Amanda Bright

Vice President of Product Development @Spin Master

Organizational Development- Led a team of 40 engineers, project managers, and analysts located across five offices, supporting all business units - Created and executed strategic plan for global expansion of the team, placing employees in Slovakia for the first time - Led licensing project management team, growing existing licensor relationships and establishing new partnerships - Orchestrated numerous organizational shifts to align team skill sets with business need; provided headcount justification for sign off as required - Fostered a culture focused on people first, open mindsets, and taking risks - Identified by team as direct, accessible, accountable, and clear with expectations from leader assimilation feedback session Product Development- Guaranteed product quality, reliability, cost compliance, schedule adherence, and functionality in order to deliver consumer satisfaction - Partnered with external inventors to expand innovation pipeline, carrying executions through mass production - Facilitated monthly product review meetings to assess concept viability and provided directional buyoff for continued development - Supported sourcing diversification efforts by expanding vendor base and growing manufacturing expertise in Europe and North America - Co-developed dirt compound with Kinetic Sand vendor, matching color and texture of Monster Jam arena dirt for realistic play experience - Collaborated with engineering innovation team to drive internal development of firmware and hardware to meet key performance specifications Process Development- Implemented new pathways to decrease product development lead times and streamline stage gate approvals - Developed metrics to communicate overall project and business health to executive leadership with weekly updates - Generated budget proposals for approval from executive leadership team - Ran data governance project to implement updated UPC structures