Tory Burch Sr. Associate, Product Development, Footwear

Role Overview As a Tory Burch Product Development Sr. Associate, you will support the end-to-end product creation process from concept through commercialization. This role partners closely with design, materials, production and overseas teams to ensure product integrity, on‑time delivery, and cost targets are achieved. The role requires some technical knowledge of footwear construction, development timelines, and cross‑functional coordination. Responsibilities Manage day‑to‑day development of assigned footwear styles across multiple seasons and categories. Ensure alignment with design intent, function and performance requirements by participating in proto‑techpack hand‑offs. Execute the pass‑off of tech packs to manufacturing partners and communicate directly with overseas teams on development status, technical issues and sample expectations. Ensure factories fully understand design intent and technical specifications to minimize development iterations. Participate in construction reviews with design and technical team, providing clear and actionable feedback on prototypes, including construction, materials and adjustments to overseas teams. Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to manage spec turnover within calendar deliverables to ensure timeliness of protos, SMS, and confirmation samples. Work closely with materials team to validate materials meet cost and quality targets on all development. Troubleshoot constructions, materials and feasibility of make‑with‑technical team and factory partners, escalating as needed. Ensure PLM system accuracy and completion to support KPIs. Support cost engineering efforts to meet target margins. Balance product quality, design intent and cost constraints. Ensure all products meet brand standards for quality. Address and resolve issues prior to commercialization. Validate correct logo usage, branding applications, color standards and placement throughout development. Follow calendar to ensure timely turnover of development, return of prototypes, market samples and placement of final production. Monitor calendar daily to promote flow of development and resolve calendar variances with supervisor. Own end-to‑end buy readiness for assigned categories, driving cross‑functional alignment to ensure all product, material and specification requirements are completed accurately and on time to support on‑time production schedule. Participate in material reviews to validate material readiness, approvals and risk mitigation before production. Lead final production spec reviews with design to ensure all detailing is finalized and approved for production. Ensure production BOMs are 100% accurate and are clearly shared with overseas teams to avoid production discrepancies. Partner with production team to confirm final style selection and production allocation. Maintain accurate and timely updates of Buy Ready data files to reflect production readiness status. Proactively track and drive resolution of all open development issues before production to minimize risks of delay. Support and enforce late‑add sample process, ensuring expedited development, review and approval to prevent production delays. Track all confirmation samples and schedule reviews to ensure exact execution of final design. Requirements 3+ years in footwear product development or a related field. Bachelor's degree in product development or a related field preferred but not required. Experience working with global factories. Some knowledge of footwear constructions. Strong project management and organizational skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly with global factory partners. Ability to manage multiple products and deadlines simultaneously. Detail oriented with strong problem‑solving skills. Strong ownership mindset with a focus on production readiness and execution excellence. Strong eye for detail and visual execution. Compensation 80,000.00 USD - 85,000.00 USD, based on relevant experience and work location. Benefits We offer a generous set of benefits to help you take care of your health, create financial security and achieve wellness in all areas of your life. Highlights include mental and physical health support, employee discount on our collections, free executive coaching, paid volunteer days and more. All benefits are available to members who work over 30 hours per week. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Tory Burch LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy) or sexual orientation, gender expression, military status, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, disability or membership in any other protected class under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories under the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment. Disability Accommodation Tory Burch is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to apply for a job or perform your job, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr BoF Careers