Product Development Lead - Women's Wear Woven

Acne Studios is a progressive luxury house and through collaboration and curiosity, we set high aspirations and strive for excellence. We value everyone's contribution and embrace feedback to develop ourselves and others. We aim to minimise our environmental impact across all our operations and to address societal challenges in the way we conduct our business.

As Product Development Lead for women's wear woven, you will play a key role in bringing our collections to life. Leading development across assigned product categories, you will ensure excellence in quality, craftsmanship, sustainability, cost, and delivery.

CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

We firmly believe that when you feel supported, included, and trusted, it enables you to enjoy your work and thrive in it. You will be a part of a team of colleagues with diverse roles and backgrounds, each with their unique skills and experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As Product Development Lead, your main contribution will be to drive a structured, efficient, and timely product development process across assigned product categories. Reporting to the Senior Product Development Manager, you will provide operational leadership throughout the development journey, ensuring alignment across teams, suppliers, timelines, and business objectives by:

• Leading product development from design concept through pre-production within seasonal timelines
• Sourcing and developing materials in line with design vision, quality standards, and sustainability goals
• Driving seasonal development meetings to ensure progress, alignment, and timely decision-making
• Participating in development and production fittings, providing guidance on fit, quality, and construction
• Managing costing and margin reviews in partnership with the Senior Product Development Manager
• Allocating styles across supplier base to optimize quality, capacity, and target costs
• Ensuring accurate product data and BOM maintenance in PLM
• Monitoring and managing seasonal development budgets
• Building strong partnerships across teams and suppliers to successfully deliver collection objectives

WHO YOU ARE

You have high aspirations and focus on details that create substantial impact. You enjoy working as a team and you embrace feedback to develop yourself and others. You are curious and thrive in a dynamic environment. Cooperation, respect, and clear communication are important, along with your ambition to learn and grow. If these qualities speak to you, we would love to have you on our team.

Specific personal qualities for this role:

• Structured and proactive, with excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Collaborative and solution-oriented, with a hands-on approach
• A clear and confident communicator who builds strong relationships
• Supportive and approachable, fostering trust and knowledge-sharing

Specific experience and knowledge for this role:

• Degree in fashion, textile, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of product development experience, preferably within luxury or premium fashion
• Strong knowledge of garment construction, quality standards, and product development processes
• Proven experience in costing, pricing, and supplier negotiations
• Ability to translate design vision into commercially viable, high-quality products
• Experience working with PLM systems
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Excellent written and spoken English

What matters most to us is not whether you master all the listed knowledge and skills. We are dedicated to recognising the potential in each individual. We embrace diversity of people as well as ideas and viewpoints and encourage everyone's individual expression of their own identity.