VP of Product Development and Management

The VP of Product Development and Management will lead the Product Teams, including development, marketing, content, quality control, and science, with an emphasis on health and nutrition. The VP will act as chief project manager for all efforts and coordinate these efforts to meet sales and profitability goals set by the business.

What You Will Do

The VP will maintain accountability for the projects and objectives of the Product teams, work as a liaison to promote and enhance the product life cycle between departments, analyze sales data and market trends to identify product opportunities, and provide detailed reports to the Executive team.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have experience in consumer marketing and product development, with a strong understanding of health and nutrition. The VP will lead a diverse team and prioritize good communication skills, with a participative management style and a focus on results and people orientation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or equivalent disciplines
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with progressive management experience
• Demonstrated experience in consumer marketing and product development
• Health & Nutrition knowledge and experience required
• Ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects at once
• Proficient use of MS Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted strategic projects in conjunction with day-to-day tactical activities
• Ability to get along and work with diverse personalities; tactful, mature, flexible
• Prioritizes and models good communication skills; follows up, timely responses, proactive and positive in approach
• Above moderate to high levels in reading comprehension, writing, and speaking in English; active listening; attention to detail
• Participative management style—advocate of team concept
• Results and people oriented, with judgment to balance other business considerations
• Service oriented, but assertive/persuasive

Benefits

• Occasional travel as needed
• Annual conference participation and related travel
• Normal office environment with little exposure to dust and weather conditions prevalent at the time (i.e., cold hot/humid)
• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, cameras, photocopiers, and filing cabinets
• Regularly required to talk, walk, stand, bend, twist, reach with hands and arms, stoop kneel and crouch
• Raise and lower an object from one level to the another, less than twenty (20) pounds.
• Visual acuity must be a minimum or 20/40 (corrected) and normal hand/eye coordination
• Normal or corrected hearing
• Must be able to perform in an office environment where ninety (90) percent of work is performed sitting.
• Occasional long or irregular hours of work