Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. About Justrite Safety Group At Justrite Safety Group, we're more than just a collection of industrial safety companies; we're a dynamic organization dedicated to protecting people, property, and the planet. Our ever-growing portfolio of companies collaborates to deliver advanced industrial safety solutions that set the standard for excellence. As our business continues to grow, we continue to look for top talent to join our team as we lead the charge in revolutionizing industrial safety, ensuring that every worker returns home safe, every workplace remains secure, and our environment thrives for generations to come. With Justrite Safety Group, safety isn't just a priority—it's our passion. The Contribution You'll bring to this

Role:

AccuformNMC is investing in a new generation of workplace-safety products and building a small, focused team to turn customer problems into commercially successful products. We are looking for a New Product Development Manager who is energized by ownership, speed, problem-solving and the challenge of making something real. This is not a traditional product-management role. You will work directly with the General Manager and a small cross-functional development team to move new products from customer need and validation through development, prototype, testing, commercialization and launch. You will have significant autonomy to make detailed decisions, manage outside development partners, continuously improve the development approach and keep projects moving - while remaining accountable for the commercial outcome. This is an opportunity to help build a significant new growth platform inside an established company with customers, manufacturing capabilities, commercial infrastructure and the backing of a much larger organization. About the

Team:

Our Product Development team is at the forefront of turning customer needs and market opportunity into products that are ready to build, sell, and support. We own the path from concept through launch, working closely with engineering, operations, sales, and customers to define requirements, make clear tradeoffs, and deliver solutions that perform in the real world. With a focus on practical innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined execution, the team improves how products are designed, developed, and brought to market. Always forward-looking, Product Development plays a critical role in shaping our product strategy and positioning us for long-term success in a competitive marketplace. What You'll Do at

Justrite:

Lead New Product Development

• Own the day-to-day execution of multiple new product development initiatives from customer need through commercial launch.
• Build and maintain clear project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and critical paths.
• Create urgency around the work and aggressively remove obstacles that threaten progress.
• Coordinate internal functions and external partners to keep development moving.
• Lead projects through AccuformNMC's development and toll-gate process while balancing speed, rigor and commercial practicality.
• Make changes to product details, requirements, sequencing and development approach as needed to achieve the agreed strategic outcome. Own Voice of Customer
• Personally engage customers, end users and relevant stakeholders to understand problems, workflows, unmet needs and buying behavior.
• Build VOC plans and translate customer learning into practical product requirements.
• Use prototypes, pilots, customer testing and market feedback to validate assumptions and drive iterations.
• Know the difference between useful customer evidence and opinions that should not drive product decisions. Manage External Development Partners
• Identify, evaluate, select and manage external engineering, product-development, prototype, testing and technical partners.
• Define deliverables, timelines, economics and success criteria.
• Hold partners accountable for commitments and intervene quickly when projects are off track.
• Build productive relationships with high-value development resources while continuously evaluating whether the current partner is right for the next stage.
• Operate within approved project budgets and established spending authorities, escalating larger commitments appropriately. Own Product Business Cases
• Build and maintain financial models and business cases for new products.
• Understand the relationship between customer need, price, cost, volume, margin and commercial adoption.
• Update assumptions as VOC, technical development and market evidence evolve.
• Provide clear recommendations to senior leadership and obtain approval for material changes to approved business cases. Drive Commercialization and Launch
• Work closely with Commercialization, Product, Operations, Sales, Marketing and IT to prepare products for launch.
• Ensure product requirements, customer needs, economics, documentation, operational readiness and launch plans are aligned.
• Partner with the Commercialization team through launch and early market performance.
• Once a product is successfully launched and stabilized, transition ongoing product ownership to the appropriate Product Manager and move on to the next development opportunity. Build the NPD Operating Rhythm
• Establish a practical operating cadence that creates visibility without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Maintain clear project status, next actions, risks, decisions and accountability.
• Prepare projects for toll-gate and steering reviews.
• Surface bad news early, bring options with problems, and keep senior leadership focused on the decisions that require their involvement.