Forvia - Martyn Bassett Associates

Forvia group was looking for a Director of Product, which they labelled as their most critical hire of 2024.

The Search Statistics

Number of days to the first round of resumes: 9
Number of candidates considered: 6
Number of candidates interviewed: 4
Number of business days to complete the search: 28

The Search

The Forvia group (which acquired IRYStec based in Montreal in 2020) , was looking for a Director of Product. They labelled this hire as their most critical hire of 2024 as the chosen candidate would be essential to completing the senior leadership team and unlocking new customer and market growth.

The Hire

Senior-level professional with a 20 year career managing technically complex products in “can not fail” use cases
Most recently, a Senior Product Manager that functioned as the head of a product line – they had ownership of all go/no go decisions
Experiences in a similar product category as our client, which was the piece that made this candidate ‘the one’
A customer champion with market facing skills

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–– Jean Lorchat, General Manager

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