Quince
Product Development Manager, Soft Home (Rugs/Windows)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Delhi, India. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Product Development Manager, Soft Home will accelerate the development of new products and ensure high quality standards. This person will manage product development timelines and coordinate across various cross-functional teams and vendors.
What you will do
- Manage day-to-day product development timelines for new products, extensions, transitions, and refreshes.
- Coordinate across Merchandising, Sourcing, Fit, Technical Development, Materials, QA, Creative, and Vendors.
- Ensure product documentation including technical specifications and testing requirements is accurate and complete.
- Coordinate and track sample requests, shipments, reviews, fit requests, and revisions.
- Facilitate product reviews and approvals by Merchandising, Fit, and Technical teams.
- Run in-person country development trips with Global Merchants, Global Fit, and Local PD teams.
- Partner with Sourcing to support material staging and finished-goods production.
- Coordinate delivery of photo samples to Creative.
- Maintain accurate data across product development systems and tracking tools.
Required qualifications
- 10+ years in product development or factory-facing roles
- Deep functional category expertise, including product and material standards
- Extensive experience working directly with factories and sample rooms
- Comfortable operating independently and navigating ambiguity
- Highly organized, detail-oriented and analytical
- Clear communicator across language, cultural, and functional boundaries
- Proven track record of progressing within an organization
- Continuous learner and highly curious
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Motivated by working in a fast-paced collaborative environment
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s Degree
Before you apply
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
About the company
Quince is a manufacturer-to-consumer brand that aims to make high quality essentials for low prices through a direct relationship with manufacturing partners.