Product Development Lead - Golf Equipment

Callaway Golf; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Callaway Golf, a premium golf equipment company based in Carlsbad, CA, seeks a senior product development professional to translate design concepts into high-performance products. You will oversee design-to-supplier communication, cost optimization, and testing across manufacturing stages.

You will partner with Product Designers, Engineers, and Marketing to ensure on-time delivery and quality standards while leveraging Centric PLM and Asana for project tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field or equivalent manufacturing of sporting goods/outdoor related products.
• Minimum 3 years of product and/or development experience, preferably in accessories fields.
• Minimum of 4 years directly involved with manufacturing, suppliers, new products and related projects/corrective action investigations.
• Experience with cut and sew manufacturing at the factory level.

Responsibilities

• Translate design concepts to finished products using knowledge of customer preferences, materials and manufacturing techniques.
• Communicate specifications from design concepts to suppliers and review sampling details.
• Review samples for execution accuracy, function, cost, and efficiency.
• Review product costing for accuracy and potential savings; approve final costing.
• Oversee product and material testing; resolve testing failures with leadership.
• Approve color submissions with Product Designer and ensure consistency.
• Maintain data in Centric PLM including BOMs, costing and material library.
• Coordinate development schedule and daily tasks with Product and Program Managers.
• Manage suppliers to enforce design, manufacturing, and delivery standards with Engineering input.
• Collaborate with Design and Marketing for packaging and marketing materials.
• Serve as technical lead between Engineering, Product Designers, Supply Chain, and Program Management.
• Meet with suppliers to review new offerings and innovations.
• Identify solutions to challenges and opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in buy reviews to identify capacity and cost optimization opportunities.

Skills

Self-starter

Team collaboration

People development

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Manufacturing knowledge

MS Office

Adobe Illustrator

Centric PLM

Asana

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical field

Tools

Centric PLM

Asana

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

Callaway Golf, a premium golf equipment company based in Carlsbad, CA, seeks a senior product development professional to translate design concepts into high-performance products. You will oversee design-to-supplier communication, cost optimization, and testing across manufacturing stages.

You will partner with Product Designers, Engineers, and Marketing to ensure on-time delivery and quality standards while leveraging Centric PLM and Asana for project tracking.