Director of Innovation

Location: Carlsbad, California, United States; hybrid workplace. Travel up to 25%.

Pay range: $186,900–$249,200.

Company

hirify.global develops communication and professional audio products for the drive-thru, quick-service restaurant, and pro-audio industries, including headset, timer, and audio solutions.

What you will do

• Research customer workflows, unmet needs, market trends, and business opportunities, including through customer visits and trade shows.
• Generate, evaluate, and prioritize Innovation Projects and select solutions with business leaders and the Innovation Steering Committee.
• Lead the development, deployment, testing, iteration, and performance tracking of PoCs and new products at customer locations.
• Translate high-level product goals into engineering objectives across electrical, mechanical, software, and systems disciplines.
• Set resource priorities, milestones, schedules, budgets, risks, and make/buy decisions while reporting progress and estimates to management.
• Supervise staff and subcontractors, and train and mentor personnel in project leadership, design, troubleshooting, and equipment operation.

Requirements

• Strong customer engagement, relationship-building, communication, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and data and market analysis skills.
• Ability to generate innovative solutions, take calculated risks, adapt in a changing environment, and align innovation initiatives with organizational objectives.
• Proven collaborative leadership experience and ability to lead and inspire high-performing teams.
• Senior-level systems engineering expertise with working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and software engineering.
• 10+ years of experience developing hardware/software products, including 5+ years leading projects and 5+ years of functional management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on learning, growth, and cross-functional teamwork.
• Tuition reimbursement and three weeks of paid vacation during the first year.
• Paid holidays, medical, vision, dental, pet insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) contributions.
• Physical requirements include occasionally lifting and moving up to 25 pounds; reasonable accommodations may be provided.