Consumer Products Advisor

ProductMentor® is seeking an accomplished consumer-products executive to join our team in a fractional advisory capacity. The position is part-time and the schedule is flexible.

We are looking for an experienced operator who has personally helped launch, commercialize, or scale a nationally recognized physical consumer product or brand and now enjoys sharing that experience with entrepreneurs.

The Role

You will work one-on-one with entrepreneurs who are developing and commercializing new consumer products.

ProductMentor provides the commercialization system, resources, vendor network, and client infrastructure. Your role is to provide strategic guidance, help clients make better business decisions, identify potential mistakes, and keep their projects moving forward.

Advisory sessions are conducted remotely by zoom video and are scheduled around your availability.

Ideal Background

We are especially interested in former consumer-product executives who are semi-retired and have held senior operating positions such as:

CEO or President, General Manager, COO, Chief Commercial Officer, SVP/VP of Sales, SVP/VP of Product, or Senior consumer-product leadership roles with significant commercialization responsibility.

Strong candidates will have broad experience across several areas of consumer-product commercialization, such as:

• Product development
• Manufacturing and sourcing
• Pricing, margins, and unit economics
• Branding and positioning
• Sales
• Retail distribution
• Amazon and/or direct-to-consumer
• Go-to-market strategy
• Business growth and scaling

Most Important Qualification

You must have played a meaningful role in launching or scaling a nationally recognized consumer product or consumer brand .

Who This Opportunity Is Best For

This role may be particularly attractive if you have transitioned from a full-time operating career into advisory work, board service, consulting, investing, fractional executive work, semi-retirement, etc.

You should enjoy working directly with entrepreneurs, including first-time founders, and be comfortable providing guidance rather than taking over the day-to-day execution of their businesses.

What We Are Not Looking For

This is not a business-coaching position for someone whose experience is primarily coaching.

We are specifically looking for executives and operators who have personally built, launched, sold, distributed, manufactured, marketed, or scaled physical consumer products.

Engagement

• Independent contractor
• Remote
• Flexible scheduling
• $150-$250 per completed appointment, based on experience
• Recurring 60-minute advisory appointments
• Compensation paid per completed advisory appointment
• Part-time position to start
• Client volume may grow based on availability and fit

About ProductMentor®

ProductMentor® is a strategic partner for inventors and entrepreneurs bringing new products to market. Our team guides clients through the commercialization process, including market validation, product development, manufacturing, branding, funding, distribution, and go-to-market strategy.

If you have successfully helped build a recognized consumer-product business and would enjoy using that experience to help the next generation of entrepreneurs, we would like to hear from you.

Pay: From $150.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Were you a former consumer-products executive?
• Have you personally participated in launching or scaling a nationally recognized physical consumer product or brand?
• What consumer product or brand were you involved with, and what was your role?
• Briefly describe your personal contribution to launching, commercializing, or scaling that product or brand.
• Are you comfortable working as an independent contractor and being compensated per completed advisory appointment rather than receiving a salary?
• Do you have a dedicated home office that is presentable for video sales calls on Zoom?
• Approximately how many 60-minute advisory sessions per week could you accommodate?

Work Location: Remote