Mattress Technical Product Manager

Key responsibilities
• Mattress product development and commercialization
• Lead mattress product development from customer requirements and initial concepts through prototype, validation, pilot production, and mass production.
• Translate U.S. market and customer requirements into practical product constructions, technical specifications, and manufacturing solutions.
• Develop mattress products that balance comfort, durability, quality, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate product launches across Engineering, Product Design, Sales, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Compliance teams.
• Support product roadmap development and identify opportunities for product and material innovation.
• U.S. regulatory compliance and fire-retardant systems
• Provide technical leadership for U.S. mattress regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain mattress constructions that meet applicable requirements, including:
• 16 CFR Part 1632
• 16 CFR Part 1633
• Flammability requirements
• Labeling and traceability requirements
• Customer-specific compliance standards
• Work with the U.S. Compliance team, suppliers, factories, and laboratories to coordinate product testing, certification, documentation, and approvals.
• Investigate test failures and implement effective construction or material improvements.
• Materials and supplier development
• Evaluate and qualify mattress materials, including foam, fabric, FR barriers, adhesives, spring systems, covers, and other components.
• Partner with Sourcing to identify and develop technically capable suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Establish material specifications, testing requirements, and qualification standards.
• Drive material innovation, cost optimization, and supplier performance improvement while maintaining product quality and compliance.
• Manufacturing and process development
• Partner with Asia Product Engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure products can be efficiently produced across multiple factories.
• Support process development, pilot production, process validation, and manufacturing readiness.
• Troubleshoot product, material, construction, and manufacturing issues.
• Improve first-pass yield, production efficiency, product consistency, and overall manufacturing performance.
• Technical leadership and lifecycle management
• Serve as the primary technical interface among:
• U.S. Sales and Product Design
• Product Engineering
• Asia Finished Goods Sourcing
• Manufacturing vendors
• Asia Product Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• U.S. Compliance and Regulatory teams
• Material suppliers
• Maintain product specifications, bills of materials, construction documents, compliance records, engineering changes, and traceability documentation.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for product quality or field performance issues.
• Monitor product performance after launch and drive continuous improvement.