Product Development Manager, Rugs and Home Textiles
Core
Manage end-to-end product development timelines for rugs and home textiles, ensuring timely launches and highest quality standards from concept to vendor handoff.
Role type
Senior Product Development Manager (Home Textiles)
Builds
Rugs and home textile products for Quince's direct-to-consumer retail platform
Domain
Retail / Home Goods / Textiles
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product development lifecycle management, factory and sample room coordination, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, technical specification documentation, supply chain staging, data tracking and transparency
Preferred skills
Deep functional category expertise in rugs and home textiles, experience with vendor transitions and product refreshes, ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments
Technologies
Product development tracking systems, sample management tools
Responsibilities
Own and manage day-to-day product development timelines across new products, color/size extensions, vendor transitions, and refreshes; Serve as central coordination point across Merchandising, Sourcing, Fit, Technical Development, Materials, QA, Creative, and Vendors; Ensure accurate and complete product documentation prior to vendor handoff; Coordinate and track sample requests, shipments, reviews, and revisions; Facilitate product reviews and approvals by cross-functional teams; Run in-person country development trips with Global Merchants and Local PD teams; Partner with Sourcing for material staging and production; Maintain real-time data across product development systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC