Product Design & Development Manager – Health & Beauty (Fixed-term contract)

MOBOLISE; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 70 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental

Disney Theme Parks admission

Disney discounts

Parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Resumo da oferta

Disney is seeking a Product Design and Development Manager to lead the creative vision for Health & Beauty products across EMEA. You will shape briefs, guide concepts, and align teams, licensees and retail partners around a unified design ambition.

You’ll champion quality, manage key licensee accounts, and develop a high-performing design team while driving engaging storytelling aligned with global brand pillars. London-based, onsite four days weekly.

Qualificações

• Extensive background in product design or consumer products commercialisation; degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven design portfolio showing innovation, brand alignment and ability to brief/manage designers.
• Experience leading and developing a product design or development team with clear direction and coaching.
• Ability to translate insights into commercially viable concepts and briefs using digital design tools and resources.
• Brand guidelines and asset management across multiple categories with consistency and escalation.
• Knowledge of fabric, colour, materials, manufacturing techniques and packaging for feasibility and value.
• Advanced proficiency in Mac OS, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator; familiarity with OPA system is desirable.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence across regions and partners.

Responsabilidades

• Set the Product Design direction for EMEA using market insights and trends to create commercially relevant product ranges.
• Lead workshops, trend analysis, and design sessions translating insights into briefs and opportunities.
• Drive 2D/3D concepts and pitches with strong storytelling and brand alignment.
• Collaborate across categories, franchises, and partners to deliver aligned strategies and style guides.
• Build relationships with partners, retailers, licensees, and global teams; present concepts confidently.
• Manage licensee accounts and the Online Product Approval process from concept to delivery.
• Provide design guidance to licensees to ensure quality and consistency pre- and post-delivery.
• Maintain franchise knowledge and ensure storytelling alignment with product development.
• Own calendars, critical paths, approvals, and KPI reporting ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• Support senior leadership in delivering strategic priorities and improving operational efficiency.
• Lead and develop the Product Design team through coaching and career development.

Conhecimentos

Product design

Brand alignment

Team leadership

Market trends

Concept development

Storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Presenting to stakeholders

Formação académica

Degree in product design or equivalent

Ferramentas

Mac OS

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

Microsoft Office

CAD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About the Role & Team

Disney’s stories inspire audiences around the world, and this role turns that inspiration into imaginative Health & Beauty products that consumers can enjoy every day. As Product Design and Development Manager, you will help lead the creative vision for the category across EMEA, identifying fresh opportunities and transforming consumer insight, market trends and franchise storytelling into distinctive, commercially relevant product ranges.

From shaping the initial brief to guiding concepts through development and approval, you will bring teams, licensees and retail partners together around a clear creative ambition. You will champion quality and brand integrity, influence senior stakeholders and develop a talented product design team, creating an environment where bold thinking, collaboration and commercial impact go hand in hand.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract role, starting in February, based in our London Hammersmith office, with an expectation to work onsite four days per week.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values, acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

• Set the Product Design direction for EMEA, using market segmentation, cultural nuance, franchise priorities and evolving trends to create commercially relevant, best-in-class product and a recognisable design handwriting.
• Lead trend analysis, comp shops, workshops and regional design sessions, translating consumer and industry insights into briefs, creative strategies and short- and long-term white-space opportunities.
• Drive innovative 2D and 3D product concepts and partner pitches, ensuring strong storytelling, brand consistency, feasibility, value and alignment with regional growth priorities and global brand pillars.
• Collaborate across categories, franchises and lines of business, partnering with creative, commercial, operations, product creation and senior leadership teams to deliver aligned product strategies, briefs, assets and style guides.
• Build trusted relationships with key partners, retailers, licensees and internal and global creative teams, presenting concepts and pitches confidently and aligning stakeholders at all levels.
• Manage key licensee accounts and the Online Product Approval process from concept through submission and delivery, ensuring product integrity, quality, feasibility, partner fit and compliance with global guidelines.
• Provide expert design, trend and consumer-first guidance to licensees and the team, resolving approval issues, reducing duplication and maintaining consistent quality before and after delivery.
• Partner with franchise and character leads to maintain current franchise knowledge and ensure storytelling alignment across product development.
• Own calendars, critical paths and approvals, reporting progress, risks and KPI performance while ensuring design timelines and deliverables meet business and partner needs.
• Support the Senior Manager and Director in delivering strategic, creative and commercial priorities, improving processes and operational efficiency, and contributing to EMEA revenue and growth objectives.
• Lead and develop the Product Design team through clear goals, regular feedback, coaching, career development and learning plans, building accountability, capability and an inclusive, high-performing creative culture.
• Champion EMEA integration, inclusive working, shared best practice and continuous improvement, operating with integrity and professionalism while supporting change across teams, systems and processes.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Extensive background in product design or consumer products commercialisation, supported by a relevant degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven commercial and conceptual design experience, with a strong portfolio demonstrating innovation, commercial awareness, brand alignment and the ability to brief and manage internal or external designers and agencies.
• Experience leading and developing a product design or development team through clear direction, constructive feedback and coaching.
• Strong understanding of product, design and graphic trends across markets, with the ability to translate insights into commercially viable, brand-appropriate concepts and clear design briefs using digital design tools, CAD and third-party resources.
• Confident application of brand guidelines, creative assets and style guides across multiple categories and partners, with sound judgement around product integrity, risk, consistency and escalation.
• Strong knowledge of fabric, colour, materials, manufacturing techniques, packaging, prototypes and models, with the ability to assess feasibility, quality and value throughout development.
• Advanced proficiency in Mac OS, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Microsoft Office; familiarity with style guides and the Online Product Approval (OPA) system is desirable.
• Effective cross-functional collaborator and confident presenter, able to build trusted relationships, adapt communication, influence stakeholders and licensees, resolve issues and drive alignment through change.
• Highly organised and detail-focused, with the ability to manage multiple submissions, priorities, budgets and deadlines in a fast-paced environment while balancing creative ambition with commercial requirements.
• Proactive, creative, resourceful and adaptable, with strong written and spoken English, a willingness to learn new systems and processes, and the resilience to work effectively in a changing business environment; additional European languages are beneficial.

The Perks

• 25 days annual leave
• Private medical insurance & dental care
• Complimentary admission to eligible Disney Theme Parks, giving you the opportunity to experience the magic we create and make memories of your own. Admission is subject to availability, capacity restrictions, applicable rules, block-out dates, and eligibility requirements.
• Access to a wide range of Disney discounts on Disney merchandise, Disney Food & Beverage, Disney Resort Hotels, Disney Cruise Line, Adventures by Disney, National Geographic Expeditions, and more. Offerings are subject to availability and may be seasonal, and subject to applicable rules, restrictions, and eligibility requirements.
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups - WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.