Hiring: Product Manager Company: HydroJug Location: Ogden, UT Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 23:00:24 Target Skills & Keywords : Product Management, Shortcut About the job Required Skills: •HydroJug's standard New Variety Development (NVD) calendar runs on a 15-month rolling cycle. That cadence is right for the core business. But product-as-marketing moves faster — limited drops, trend responses, and brand-moment programs that need to be on-shelf in weeks, not months. That's the Rush Products lane. •Rush is a discipline, not a shortcut. Your job is to build and maintain a fast-lane stage-gate that is actually faster — not a standard stage-gate with pressure on it. •HydroJug Rush Products roadmap + drop calendar — the single source of truth for every Rush program in flight; you keep it current and honest •Fast-turn stage-gate discipline — a slimmed, time-boxed gate process purpose-built for quick-turn that does not sacrifice quality or margin; you design it, own it, and hold teams to it •Supplier coordination for quick-turn — knows which suppliers can move fast, manages relationships for speed, surfaces lead-time risk before it becomes a miss •Cross-functional launch coordination — Brand, eCommerce, Marketing; everybody needs to know when Rush drops are coming and what they need to have ready; you are the air traffic controller •Rush drop post-mortems — cycle time actuals vs. commit, what broke, what to improve; this lane gets better every cycle •30 days — All active Rush programs are logged, calendared, and visible. You have met every supplier in the Rush network and know their real lead times, not their sales-pitch lead times. Qualifications: •Speed without discipline is just chaos with urgency. The Rush lane has to be genuinely faster than standard NPD — that means fewer gates, tighter timelines, and pre-qualified suppliers. But every gate that exists must hold. One compromised-quality Rush drop can do real brand damage. •Your dotted line to Hayden means you will get Rush direction early and directly. Use that access to build a tight brief-to-calendar translation — when Hayden has a Rush idea, you need to be able to turn it into a realistic commit date within 48 hours. •You are not building a team. This is an IC seat. Your leverage is process, relationships, and calendar discipline — not headcount. •HydroJug, Inc. is a consumer brand headquartered in Ogden, Utah, designing and selling premium hydration and lifestyle products through direct-to-consumer and major retail channels. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!