Senior Director, Product Design - Hot Wheels

Location: El Segundo, California, United States

Salary: $196,000–$245,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a global toy and family entertainment company creating toys, content, consumer products, and digital and live experiences across iconic brands including Hot Wheels.

What you will do

• Establish the creative vision and design strategy across a portfolio of brands, product lines, and categories.
• Lead innovative product concepts and consumer experiences from ideation through commercialization.
• Translate consumer insights, cultural trends, technologies, materials, and evolving play patterns into product opportunities.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of product designers while managing workload and resources.
• Present product strategies, concepts, and line plans to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Partner with Marketing, Product Development, Engineering, Packaging, Licensing, Finance, Commercial, and global development teams to deliver products on time, on cost, and at high quality.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive product design experience with a record of bringing successful consumer products to market.
• Experience leading teams through the complete product development lifecycle, from concept generation through commercialization.
• Demonstrated people leadership, including coaching, mentoring, talent development, and succession planning.
• Strong understanding of product design, manufacturing, costing, engineering, and development processes.
• Experience managing multiple brands, categories, or product portfolios and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including presentations to senior leadership and executive audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience working with Asia-based design, development, and manufacturing teams.
• Passion for innovation, creativity, consumer insights, and developing products that inspire play.

Culture & Benefits

• Purpose-driven environment focused on empowering generations through play.
• Culture built around collaboration, innovation, execution, accountability, and ownership.
• Competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources supporting employee development.
• Inclusive workplace committed to belonging and equal opportunity.