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Life is good is always looking to add new talent to our pool.

Send your cover letter and resume to resumes@lifeisgood.com and please reference the job in your subject heading. If you're in our neck of the woods, you can always stop by our Hudson, NH operation to fill out an application. We're located at 15 Hudson Park Drive, Hudson NH 03051 No phone calls please. If we feel that your skills and experience match the requirements of our job opportunity, we will contact you directly.

Here are some of our current openings:

Associate Product Manager - Boston, MA

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Title: Associate Product Manager

Department: Design

Reports to: Product Manager

Location: Boston, MA.

Job Summary:

The Associate Product Manager manages part of a product line from concept through production and collaborates with the Product Managers to achieve product initiatives. The Associate Product Manager coordinates the material sourcing, costing, and commercial execution of certain products to achieve company goals and timelines. This individual supports a product category and reports performance metrics which include: product execution as they relate to the corporate calendar, BOM costs and product commercialization status. The absolute definition of the Management function is the creation of accurate product specifications—BOMs, construct- ion details, and measurements. Though this information may originate from multiple sources and through the participation of other entities, the Associate Product Manager is responsible for the final form and quality of any individual product specification assigned to him/her.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain strong strategic relationships with management team of our sourced factories to ensure effective collaboration in meeting company objectives
  • Establish, communicate and manage raw materials and product development strategy
  • Works collaboratively with product design and merchandising to ensure that products are designed to achieve both cost and technical standards
  • Establishes seasonal development capacity and calendar consistent with operating plan and go-to-market schedules
  • Work cross-functionally with Quality organization to ensure clear understanding of all product quality standards for raw materials and finished goods, consistently manufacturing product to target standards
  • Manage capacity planning to meet reliability and inventory targets
  • Ensures all established costs, quality, and delivery commitments are met or exceeded
  • Reviews analyses of critical success factors, costs, operational improvement initiatives and forecast data to determine the progress toward stated goals and objectives
  • Ensure sourced factories are compliant with Life is good's Code of Conduct principles
  • Work with factory management to ensure continued progress against Code of Conduct targets

Experience and qualifications:

  • 5-7 years in Industry - experience in global consumer marketing/product management
  • Experience in planning and merchandising, preferably in the outdoor apparel industry
  • BA/BS desired
  • Understanding channels of distribution
  • Strong business orientation, analytical aptitude, and computer skills, specifically Microsoft Applications
  • Understanding brand aesthetic
  • Proven experience in financial line planning, business planning, and strategic planning
  • Sense of urgency, teamwork skills
  • Travel required
  • Physical requirements:

    The requirements listed below are representative of the requisite background required to adequately perform the functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Sitting for extended periods of time, verbal and written communications with customers and coworkers, key boarding, data entry and filing are continuously required activities of this position.


    Qualified candidates should send their interest letter and resume to resumes@lifeisgood.com. Please reference the job title in the subject line of your email.

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    The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by personnel assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel assigned to this position.