CMF Design Lead

CMF Design Lead 

This is an opportunity to join the Industrial Design team for an industry-leading family of fitness products and accessories. You will drive the functional, aesthetic, and user experience aspects of our consumer electronics hardware. In this role, you will work closely with our talented team of designers, product managers, engineers, marketers, outside vendors, and key business stakeholders to develop new products and features.

About the role

As a Color, Material, and Finish (‘CMF”) Design Lead - at Peloton, you will be responsible for leading CMF strategies and projects for all hard products in our core line. You will work hand in hand on the ID team in collaboration with Engineering and Sourcing to develop a CMF strategy for our long term road map. Your ability to speak to upper management and cross functional departments will be an asset to promoting design insights and direction to the entire organization.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Support across all product categories with CMF direction by designing concepts, developing and providing needed color and material palettes and specifications.
• Creating CMF relevant deliverables for program milestones leading towards production. 
• Create and maintain an internal CMF library system for designers and cross-functional teams reference and development
• Analyze and approve colors, materials, and finishes at different stages of the development process.
• Partner with Peloton internal sourcing team and external vendors to develop standards for production.
• Drive strategic initiatives to enhance the role of CMF on product development and in the wider development process. 
• Develop a relationship with internal and external trend forecasting resources to create seasonal trend presentations for the design, product, and creative teams to keep the teams informed of up and coming market trends
• Understand material trends and forecast innovative materials used in a variety of Hard and Soft Goods applications across multiple industries including fitness, cycling, and consumer electronics.
• Become a thought leader for all things CMF and help to sharpen and expand the awareness and importance of CMF.

Skills

• Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Textile Design, or a related field.
• 10+ years working in a relevant field of design
• Exceptional visual, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Key and word processing (Basic Solidworks, CAD, KeyShot are a plus).
• You can manage your workload and operate individually.
• Able to travel to shows and suppliers both domestically and internationally.
• Previous experience growing a team and managing junior designers