Chanel Product Evolution Project Manager

Chanel is an independent French maison of luxury renowned for haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrance and beauty. As an employer, the house combines artisanal craftsmanship with rigorous attention to brand heritage and a commitment to innovation, offering a refined, fastidious workplace valued for discretion and creative excellence.

1. Own the end-to-end delivery of product evolution initiatives: define scope, produce specifications, coordinate development and manage release schedules.
2. Lead cross-functional governance with design, merchandising, sourcing, production, quality assurance and IT to ensure timely, on-brand implementations.
3. Translate business requirements into clear functional and technical specifications; manage change requests and priorities through the product lifecycle.
4. Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), resolve defects, and validate post-release performance against acceptance criteria.
5. Manage external vendors and internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with quality, regulatory and brand standards.
6. Maintain program documentation, status reporting, risk registers and project plans to senior stakeholders.

1. Proven experience managing product evolution or change projects within retail, luxury goods, fashion or related sectors.
2. Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into precise specifications and to manage multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
3. Strong organisational skills with a track record of delivering to deadlines in a high-standards environment.
4. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience briefing senior management.
5. Ability to work with confidential information and uphold the brand’s discretion and aesthetic standards.

1. Project management (Agile and Waterfall methodologies)
2. Requirements specification and user acceptance testing (UAT)
3. Stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination
4. MS Excel
5. PowerPoint
6. Risk and issue management
7. Vendor coordination

Mid-level profile with a credible track record (typically 3–5 years) of delivering product-related projects or product lifecycle changes in retail, fashion or luxury environments, including coordination of internal teams and external suppliers.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Chanel fosters a culture that balances rigorous standards and artisanal savoir-faire with a forward-looking approach to product and retail excellence. Teams are collaborative, discreet and highly performance-driven, with a strong emphasis on quality, refinement and respect for heritage.