Job description

Are you energized by leading teams through transformation, building capability across global organizations, and modernizing the way work gets done? Do you excel at bringing people together, navigating change, and turning complex challenges into scalable solutions? If so, this leadership opportunity may be a great fit for you. As a Group Leader within Steelcase's Product Development organization, you will lead a talented global Product Graphics team responsible for creating assembly instructions and other critical product information that supports our customers and product experiences. Partnering closely with colleagues across locations, including Grand Rapids and Cluj. This role offers the opportunity to guide teams through growth and evolution and strengthen global collaboration. Success in this role comes from empowering others, building alignment across functions, navigating change, and enabling teams to make informed decisions and deliver meaningful results. Helping Our People Thrive • Offering competitive wages and benefits, that support your life both in and out of work • Providing a flexible hybrid work schedule, meaning we expect the office to be your primary place of work, balanced with choice and control. • Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you grow and upskill. • Fostering a culture of inclusion where employees feel seen, heard and valued — and living it out every day. • Empowering you to make a meaningful impact on people and the planet through your work and Steelcase’s ongoing commitment. Supporting Meaningful Work • Lead and develop a team responsible for creating and releasing assembly instructions, disassembly instructions, installation guides, product law documentation, compliance content, and safety labels that support successful product launches and customer experiences. • Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Product Graphics organization, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and ensuring high-quality execution across a diverse portfolio of product development and product support work. • Champion the evolution of Product Graphics from traditional 2D deliverables to 3D-based solutions, leading the organizational change, capability development, and adoption efforts necessary for long-term success. • Build capability and consistency across a global team by establishing standards, best practices, and effective collaboration across locations and disciplines. • Drive continuous improvement in documentation, release, and quality processes to improve accuracy, speed, scalability, and the overall customer experience. • Partner closely with Product Engineering, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Marketing, Packaging, and other cross-functional teams to ensure product information is accurate, compliant, and aligned with customer and business needs. Minimum Qualifications • At least three years of formal people leadership experience. • Demonstrated experience leading teams through organizational, process, or technology transformation. • Experience driving adoption of new tools, workflows, systems, or ways of working. • Strong communication, change management, and stakeholder management skills. • Experience influencing cross-functional partners and driving alignment across an organization. • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Steelcase will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role Desired Skills and Experience • Experience leading global or geographically distributed teams. • Familiarity with product development, engineering, technical documentation, product graphics, or manufacturing environments. • Familiarity with 2D and 3D product visualization, illustration, graphics, or CAD-related tools. • Experience establishing consistent standards and scalable processes across teams or locations. • Guide the review and release of technical documentation and product communication assets to ensure compliance with company standards, legal requirements, and launch expectations. • Anticipate and address the challenges associated with increasing product complexity by developing scalable processes, tools, and team capabilities that enable efficient delivery. • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning through coaching, feedback, performance management, and talent development. • Build strong relationships across functions and geographies to align priorities, remove barriers, and enable successful execution. • As organizational needs evolve, provide leadership to product engineering resources supporting product development activities from concept through launch. Doing better for people and planet Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens. #LI-Onsite #LI-DM1 #mid_senior_level #Engineering #ProductGraphics #Product_Management At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities. Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.

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Helping Our People Thrive
Offering competitive wages and benefits, that support your life both in and out of work
Providing a flexible hybrid work schedule, meaning we expect the office to be your primary place of work, balanced with choice and control.
Creating continuous learning opportunities to help you grow and upskill.
Fostering a culture of inclusion where employees feel seen, heard and valued — and living it out every day.
Empowering you to make a meaningful impact on people and the planet through your work and Steelcase’s ongoing commitment.
Supporting Meaningful Work
Champion the evolution of Product Graphics from traditional 2D deliverables to 3D-based solutions, leading the organizational change, capability development, and adoption efforts necessary for long-term success.
Build capability and consistency across a global team by establishing standards, best practices, and effective collaboration across locations and disciplines.
Drive continuous improvement in documentation, release, and quality processes to improve accuracy, speed, scalability, and the overall customer experience.
At least three years of formal people leadership experience.
Demonstrated experience leading teams through organizational, process, or technology transformation.
Experience driving adoption of new tools, workflows, systems, or ways of working.
Strong communication, change management, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience influencing cross-functional partners and driving alignment across an organization.
Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Steelcase will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role
Desired Skills and Experience
Experience leading global or geographically distributed teams.
Familiarity with product development, engineering, technical documentation, product graphics, or manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with 2D and 3D product visualization, illustration, graphics, or CAD-related tools.
Experience establishing consistent standards and scalable processes across teams or locations.
Guide the review and release of technical documentation and product communication assets to ensure compliance with company standards, legal requirements, and launch expectations.
Anticipate and address the challenges associated with increasing product complexity by developing scalable processes, tools, and team capabilities that enable efficient delivery.
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning through coaching, feedback, performance management, and talent development.

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