We're Hiring: Head of Design & New Product Development — Tiles & Surfaces
Design Leader for Premium, Trend-Led Product Creation — from Concept to Commercial Launch
Location: Mumbai, India Reports To: Chief Marketing Officer Direct Reports: Design Studio (Surface & Graphic Designers), CMF/Texture Specialists, Trend & Materials Research, Design Engineering / Pre-Production Liaison Career Path: Leadership role at the heart of the company's premiumisation agenda, with visibility to the MD & CEO and a pathway to a Chief Design Officer mandate as the design organisation scales Compensation: Competitive with market-leading building materials / design-led consumer businesses; structured to include a performance-linked component
THE OPPORTUNITY
Our client is a large, listed building materials company — a leading player in tiles and surfaces — repositioning toward premium, design-led categories. Design is moving from a support function to the engine of differentiation: what the company launches, how it looks and feels,



and why an architect or homeowner chooses it over global and domestic alternatives.
The Head of Design & New Product Development will own product design end to end — trend sensing, concept creation, surface and texture development, and hand-in-glove collaboration with Marketing, R&D; and Manufacturing to take every collection from idea to shelf. This leader builds and runs the design studio that defines the company's next generation of products.
This is a rare design mandate: creative ownership of a nationally recognised brand's product identity, a seat at the table where portfolio decisions are made, and the resources to build a world-class studio.
ROLE MANDATE
Own the design of all recent products across tiles and surfaces — building a trend-led, commercially sharp design engine that consistently delivers collections which win at the point of choice, command premium price positions, and are manufacturable at scale.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Trend Intelligence & Design

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