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New surfaces at Eco Outdoor begin with an idea from our Design team. As our Product Developer - Architectural Surfaces, you’ll take those ideas and see them through. You’ll work closely with suppliers, sampling, trialling and refining until each product is resolved, validated and ready for launch.\nThis is a new role, created to give our core category dedicated development capability as we take on our biggest-ever launch pipeline and continue to grow in the US. You’ll report to our Head of Product Development and work closely with our Head of Design, Product Manager - Architectural Surfaces, suppliers and Supply Chain team.\nWhat you’ll do\nProduct development: Lead new and evolved surface products from Design handover to final resolution. You’ll translate design intent, material possibilities, supplier capabilities and commercial requirements into a clear path through sampling, trials, refinement and final selection.\nProduct readiness: Make sure every product is fully resolved for how it will be specified, sampled, purchased, transported and handled. You’ll bring together samples, specifications, quality standards, testing and installation requirements, solving risks before handover to Product Management.\nMarket insight: Gather and interpret market data, customer feedback, sales insights, competitor activity and category trends, alongside practical installation and builder considerations. You’ll turn these into clear insights that inform development decisions and challenge assumptions.\nDevelopment capability: Build material expertise, supplier relationships and a shared knowledge base. You’ll capture what we learn and help refine the processes and tools that shape how the function grows.\nSustainability & supplier due diligence: Gather and verify supplier and product-level information, including environmental data, modern slavery due diligence and Supplier Code of Conduct compliance. You’ll set up consistent ways of recording it so the right evidence is always on hand.\n\nWhere you’ll work\nThis is a permanent, full-time role (Monday to Friday) based at our Waterloo head office in Sydney, with hybrid working arrangements. International travel is required several times a year, with frequency depending on business needs.\nPlease note: Applicants must have existing Australian working rights and be comfortable travelling internationally (after 12 months).\nRequirements\nWhat you’ll bring\nAt least two years’ experience in a related industry, such as architecture, interior design or the building trades\nExperience as a Product Developer or Brand/Product Manager in any product business is a bonus\nNo formal qualification needed; a curious, technical mind matters more than your background\nStrong project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities\nA commercial mindset, grounded in a clear understanding of the customer and the market\nHow you work\nYou pair a genuine curiosity for design with strong technical judgement\nYou’re a true collaborator who builds strong relationships with suppliers and internal partners\nYou’re practical, process-minded and focused on solutions\nBenefits\nIn return, we’ll give you…\nPerks, benefits and the space to grow. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package and plenty of opportunities for career growth and development. This includes:\nThe opportunities you need to grow, develop and craft a career you’re proud of within the global Eco Outdoor business\nPaid parental leave, so we can look after you while you welcome a new human\nA 50 per cent off employee discount on Eco Outdoor products\nCompany-sponsored shenanigans and activities to connect with your team and the broader Eco Outdoor crew, from axe-throwing escapades to lawn bowls and trivia nights\nA culture of unbelievable hospitality… hello in house barista coffee machine\nThe opportunity to give back via our internal Social Housing and Sustainability teams.\nOK, you want to know what you’re getting yourself into? Let us introduce ourselves.\nEstablished in 2001 by expert minds from the landscape design and construction industries, Eco Outdoor is an Australian-founded global brand with showrooms in Australia, New Zealand and North America. We’re constantly experimenting, innovating and pushing creative boundaries, delivering the highest-quality natural stone and architectural surfaces (and outdoor furniture collections) to the international architecture market.\nWe employ around 190 people across the globe, all of whom are dedicated to innovating, crafting and providing remarkable products and unbelievable hospitality to our clients and collaborators in the architecture and design space. We thrive on constant reinvention, regular development opportunities and a passionate culture grounded in connection and involvement.\nWe’re a tribe of collaborators, critical thinkers, problem-solvers and challenge-embracers, and we nurture our incredibly talented people to put their best foot forward every day. That starts with our core values - Be a Game Changer, Only Accept Awesome, Play as a Team, Be Curious, Get Fired up - which are deeply ingrained in our culture. Basically, we’re all about fostering an innovative, industry-leading, collaborative, creative, passionate team to reach their fullest potential. That’s good for humans and good for business.\nIf this sounds like your kind of gig…\nWe’d love to hear from you. If you need more information before you apply, check out our website, LinkedIn or Instagram. If you have questions those sites don’t answer, flick us a line at  unless you’re a recruitment agency, in which case: no, thanks. 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