Global Product Director

In this role you will lead Emma’s product organization to make the company a global sleep leader. You own category management, product development, and pricing, shaping a strategy that blends global ambition with local differences. You’ll oversee a cross-functional team, partner with the CEO, and drive growth through consumer-focused product decisions and strong P&L discipline. The opportunity offers high impact, ownership, and a chance to redefine a fast-growing consumer brand.

• impact and accountability
• continuous learning and development
• collaborative, diverse work culture
• global environment with multiple offices and nationalities
• 25 vacation days plus up to 30
• flexible hybrid setup with remote days

• Own category management and product development, including range architecture, lifecycle management, and pricing logic
• Build and lead a high-performing cross-functional product organization (6 direct reports, 65 members)
• Develop and execute a product strategy to establish Emma as a global sleep leader across online and offline channels
• Oversee physical product development—materials, manufacturing, supplier relationships, and cost structures
• Ground product decisions in deep consumer insights to drive satisfaction and brand preference
• Design a product architecture balancing global goals with local differences
• Act as a co-owner at Senior Leadership level, reporting to the CEO and contributing to strategy
• Think in terms of P&L to defend margins, manage complexity, and avoid range proliferation
• Build processes and accountability structures for a predictable, high-performing product org
• Develop a strong layer of senior product leaders and invest in succession and capability-building

• 12+ years of relevant experience, with at least 3–4 years in a senior leadership role
• Deep expertise in category management—assortment strategy, range architecture, pricing logic, and portfolio decision-making
• Hands-on experience in physical product development—materials, manufacturing, supplier relationships, cost structures
• Background in branded consumer goods with proprietary R&D
• Operationally deep—comfortable leading through doing, not just directing
• Proven decision-maker under ambiguity who can provide clarity under conflicting directions
• Experience at scale (1,000+ people, multi-market, multi-category)
• Strong cross-functional collaborator who sees product as a platform for company-wide impact

• cross-functional collaboration
• strategic thinking
• decisiveness under ambiguity
• category management
• assortment strategy
• pricing logic