Special Projects Manager - New Product
About Ruggable:
Ruggable is a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed, rapidly growing e-commerce startup that is disrupting the $7B rug industry and revolutionizing the market for residential rugs. Our patented 2-Piece Rug System allows you to remove the top layer of your rug and wash it in your home washing machine, offering an affordable, stylish and convenient solution for young families, pet owners, and busy individuals. We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We have a strong brand, established traction, and amazing advisors fueling our steady growth. This is an opportunity to get in at the ground floor and solve for complex challenges, while charting your own career.
Job Summary:
The Special Projects Manager will work on high-priority initiatives for the New Product Team. This individual will lead several workstreams both strategic and operational as the company expands into other product categories. We are looking for an analytical machine with a desire to create new types of products from scratch. This individual will be a central figure to the product development process, working cross-functionally to bring products from ideas to mass-production.
What You'll Do:
Product Management:
- Create and maintain detailed development timelines, working with Sourcing, User Research, Design, and Launch team members
- Drive product development with partners and suppliers, troubleshooting issues and negotiating (contracts, costs, timelines) as needed
- Launch products by working with Marketing and Operations as products complete development
Analysis:
- Develop financial models (e.g., unit economics, forecasts, shipping analyses) for new product categories
- Develop strategic roadmaps based on market research, customer feedback, and prior sales
- Define KPIs, cost and sales targets, and development timelines
- Create tools and stand up new systems required for development, launch, or ongoing product monitoring
What You'll Need to Have:
Required:
- 2-5 years of experience at a top-tier management consulting firm, bank, or similar Product role in a high-growth startup (but will consider candidates of different backgrounds and levels of experience)
- Excellent written and verbal communication with impeccable attention to detail
- Excellent project management, analytical, and organizational skills
- Ability to own large projects and important relationships in a fast-paced environment
Preferred:
- Experience with CPG/Retail especially within home goods
- Ability to assess aesthetics and quality of finished goods
Additional Details:
- Location: Gardena, CA
- Job Type: Full-time, will consider externship or secondment of 4-6 months
At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We proudly recruit and hire a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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