Product Development Manager

Role overview

Product development and delivery

• Own the product roadmap, development schedule, stage gates, and launch readiness.
• Coordinate external architects, technologists, engineers, and code consultants on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Work with PrimePanel to create repeatable panelized products and consistent manufacturing handoffs.
• Coordinate standard building-envelope interfaces with R&D and Building Systems Design.
• Define product configurations and rules for standard, optional, and custom features.
• Manage costing, BOMs, supplier pricing, alternates, target margins, and value engineering.
• Maintain product books with drawings, specifications, options, BOMs, lead times, installation scope, exclusions, and customer decision points.
• Coordinate suppliers and Marketing and Sales to make products clear, priceable, and sellable.
• Use feedback from Sales, estimating, manufacturing, and field installation to revise products.
• Plan design and estimating capacity and recommend in-house capabilities and future team needs.

Experience and technical qualifications

• At least 7 years in residential product development, production homebuilding, prefab, modular or panelized construction, or commercial and institutional design and preconstruction.
• Experience developing repeatable house plans or models, option programs, standard details, or product libraries.
• Understand wood framing, panelization, building envelopes, and the effects of design decisions on factory production.
• Comfort with BOMs, target cost, margin, value engineering, supplier pricing, and alternates.
• Working knowledge of the Ontario Building Code, including Part 9, and permit processes; able to review Revit, CAD, and BIM outputs.
• Part 3 Building Code knowledge or accessibility knowledge is an asset.

Working approach

• Think in repeatable product platforms rather than one-off designs.
• Remove blockers, hold consultants and teams to shared standards, and address scope, cost, or quality issues.
• Make disciplined customization decisions and build structure while remaining hands-on.

Compensation

• Salary is $100,000 to $130,000, commensurate with experience.
• Performance incentive of up to 25% of base is tied to product launches, cost and margin targets, and manufacturing readiness.

Workplace

• Primarily office-based in Mississauga, with up to one remote day per week possible after onboarding.

Benefits and opportunity

• Comprehensive group benefits package.
• Opportunity to build a new product platform and team with access to an in-house prefab panel plant, R&D team, and envelope specialists.
• Work spans housing, hospitality, and institutional products.

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