Head Of Product Development

Who is COMC?

It's a great time to join COMC - the #1 marketplace for trading card singles! Our Industry is booming, and we are building a team to apply the latest technology to card collecting. We strive to continually impress our customers by offering the best service and making it easier and fun to collect!

Job Description

COMC has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Product Development to join our team! This incumbent would be an integral part of the team reporting to the Chief Product Officer. The Head of Product will plan and direct the resources and processes required to implement the vision and strategy for new product development and product lifecycle management of existing products. Establishes research and concept development projects and capabilities to innovate new products, product enhancements, and product redesign. Conducts market analysis and interacts with customers and prospects to identify new markets, articulate the value proposition, define requirements, and lead the development of a product roadmap. Oversees new product development and collaboration with internal stakeholders, including Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance to prioritize and ensure that new and existing products support the organization's financial goals. Develops teams with the knowledge and expertise to fulfill product development objectives.

Job Responsibilities

• In this role, you will be responsible for the entire lifecycle from business model creation through product implementation and support

• Partner closely with the business divisions of Engineering, Operations, Sales & Marketing in ideation and delivery of solutions

• Perform qualitative and quantitative research to discover future/feature ideas and validate them before development

• Develop project plans and timelines that cover cost, development, testing and deployment of new products

• Develop milestone-driven schedules for all projects under his/her purview

• Drive the definition of business and technical requirements, and coordinate the involvement of cross-functional teams to help select, develop and evaluate personnel to ensure efficient operation of the function

• Work with engineers to help guide feature development

• Perform quantitative analysis on features' performance and find opportunities for optimization

• Drive product features through their entire creative cycle: ideation, specification, development, release, analysis, and iteration

• Lead other product managers

• Work closely with UI/UX designers to ensure an excellent user experience

• Interface with business leaders to determine and prioritize initiatives in a product roadmap

• Developing KPI metrics for each initiative to monitor and measure success of product

• Refine customer and product requirements and assign them to product features to drive all product development

• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams

• Ensure product design is intuitive, user friendly and in line with COMC brand standards

• Control excessive proliferation of product or feature variants

• Ensure cross-functional understanding of product features and success criteria

• Execute and monitor changes with impact analysis to ensure customer needs are met

• Create an engineering configuration and corresponding Project Requirement Document (PRD) for review, simulation, and validation

• Reduce product development duration, cost, and risk by reusing proven and standardized product features or 3rd party solutions

Qualifications

Job Qualifications

• Seven years experience in a technical project management role

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Design, Linguistics, or related field

• Prior experience launching a new product or service or owning a product function for a technology focused business

• Experience leading other product managers at a high performing company

• Ability to utilize user insights, data, and statistical analyses to inform decisions

Additional Qualifications

• Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills

Work Location

Preferred Location

• Washington State

Opportunity for Remote work

• Hybrid work schedule, for in Washington State candidates.

Benefits Offerings

• A competitive salary

• Employer provided Free Medical, Base Dental and Vision plans

• Paid Time Off of nearly 4 weeks per year

• 401 (K) Program with 100% Company Match up to 5%

• Employer provided LTD and Life Insurance

• STD for employees outside of Washington State

• Employee discount on COMC.com

• Employee Assistance Program

• Legal Library Access

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the ability to work with standard computer equipment such as keyboards, monitors, personal computers, and scanners. This position requires the ability to maintain delicate computer instruments with regular care as instructed.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit or stand for extended periods. The employee is sometimes required to stand, walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms for short to long periods of time; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; talk and hear. The position requires the ability to work with fingers to pick, pinch, and carry out substantial movements of the wrist and hands to perform tasks of delicate manual dexterity, handling small, fragile inventory with great precision and care. The position requires the ability to lift products for testing, up to 25 pounds.

This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.

COMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. COMC is a diverse workplace were people from all walks of life are celebrated and supported. We strongly encourage all people; including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, and veterans to apply.

Pay: $140K-$240k/annually