Manager Product Design HnB

Be a part of a revolutionary change At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom dream up and deliver, better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. We are undergoing a critical overhaul as we look to transform into an agile, consumer-centric business that harnesses technological innovation to deliver better, science-backed alternatives to millions of adult smokers around the world. It is only by focusing on our strategic priorities and the right organization, fully enabled to deliver what matters the most for our consumers along their journey toward better alternatives, that we will be able to deliver a smoke-free future. Here, you can make a difference. You can shape the consumer journey, from discovery and acquisition through to conversion and loyalty. And you can watch your efforts lead to meaningful change in the lives of smokers on their way to better alternatives. You’ll develop your skills; collaborating across functions, markets and regions. If you want to make a life-changing impact on consumers, there’s no better place. For our Integrated Brand Building Design team in Philip Morris Asia Ltd., based at the electronic hub (ePDC) we are looking for a Manager Product Design HnB to drive through excellent innovations, design quality and execution on our device and accessories programs. In this position you will work closely with the Design stream lead, Physical ID team and product group ensuring strong brand design experiences across the full product design stream for our products in a hands-on approach balancing leading projects & explorations. You will: • Establish consumer centric product design strategy, creative direction across key programs • Work together with cross functions to maintain the integrity of the design intent, ensure high-quality industrial design, CMF & UI output and deliver on expected timeline and scope. • Support product design conceptualisation, iterative methodology, & coordination based on LAU/LAS insights, design trends and NPS to identify product design opportunities that ultimately driving best-in class innovative design solutions to sophisticated design, proposition and brand issues. • Generate product design directions, strategies, prototypes, and visuals in partnership designated Industrial Design teams. • Communicate design vision across program teams and with both internal and external teams. • Develop and lead innovative design directions for product design, colour material finishing (CMF) and UI throughout exploration and development stages. • Provide design expertise to cross-functions and suppliers from device concept to production readiness. • Ensure design concept desirability from a consumer perspective and feasibility from a technology, production and efficient point of view in the design process with close collaboration with the Entrepreneurs, Brand and Development team on-site or at key suppliers for increased speed to market. • Collaborate with Insights team in validation of design directions through visual renderings/ 3D prints/ artwork/ material samples/ design mock-ups/ prototypes gaining relevant consumer insights via qualitative or quantitative testing. • Align and run existing and defining new (general) interface, interaction and usability principles of design solutions. • Collaborate with team leads and cross functional teams on the design creative strategy, sustainability and CMF strategies connecting lifestyle trends with material technologies and defined product concepts, researching on innovative sustainable materials and processes, inspire and articulate meaningful application. We’re looking for someone with: • University Graduate or equivalent experience with BA/BS and/or MA/MS in a relevant design field. • Relevant industrial/product design experience (corporate / consultancy), with shown success cases in the market. • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of design expertise across design subject with a strong background in industrial design, colour material finishing and user interaction design. • Experience working with accessories and soft goods would be advantageous. • Strong Design Advocacy, delivering standard methodology in design within the programs. Ensuring right level of design quality is performed. • Good communicator (verbal, written, and visual) who has the ability to influence and build consensus both within a program teams and design team. • Collaboration mind set: Strong teammate with ability to actively promote information sharing, one team spirit, and leading by example and showing rather than telling. • Excellent sense of form, use of colour and breadth of creative expression with an affinity for how things are made, an eye for detail, and a passion for quality from concept to execution with strong understanding of materials and processes beyond plastic and injection moulding. What we offer Our success depends on the talents who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to try new things, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. • Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer