Director, Product Compliance & Lab Services

The Director, Global Product Compliance & Lab Services is responsible for the development and execution of strategies necessary to ensure all products meet specified certifications and fully comply with regional legal requirements. This role is also responsible for all testing and prototyping laboratories to ensure that Fortune Brands Innovations has the infrastructure, capacity, and capability necessary to execute testing and prototyping accurately and efficiently.ResponsibilitiesDevelop and gain alignment on the Objective, Goals and Strategies required to establish Centers of Excellence for Product Compliance & Lab Services for Fortune Brands Innovations.Partner with the Strategic Business Units and Operations to identify and execute against key Product Compliance and Lab Services related strategies and tactics. Identify key capabilities needed to achieve the strategies.Accountable for the execution of the Product Compliance & Lab Services teams and ensuring they meet aggressive timing, performance, cost and quality objectives.  Responsible for monitoring and measuring the performance of the teams against the defined objectives and providing regular cadence of updates to the Product Development Services leadership team. Establish and manage global Product Compliance and Lab Services budgets. Responsible for attracting, developing, and maintaining the Product Compliance and Lab talent needed to successfully execute the product development strategies.Serve as a key member of FBIN’s Product Development Services leadership team to improve consistency of global execution, increase resource flexibility, improve development velocity, drive efficiencies, and maximize value creation.Lead major change management initiatives. Identify and lead process, system, organizational, and productivity improvements in Product Compliance and Lab Services. Develop standard work and processes for the Product Compliance & Lab Services teams. Develop and implement world class testing and prototyping standards, systems, and programs. Provides governance to Engineering Project Teams as they work to meet Product Compliance related deliverables and milestones within the FBIN Product Growth Engine (product development Stage-Gate) process.Develop subject matter expertise of product standards, codes, and regional legal requirements for FBIN products in all global markets where FBIN operates.