<dt class="rm-fieldTitle">Description</dt><dd class="rm-fieldData"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Head of Product Development - Licensing | Greater Manchester | To £80,000 + Benefits </strong><br><br>Based in Greater Manchester, Zachary Daniels are delighted to be partnered with a trend led business who are looking to appoint a Head of Product Development to manage the Licensing arm of their business to lead and inspire a high-performing team responsible for delivering world-class licensed product ranges across multiple categories and global retailers.</span></p><p>The ideal candidate will be an inspirational and commercially minded product leader with deep experience in developing licensed consumer goods across multiple categories.</p><ul><li>You will combine hands-on product ownership with strategic oversight, confidently managing key licensed ranges while guiding a creative, high-performing licensing team.</li><li>Highly collaborative and organised, you will excel at aligning design ambition with commercial goals, ensuring every product meets rigorous standards of quality, creativity, and price point viability.</li><li>You will possess strong trend awareness, excellent communication skills, and a passion for innovation, thriving in fast-paced environments, drive continuous improvement, and build standout licensed ranges for global retailers through seamless partnership with the licensing design team, QA, sales teams, and licensors.</li><li>This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on product ownership, managing key licensed ranges directly while overseeing the wider licensing team's development output.</li><li>You'll work closely and collaboratively with the in-house licensed design team, quality and compliance team and sales team to ensure all products embody creativity, commercial value, and design excellence at every stage.</li><li>You'll champion best-in-class execution across product and packaging design, ensure the ranges deliver at every retailer price point, and keep our client at the forefront of product and brand innovation.</li></ul><p><br>In return our client can offer a fantastic working environment, attractive basic salary with good bonus potential and genuine, fast paced, career development.</p><p><span style="font-size: small;">BBBH34864</span></p><div> </div><p> </p></dd>