.
What You’ll Do
Lead Innovation Strategy & Portfolio Development
- Define and maintain the innovation roadmap and concept pipeline aligned with long-term company growth priorities.
- Identify emerging technology opportunities and frame them into clear product opportunity areas and concept briefs.
- Establish disciplined entry/exit criteria and evidence thresholds to prioritize, advance, pivot, or terminate concepts.
Translate Consumer Insights into Product Opportunities
- Partner with research teams to identify unmet consumer needs and emerging use cases through qualitative and quantitative research.
- Translate insights into testable hypotheses, product strategies, and value propositions.
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