Head of Product Innovation

We're hiring: Head of Product Innovation   📍 Eastbourne (on-site) | Full-time | Competitive salary + benefits | Reports to the Managing Director   Want to set the product direction for a growing manufacturer, and still get hands-on with the CAD?   Whiteline designs and manufactures windows and doors in Eastbourne. We're now expanding into new, innovative product lines, and we're looking for a leader to join our leadership team and drive innovation across both our established fenestration range and the new categories we're moving into.   This is an exciting time to join us, building on strong foundations and helping to shape the next chapter of our product range.   What you'll do 🔹 Set and own our product and technical strategy, roadmap and budget, as part of the leadership team 🔹 Lead new product development from start to finish: concept, CAD, prototyping, testing and handover to production 🔹 Lead, grow and develop a small product and technical team 🔹 Make sure new products work commercially (cost, margin and return) as well as technically 🔹 Drive continuous improvement and best practice across design and development 🔹 Work closely with our Head of Customer and Head of IT, and own compliance for new and existing products   What you'll bring

• Experience leading a product, design or technical function
• A hands-on background designing physical products, with strong 3D CAD skills (SolidWorks, Inventor, Fusion 360, Creo or similar)
• Good knowledge of materials (metals, polymers, composites, glass) and manufacturing processes such as extrusion, fabrication and moulding
• A track record of taking products from concept through prototyping and testing to production
• Strong commercial sense, and original ideas that help set us apart
• Confidence operating at leadership level and representing product priorities across the business   Fenestration or building products experience and a mechanical engineering background are a bonus, not a requirement.   What you'll get A competitive salary, plus company pension, above statutory holiday allowance and life cover. Most importantly, you'll have a real say in how the business grows from here.   📩 Interested? Apply through Indeed, or email Louise Evans at louise.evans@whiteline.co.uk for a confidential conversation.