Christian Dior Senior Product Manager, Women's Bags (Lady Dior & Pillars)
- Location
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Department
- Merchandising, Buying & Planning
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Apr 19, 2026
About Christian Dior
Christian Dior Couture is an iconic Parisian fashion house renowned for its couture heritage, creative leadership, and meticulous artisanal savoir‑faire. As a global luxury maison within the larger LVMH ecosystem, it combines deep respect for heritage with a forward‑looking approach to product, retail and brand experience, offering employees the chance to work at the intersection of craftsmanship, creativity and commercial excellence.
Christian Dior Couture seeks a Senior Product Manager, Women's Bags (Lady Dior & Pillars) in Paris – lead collection development and commercialization for Lady Dior.
Role & Responsibilities
- Own the development and commercial strategy of Lady Dior and the house’s pillar women’s bag ranges, ensuring assortments reflect the Maison’s artistic vision while delivering commercial performance.
- Define four annual collection briefs for the Studio: trend direction, market opportunities, strategic orientations and target collection plans.
- Edit and validate the collection plan collaboratively with Studio and development teams; provide product recommendations and adjustments through to showroom delivery.
- Construct and maintain the modelario (assortment dashboard) as the primary collection monitoring and buying tool.
- Define pricing strategy and perform pricing, repricing and margin monitoring in partnership with industrial and finance teams.
- Supervise product codification, maintain product data quality and control the product master/reference database.
- Coordinate technical development and quality follow‑up with industrial development and quality teams; validate model and name deposits with Legal.
- Organise and manage four annual showrooms: prototype management, product shootings with the photo studio and commercial presentations to Retail and Wholesale merchandisers.
- Drive 360° go‑to‑market coordination: present collections and product strategy to press, digital, VIP/VIC and training teams; manage prototype selection and distribution for shoots and VIP/press requests.
- Produce post‑showroom synthesis documents (purchase recaps, launch packs) and training materials for store networks; collaborate with Training to develop seller content and selling tools.
- Conduct ad hoc market and competitive studies, price mapping and deliver insights for senior management.
- Line‑manage a Junior Product Manager and an intern, providing coaching and operational direction.
Qualifications
- Degree from a business school or university in Marketing, Management, Commerce or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of proven experience in product marketing/product management within luxury fashion, ideally with women's leather goods and handbags.
- Native or advanced level of French and professional fluency in English (written and spoken); Italian is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast‑paced, multi‑stakeholder environment with strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, autonomy, proactivity and the ability to present product narratives to internal and external audiences.
Skills
Experience
Minimum five years of successful product/marketing experience in the luxury sector, preferably focused on women's leather goods and handbags, with responsibility for collection development, pricing and cross‑functional commercial rollout.
Education
Business school degree or equivalent in marketing, management, commerce or related field.
Workplace
This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Culture
The Maison promotes a culture that blends couture heritage with creative audacity and rigorous craftsmanship. As part of a wider luxury group, it values excellence, collaboration and curiosity, offering exposure to international markets and cross‑disciplinary teams while supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives.
About Cerulean
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