Key Responsibilities:Providing leadership and direction for the Product Development Team to achieve effective and efficient development of seating products in line with the Product Roadmap and customer program commitmentsDriving industry-leading best practice, technical standards, and methods within the Product Development Team to optimise the development process and deliver competitive benefitsCollaborating and negotiating with the Principal Engineering Project Lead to achieve program targets such as weight, cost, quality, schedule, budget, feature compliance, and regulatory complianceSupporting the Principal Engineers in finding solutions to resource conflicts to support multiple programsResource planning and tracking to enable efficient and effective use of the functional resource group to deliver all programsDeveloping and delivering the Product Roadmap that achieves business goals, in conjunction with the Commercial teamDeveloping and implementing performance and development goals and objectives for the department aligned to business objectivesProviding input into the business planning budget cycle within the area of accountability for engineering, including third-party spend and team sizingSupporting the Sales Team and bid process by providing technical steer and an assessment of risk, engineering cost, and timing for the introduction of new products or featuresActing as a change catalyst within the business, driving functional and business excellence for Engineering,