Hybrid Head of Product – Hardware, Interior

at SpaceCurve

• Job title: Head of Product – Hardware, Interior
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tokyo, Japan

About the role

• Lead product vision and execution for luxury robotics-adjacent interior design products at Spacecurve. Oversee product lifecycle and collaborate with cross-functional teams in Tokyo office.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the product vision, strategy, and execution for a new class of luxury robotics-adjacent interior design products we’re developing at our large workshop in the heart of Tokyo
• Be the product owner for our innovative luxury robotics-adjacent furniture and lighting products over the course of the full product lifecycle
• Be the glue between creative and engineering team (collaborate closely to implement features), market (talk with potential customers to understand their needs), and marketing team (use product knowledge and market insights to help craft core messaging)
• Use your superior creativity, product instincts, and market insights to work with designers and engineers to define product capabilities that maximize the chances of widespread success
• Get your hands dirty right down to the user interface, the words written on the package, or how a part of the product is difficult to clean
• Control product strategy during development to avoid scope creep and to make sure the product doesn’t try to solve too many problems at once, but just as many as needed for a complete experience
• Understand the psychology of releasing MVPs on the internal-facing team side and of the Early Adopter on the external-facing consumer-side
• Foster an innovative culture within the product team, hiring new team members when needed and providing mentoring to create the next generation of product wizards

Requirements

• Be passionate about luxury design and user-centric product development
• Exceptional ability to synthesize market research, customer feedback, product instincts, and technical constraints into a cohesive product vision
• Experience managing budgets, timelines, and resources in a fast-paced product development environment is required
• Experience as a product leader in consumer software, industrial design, consumer electronics, or luxury goods is required

Benefits

• We will provide you with all the tools and opportunities necessary to make a direct, meaningful and long-lasting impact on the legacy of our brand and the future of the Japanese design industry
• You will be part of a high-trust community that encourages risk-taking, experimentation and innovation
• You will be working alongside ambitious creatives and executors from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines