Team Lead - New Product Development

Role & Responsibilities:

• Lead and drive end-to-end New Product Development (NPD) activities in alignment with business strategy, product roadmap and innovation objectives.
• Drive structured product and subsystem development, from conceptualization and feasibility through design, validation and launch.
• Ensure effective execution of design verification and validation activities to meet customer requirements, quality, reliability and performance expectations.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate with R&D, Quality, SCM, Production, PMO and other stakeholders for successful project execution.
• Monitor project milestones, risks, cost, quality and timelines to ensure timely delivery of NPD projects.
• Drive design optimization, problem solving and continuous improvement to enhance product performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure smooth transition from product development to production, including validation, documentation and launch readiness.
• Contribute to product lifecycle management and identify opportunities for product improvement and competitiveness.
• Establish and standardize product development processes, methodologies and best practices to improve development efficiency.
• Foster innovation, technology development, external collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Support IP/patent development and protection initiatives arising from product innovation.
• Develop team capability through mentoring, training, knowledge sharing and succession planning.
• Ensure effective utilization of development infrastructure and budgets in support of product innovation.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline.
• 12 to 18 years of experience in New Product Development, Product Development, R&D or Product Engineering.
• Strong experience in end-to-end product development and NPD project execution.
• Experience in product/subsystem development, design validation, design optimization and launch readiness.
• Strong exposure to cross-functional team management and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience in structured problem-solving, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), DFM/DFA, FMEA and engineering change management would be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, engineering practices and manufacturing transition.
• Leadership experience in managing and developing engineering/R&D teams.