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Vice President of Product Development
Experts Group International
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Executive
2 weeks ago
Cable DesignProduct DevelopmentBills of Materials (BOMs)Product SpecificationsType TestingProduct Certification
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About the Role
Experts Group International seeks a Vice President of Product Development to lead the product development function for cable products in the UAE. The role requires 12+ years of experience in product development, cable design, and engineering, with 5+ years in senior leadership.
Key Skills for This Role
Cable DesignProduct DevelopmentBills of Materials (BOMs)Product SpecificationsType TestingProduct Certification
Responsibilities
- Lead the organization's product development roadmap, technical priorities, budgeting, and long term product planning
- Define product design standards, development governance, documentation controls, and technical decision making frameworks
- Advise executive leadership on product feasibility, innovation opportunities, certification requirements, technical risks, and market trends
- Confirm product availability and validate customer technical requirements before quotation
- Provide product design, BOM, specifications, material selection, and manufacturability inputs to support accurate cost estimation
- Support Sales with technical proposals, customer clarifications, presentations, technical seminars, and product documentation
- Lead concept feasibility studies, cable design, product specifications, engineering drawings, and BOM development
- Govern product validation, design revisions, engineering changes, rework validation, and product and process change management
- Define type testing, certification, and approval requirements for new products and customer specific applications
- Manage product certifications with internationally recognized certification bodies and regulatory authorities
- Lead raw material specifications, material development, compounding trials, and technical approval of suppliers
- Drive sustainable material selection, product innovation, and process improvements
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or related discipline
- 12+ years of experience in product development, cable design, product engineering, materials engineering, or technical development
- 5+ years in a senior leadership position managing engineering teams, product development, certification, or technical programs
- Demonstrated experience in cable design, technical specifications, BOM development, type testing, product certification, and technical customer support
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Experience within cable manufacturing, specialized cable products, industrial manufacturing, electrical products, or international markets (desirable)
- Experience leading engineering organizations across multiple manufacturing locations or international operations (desirable)
- Experience using cable design software, sustainable materials, polymer compounding, AI enabled engineering tools (desirable)
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Job Purpose
- Lead the Product Development function to engineer technically sound, certified, and market ready cable products from concept to production readiness.
- Ensure alignment with customer requirements, international standards, manufacturing feasibility, and quality standards.
- Own product design governance, new product development, specifications, BOMs, type testing, certifications, approvals, and change management.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead the organization's product development roadmap, technical priorities, budgeting, and long term product planning.
- Define product design standards, development governance, documentation controls, and technical decision making frameworks.
- Advise executive leadership on product feasibility, innovation opportunities, certification requirements, technical risks, and market trends.
- Confirm product availability and validate customer technical requirements before quotation.
- Provide product design, BOM, specifications, material selection, and manufacturability inputs to support accurate cost estimation.
- Support Sales with technical proposals, customer clarifications, presentations, technical seminars, and product documentation.
- Lead concept feasibility studies, cable design, product specifications, engineering drawings, and BOM development.
- Govern product validation, design revisions, engineering changes, rework validation, and product and process change management.
- Define type testing, certification, and approval requirements for new products, product enhancements, and customer specific applications.
- Manage product certifications with internationally recognized certification bodies and regulatory authorities.
- Lead raw material specifications, material development, compounding trials, and technical approval of suppliers.
- Drive sustainable material selection, product innovation, and process improvements.
Job Qualifications and Requirements
- Essential: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Polymer Engineering, or related discipline.
- Desirable: Master's degree or professional certification in Product Development, Cable Engineering, Materials Engineering, Quality Management, or Project Management.
- Essential: 12+ years of experience in product development, cable design, product engineering, materials engineering, or technical development.
- Essential: 5+ years in a senior leadership position managing engineering teams, product development, certification, or technical programs.
- Essential: Demonstrated experience in cable design, technical specifications, BOM development, type testing, product certification, and technical customer support.
- Desirable: Experience within cable manufacturing, specialized cable products, industrial manufacturing, electrical products, or international markets.
- Desirable: Experience leading engineering organizations across multiple manufacturing locations or international operations.
- Desirable: Experience using cable design software, sustainable materials, polymer compounding, AI enabled engineering tools.
- Essential: Fluent in written and spoken English.
- Desirable: Fluency in Arabic or another relevant regional language.
Competencies
- Technical Competencies Essential: Cable design, Product development, Bills of Materials (BOMs), Product specifications, Type testing, Product certification, Raw materials, Polymer compounding, Engineering design software, Manufacturability.
- Technical Competencies Desirable: AI enabled engineering, Sustainable materials, Advanced compounding technologies, Process optimization, International product approvals and regulatory compliance.
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