Head of Product
The Mural Group
Head of Product
The Mural Group
Interim leadership, direct hire, consulting
Location: Los Angeles, CA (onsite)
Pay: $150,000–$220,000
Type: Permanent · Full time
A consumer performance brand in the active lifestyle space is hiring a head of product to build its line, and its product team, from the ground up. It suits an engineer who moved into product. You report to the CEO, sit with a small in-office team, and own the roadmap outright.
What you'll do
Set the roadmap against market demand, consumer insight and what the factory can actually make
Run development from brief through tooling, sampling, validation and launch
Work directly with an overseas manufacturing partner on materials, feasibility, cost and quality
Write performance specs and run testing with engineering discipline
Partner with the design and commercial leads so product, brand and go-to-market line up
Create the stage-gate process and documentation for a new product function
What you bring
An engineering foundation (mechanical, industrial, materials or similar), by degree or by career path
7–12 years across engineering and product management, with real time spent owning product
Physical consumer products you took from concept through production and launch at scale
Direct work with contract manufacturers or OEMs, ideally overseas: you can review a sample, read a tolerance stack and talk tooling with a manufacturing engineer
Experience in cycling, powersports, action sports, outdoor or athletic hardgoods (digital-only product won't carry over)
Live in or will relocate to greater Los Angeles; the role is fully onsite
Nice to have: A product whose market results you can trace to a materials or process call you made.
Mural Group is recruiting for this role on behalf of a client. Apply here and a Mural recruiter will be in touch.
Interim leadership, direct hire, consulting
The Mural Group provides on-demand senior talent and consulting services to mid-market, private equity–backed portfolio companies. It offers three pillars: interim and fractional leadership (such as CFO or Controller), direct hire and executive search for permanent senior roles, and project-based consulting for initiatives like system implementations, financial reporting improvements, and merger integration. It matches experienced professionals to client assignments on a flexible, as-needed basis so clients can address leadership gaps without full-time commitments. With founders and partners from Big Four accounting and executive search, the firm focuses on the private equity ecosystem and aims to support portfolio companies through growth, transformation, and transaction work like due diligence, integration, and carve-outs.
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