FIGS is hiring a Senior Director of Product Development to join the team! With a focus on leadership and creating best in class products, this role will manage the product development process and lead a team of developers to create the FIGS technical apparel for our community of Health Care Professionals. They will collaborate with internal cross functional teams and our vendor base to provide effective and accurate translation of product briefs/designs from concept through to development and commercialization. This role will bring an innovation and solutions driven approach to elevate FIGS apparel, through garment engineering expertise, and ensure commercial viability whilst meeting our quality and cost matrix needs.

What you’ll do: 

• Drive R&D in partnership with Design, RM and TD to ensure a holistic view of product creation from concept to production.
• Lead and mentor the product development team from innovation, applications, product engineering, colour, trim and cultivating cross functional partnership to drive results.
• Ensure product integrity while balancing innovation, execution and meeting our target price
• Adept at analyzing product designs to ensure they are aligned to assortment strategy through predictive costing. Review, validate and approve costing information throughout the entire creation process. Ensure compliance to FIGS standards.
• Manage handover from design/TD to sourcing to ensure that all information provided is complete. Manage vendor feedback and incorporate for quality and cost to be improved without compromising product integrity. 
• Ensures team are timely and accurate in data entry regarding BOM, costing or other data as required at calendar milestones
• Evaluate all protos meet quality and engineering expectations, approval of color, components and materials. Lead teams in managing all preproduction comments.
• Ensure that all materials and components as well as protos are tested to adhere to FIGS quality and standards. Manage quality exceptions with cross functional partners as needed
• Be in the know on the latest innovation and technical advances in product development and garment/accessories engineering.

Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of material construction and related testing,  garment construction and manufacturing
• Knowledge of costing and ability to negotiate as required
• Effective communication and negotiation skills
• Advanced PLM skills, Office and Google Suite and ability to work with Product Data Management Systems

Other must haves:

• Proven work ethic and integrity
• Positive attitude
• Desire to excel and grow with FIGS
• Entrepreneurial spirit and egoless nature

A little bit about us…

The medical apparel industry is antiquated, highly fragmented and, until FIGS, was driven solely by low-cost providers offering a limited selection of poor quality products sold through third party distributors. FIGS is revolutionizing the medical apparel industry by creating the highest quality medical apparel in the world and by selling directly to medical professionals through our branded ecommerce site.

FIGS’ foundation is built on product quality, and we have a relentless focus on three key areas: fabric, fit and function. We developed our proprietary, performance-oriented fabric technology to meet the demands of the medical profession. FIGS’ Technical Collection fabric is wrinkle resistant, moisture-wicking, lightweight, breathable and offers four-way stretch. Our designs are tailored, sophisticated and innovative, incorporating features such as yoga waistbands, smart storage (pockets, zippers, hidden pockets) and inspirational sayings inside each garment that appeal to modern healthcare professionals.

By offering a branded and customer-centric online shopping experience, we are changing how medical professionals buy their workwear. Through our website, social media, and participation in medical conferences and events, we have built a strong following within the medical community and a meaningful connection with our customers, which allows us to understand their needs and to ensure that FIGS is continuously improving and innovating.

FIGS’ Threads for Threads initiative is central to our mission. FIGS has donated hundreds of thousands of scrubs to healthcare providers in need around the world.