How to hire a director, product safety

How to hire a director, product safety, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director, product safety hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a director, product safety job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new director, product safety
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your director, product safety job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find a director, product safety for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect director, product safety also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents director, product safety salaries for various positions.

   Type of Director, Product Safety	Description	Hourly rate
   Director, Product Safety	Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest engineering disciplines. Mechanical engineers design, develop, build, and test mechanical and thermal sensors and devices, including tools, engines, and machines.	$58-129
   Safety Director	A safety director is responsible for maintaining the safety and security of the business and its employees, enforcing strict safety standards, and facilitating safety drills and programs to avoid potential hazards within the office's premises. Safety directors inspect the building's premises, including the office's equipment and other systems, and perform immediate actions even for the smallest inconsistencies... Show more	$26-62

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Risk Management
   • Safety Data
   • Clinical Trials
   • Product Development
   • Safety Standards
   • Regulatory Compliance
   • Sops
   • Product Line
   • FDA
   • R
   • EU
   • Cpsc
   • Product Safety
   • Litigation

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage enterprise-wide litigation best practices.
   • Manage interdepartmental groups using advance simulation methodology to guide technology development direction for device and process architecture base on application impacts.
   • Provide technical assistance to legal counsel and support product recalls that are initiate through the CPSC and FDA.
   • Serve as investigatory agent and company witness in product liability litigation defense.
   • Expand the testing protocols to exceed the minimum requirement establish by the FDA.
   • Monitor patients during treatment to observe any concerns, intervene following proper protocol if symptoms of oxygen toxicity occur.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director, product safety job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A director, product safety can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, directors, product safety' average salary in minnesota is 25% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level directors, product safety 55% less than senior-level directors, product safety.
   • Certifications. A director, product safety with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a director, product safety's salary.

   Average director, product safety salary

   $181,766yearly

   $87.39 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director, product safety salary

   $121,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 16, 2026

4. Writing a director, product safety job description

   A good director, product safety job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a director, product safety job description:

   Director, product safety job description example

   RH at its core is about taste, and we believe the idea of scaling taste is large and far reaching.
   
   The RH brand attracts the best designers, artisans, manufacturers and talent in our industry, scaling and rendering their work more valuable across our integrated platform, enabling us to curate the most compelling collection of luxury home furnishings in the world. We are moving the brand beyond curating and selling products to conceptualizing and selling spaces by building an ecosystem of products, places, services and spaces that elevates and establishes the RH brand as a global thought leader, taste and place maker.
   
   At RH we believe deeply that the \"right\" people are our greatest asset. We value people with high energy, who possess the ability to energize others. People who are smart, creative and have a point of view. People who see the answer in every problem, versus those who see the problem in every answer. People who are driven, determined and won't take \"no\" for an answer. We value team players, people who are more concerned with what's right, rather than who's right.
   
   The Product Compliance Director will lead all company activities designed to ensure that our products are safe and legal. The perfect candidate will have direct relevant experience in a similar setting and an immediate connection to our Core Values (People, Service, Quality and Innovation).
   
   YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
   
   

   • Live Our Vision, Values and Beliefs every day
   • Interact with cross functional teams, vendors and labs regarding testing, labeling and regulatory requirements and safety issues
   • Drive day to day team functions including tactical decisions on testing requirements and product issues
   • Provide technical and regulatory guidance for compliance, product and quality teams
   • Monitor global regulations and industry standards and ensure RH's testing matrix is up to date
   • Lead team efforts around product issue research and resolution and work closely with government agencies
   • Develop and implement new product guidelines around safety and regulatory requirements
   • Address vendor questions on regulatory and safety testing requirements
   • Analyze testing data for trends and insights, present findings to cross-functional partners and implement changes based on analysis
   • Run Data Analytics out of the merchandising database (QS- Mircostrategy)
   • Maintain an up to the minute grasp of regulatory developments affecting the products RH offers
   • Lead all efforts to prepare the business to comply with new product regulations

   
   
   OUR REQUIREMENTS
   
   

   • 7-10 years' experience in retail Product Compliance, ideally in home furnishings with international exposure
   • Excellent data & analytical skills and a strong detail focus
   • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word are critical
   • Ability to work in web-based, data-management, workflow and communication platforms like Salesforce is necessary
   • Familiarity with product compliance and safety verification processes are necessary

   ABOUT US
   RH is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by federal or state law or local ordinance.

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5. Post your job

   To find directors, product safety for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any directors, product safety they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level directors, product safety with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

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6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting directors, product safety requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new director, product safety

   Once you've decided on a perfect director, product safety candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new director, product safety. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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