Tapestry Senior Product Development Manager

About Tapestry

Tapestry is a New York–based house of modern luxury, uniting the distinctive worlds of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. As an employer, the group offers the scale and sophistication of a global fashion leader while preserving the creative spirit and heritage of its iconic brands. Tapestry cultivates an inclusive, purpose-driven culture where design, craftsmanship, digital innovation, and commercial excellence intersect. Its teams are encouraged to think boldly, grow continuously, and contribute to a more responsible future for fashion, making Tapestry a compelling environment for talent seeking impact, creativity, and international opportunity.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the Product Development team to deliver product aesthetics, quality, construction, cost and timelines from prototype through product approval.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create synergies, maintain product quality and meet corporate timelines throughout early development and commercialization.
• Oversee product design aesthetics, quality standards, costing and margin goals, sample timelines, and team workload.
• Manage the team's day-to-day product development process according to priorities aligned with the Product Development Lead's strategy.
• Coordinate in-season communication on design updates, standards and overall product consistency.
• Identify issues and risks during DC scrubbing and lead discussions with sample facilities, engineering and the New York team to develop solutions.
• Identify sub-materials for use during development.
• Guide the team in collaborating with the MM Team and engineering on new-material testing, assessing risks and establishing best practices.
• Lead the team in working with SPs, outsourcing suppliers and engineering on finished-goods testing to meet Tapestry requirements.
• Collaborate with Planning and Production teams on lead times and timelines.
• Anticipate and drive issue resolution to maintain product consistency, aesthetics and integrity.
• Promote innovation by sharing new techniques and ideas identified through market research and visits to SPs and third parties with the Product Development Lead.
• Serve as the main contact for SPs on development questions, coordinating information flow to other teams and enabling effective cross-functional work.
• Drive costing and develop strategies to meet or exceed margin requirements; identify process improvements that protect Coach aesthetics.
• Support the Product Development Lead's cost-saving initiatives by providing ideas and data.
• Lead coordination with the Packaging Team to finalize packaging instructions, ensuring finished goods are protected in transit while meeting design intent.
• Lead handover meetings with the Production Team and SPs to ensure design intent is understood and followed in production.
• Build strong partnerships with SPs and effective relationships with Raw Material and Production teams.
• Manage and maintain information required for tools used by cross-functional teams.
• Provide Product Development Leads with accurate sample and cost data by season and milestone.
• Collect day-to-day performance data on sample facilities, outsourcing suppliers and SPs for KPI reports to Product Development Leads.
• Assess complexity and difficulty ratings for each new development so Planning can allocate work effectively.
• Develop a high-performing team.
• Set talent-development goals and action plans with the Product Development Lead, track progress in team meetings and communicate performance updates to the lead.
• Manage team workload in alignment with the Product Development Lead's sampling plans and timelines.
• Identify, build, coach and develop talent within the team.
• Partner with engineering to use the Engineering manual to strengthen Product Development team members' product-making knowledge.
• Develop an outsourcing strategy at the start of development, considering capability, capacity, lead time and cost.
• Oversee product consistency across seasons.
• Monitor cost margins for the Top 20 each season and lead the team in identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Review processes continuously and provide Product Development Leads with practical ways to streamline work and improve efficiency.

Skills

Culture

Tapestry fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, craftsmanship, and consumer insight come together across its portfolio of iconic fashion and lifestyle brands. As an employer, it encourages entrepreneurial thinking, global perspective, and continuous growth, empowering teams to shape meaningful brand experiences while contributing to a culture of innovation and belonging.

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