Director, Product Design & Development - Packaging

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Anchor Packaging is seeking a Product Design & Development Director to lead our Product Design team and drive improvements across product development capabilities. You will collaborate with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Sustainability, and key customers to move products from concept to market.

The ideal candidate has deep thermoforming, tooling, materials, and manufacturing process expertise, with a track record of transforming how work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Packaging, Materials Science, Manufacturing.
• 10+ years in product design, development, or packaging.
• Leadership experience supervising technical professionals.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving organizational change.
• Experience developing products from concept through commercialization.
• Experience working directly with customers to identify needs and develop solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing Product Design team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive transformation initiatives that improve product development processes, tools, communication, and overall organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, and Marketing teams to improve the speed, quality, and effectiveness of product commercialization.
• Champion best practices in product design, product realization, and new product introduction (NPI).
• Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and eliminate barriers that slow innovation, increase complexity, or impact execution.
• Apply expertise in thermoforming, tooling, materials, and manufacturing processes to solve technical challenges and improve product performance.
• Ensure product designs are manufacturable, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with customer requirements and business objectives.
• Establish and improve technical standards, development methodologies, and design processes that strengthen organizational capability.
• Support product development projects from concept through commercialization, including prototyping, testing, tooling development, trials, and production launch.
• Work directly with customers and commercial teams to understand needs and translate them into innovative packaging solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, manufacturability, and speed-to-market.
• Influence and align cross-functional stakeholders to achieve business objectives and deliver successful outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Change agent

Continuous improvement

Thermoforming

Packaging design

Tooling development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Packaging, Materials Science, Manufacturing

Job description

Anchor Packaging is seeking a Product Design & Development Director to lead our Product Design team and drive improvements across product development capabilities. You will collaborate with Product Development, Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Sustainability, and key customers to move products from concept to market.

The ideal candidate has deep thermoforming, tooling, materials, and manufacturing process expertise, with a track record of transforming how work