Sr. Technical Designer - Womenswear

Our client is seeking a Senior Technical Designer to join our fast-growing, multi-brand design and manufacturing company based in New York City.

This is a unique opportunity for someone with an entrepreneurial mindset—someone who wants more than a traditional corporate role. You will play a critical role in shaping product, process, and team structure, with significant runway for growth and leadership, including the opportunity to build, mentor, and manage a growing technical design team.

Our environment blends the scale of mass retail with the creativity of brand-building, working across multiple product categories, retailers, and talent-driven brands. This role requires someone who can move seamlessly between hands-on technical execution, cross-functional leadership, factory communication, and customer-facing responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the technical design process across multiple brands and product categories.
• Run and manage fit sessions end-to-end, making confident fit, construction, and technical decisions.
• Partner closely with Design, Production, and Merchandising teams to maintain product integrity and execute design intent.
• Communicate detailed fit comments, construction direction, specifications, and technical requirements to overseas factories.
• Interface with customers and retail partners on fit-related communication, approvals, and technical requirements.
• Manage fit timelines and sample flow, ensuring samples are reviewed, commented on, revised, and approved on schedule.
• Work directly with fit model agencies to schedule and manage fittings.
• Attend and lead customer-facing fittings when required.
• Utilize and maintain PLM systems, ensuring technical information is accurate, complete, and up to date.
• Oversee, mentor, and develop junior technical design team members.
• Help establish and improve technical standards, processes, and best practices across the organization.
• Proactively identify fit, construction, quality, or timeline issues and develop solutions before they impact delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Technical Design experience within apparel.
• Expert-level understanding of garment fit, construction, specifications, and grading.
• Extensive experience in Women’s apparel, including Wovens, Knits, Sweaters, and Outerwear.
• Working knowledge of Men’s and Kids categories.
• Plus Size fit experience is a strong plus.
• Proven ability to independently lead fittings and make confident fit and construction decisions.
• Strong experience communicating directly with overseas factories and sourcing partners.
• Experience working directly with retail customers is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with PLM systems such as Centric, FlexPLM, or similar; training will be provided on proprietary systems.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple brands, categories, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience mentoring or managing junior team members is preferred.

Who You Are

• Entrepreneurial and self-driven—you thrive in an environment where you can take ownership and make an impact.
• A natural problem solver who balances speed, precision, and commercial realities.
• Confident making decisions and comfortable being accountable for the outcome.
• Able to anticipate issues rather than simply react to them.
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and owning your function end-to-end.
• Excited by the opportunity to build, lead, and scale a team.
• Highly detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• Collaborative, communicative, and calm under pressure.
• Energized by a fast-paced, multi-brand environment.

What We Offer

• A high-impact role with meaningful ownership, visibility, and leadership opportunity.
• Opportunity to build, mentor, and scale a technical design team.
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial, fast-moving environment.
• Exposure to multi-brand development across mass retail, proprietary brands, and talent-driven brands and collaborations.
• Opportunity to work cross-functionally with Design, Production, Technical Design, factories, and retail partners.
• Meaningful opportunity for professional development and growth.
• Full-time, in-person environment in New York City, five days a week.