Senior Manager of Product Development for Hardlines & Technical Wear

The Foggy Dog • San Francisco, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At The Foggy Dog, we believe your best friend deserves the best. That’s why we are passionate about making high-quality pet accessories that are beautiful as they are functional. Every order helps a pup in need, having provided over 500,000 pounds of food to rescue shelters. Our products are available at www.thefoggydog.com and in over 1,000 brick-and-mortar retailers. We are a small, female-founded, family-owned business based in San Francisco, seeking individuals who thrive in a creative, energetic, data-driven environment and share our values of collaboration, communication, and positivity. This role is an exciting opportunity to make a huge impact at a fast-growing ecommerce company. The Senior Manager of Product for Hard Lines & Technical Wear owns end-to-end product development for Hard Lines (hardware, plastics, charms, ID tags) and Technical Wear (harnesses, leashes), our categories with the highest compliance and safety requirements. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, resourceful, and proactive in identifying and solving quality, safety, and development roadblocks before they impact the business. Beyond technical expertise, this person will own vendor relationships, timelines, and cross-functional partnership with Design, Marketing, and Planning for these product categories. This role requires someone who deeply understands how hardware, webbing, and plastics perform (and fail) under real-world stress and safety-critical use, and who brings that rigor to every product decision. This position is based in San Francisco (we are currently hybrid and come into the office twice a week).

Requirements

• 8-10+ years of product development experience in categories where hardware, webbing, straps, or plastics must perform reliably under real stress or safety-critical conditions.
• Deep, hands-on understanding of hardware and strap/webbing systems: how they're constructed, tested, and how they fail under load.
• Or equivalent expertise in small-parts safety and plastics/hardware engineering for products used by children or pets.
• Track record managing overseas vendors and tooling from concept to launch.
• Strong cross-functional project management skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience partnering closely with quality and compliance stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Background in outdoor/technical gear, technical pet products, or juvenile/baby products is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product development for Hard Lines, including hardware, plastics, charms, and ID tags.
• Own end-to-end product development for Technical Wear including harnesses and leashes.
• Manage all communication with vendors and development partners.
• Drive timeline against key milestone dates to deliver products on-time.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including product design, marketing and planning to bring high quality, attractive products to market that meet our safety standards.
• Ensure every product meets our internal safety and quality standards, with particular attention to hardware failure points, strap/webbing durability, and small-parts safety.
• Own tooling development, sample review, and pre-production approvals for hardware/plastic components.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed