Senior Manager - New Product Development
Zetwerk
Product
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted on Jun 26, 2025
Job Description
About Zetwerk
Zetwerk is the largest global manufacturing network for custom manufacturing that helps transform digital designs into physical manifestations. Zetwerk offers manufacturing solutions across a diverse range of products, from simple items like steel pipes to complex products like aircraft engine components, from industrial use-cases like metal bridges, oil rigs, aircraft/auto components to consumer use-cases like apparel, home appliances, audio-visual electronics, for small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike. Zetwerk offers customers access to a wide range of manufacturing capabilities, including metal fabrication, CNC machining, plastic injection moulding, 3D printing and aluminium die castings, across 1000s of manufacturing partners. These capabilities serve a diverse set of industries ranging from traditional ones such as Oil & Gas, Energy, Infrastructure, Aerospace, and Apparel to modern ones such as Renewables, Electric Vehicles, Consumer Electronics, and Space.
For customers, Zetwerkʼs global manufacturing network ensures products are manufactured faster, at competitive prices and with world-class quality. It offers quality monitoring through indigenously developed technology which provides end-to-end transparency from purchase orders to delivery, thus eliminating uncertainties around quality, visibility, reliability, and underutilized capacities. For manufacturing partners, the Zetwerk platform drives higher capacity utilization of manufacturing capacities and offers various portfolio services (including logistics, raw material procurement, and working capital access) to drive revenue growth as well as optimize for the cost of manufacturing.
Technology + Manufacturing
Over the last 7 years, Zetwerk has built a strong technology-driven supply chain to deliver high-quality manufacturing of various industrial and consumer products at highly competitive costs and lead times. Zetwerkʼs in-house Manufacturing Operating System software, ZISO, enables digital selection of supply, pricing recommendations, digital repository of engineering designs, real-time tracking of manufacturing across various stages, visual updates of products getting made, seamless communication across stakeholders and quality assurance of the final product getting shipped. Our software-led approach unifies various stakeholders in the manufacturing universe to collaborate to deliver the products we see around us and we love. These include product designers, manufacturing partners, logistics providers, third-party quality inspectors, financing partners, raw material suppliers and many more. Zetwerk unifies the highly fragmented manufacturing ecosystem to work as one single entity to deliver the highest quality manufacturing with the fastest possible lead times and the lowest possible costs, day in day out.
Why Zetwerk
A company that's changing the way manufacturing is done needs game changers to shape the future. At Zetwerk, our job is to help you excel in your career and make an Impact. We offer you an environment to create a unique career journey, opportunities to grow your ambition and an inclusive culture to help you thrive. We encourage innovation through collaboration and connect you to leaders who help you go beyond. We deliver the best for our people so that they can deliver the best for our customers. It's that simple. It's Zetwerk.
Roles & Responsibilities -
- Lead a high-performing team focused on translating customer requirements into executed manufacturing projects.
- Define clear objectives, track progress through key performance indicators, and create a culture of learning, accountability, and collaboration.
- Oversee the product development process — from initial scoping and feasibility analysis through sampling, validation, and launch.
- Guide the team in working closely with both internal stakeholders and external partners to align on timelines, deliverables, and quality outcomes.
- Identify and engage the most suitable manufacturing partners based on customer needs and technical feasibility.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure consistent performance, mutual growth, and proactive issue resolution.
- Lead multiple projects across industries and geographies, ensuring timely execution while adapting to change.
- Partner with quality and supply chain teams to de-risk programs early in the cycle, ensuring consistent output across partners.
Job Requirement
- 13–20 years of experience in new product development, manufacturing coordination, or project/program management in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Possess a background in engineering and manufacturing disciplines, with hands-on knowledge of production processes such as die casting, extrusion, machining, forging, and sheet metal fabrication.
- Experienced in PPAP, APQP, and other key procedures essential for new product development.
- Proven ability to manage partner ecosystems and complex stakeholder environments.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment.