Vice President Design (Men's basics)

The Vice President, Design plays a critical role in shaping the direction of the company. This leadership position requires someone who has a strong combination of creative vision coupled with operational excellence and business acumen to build consumer and brand right product successfully in a competitive marketplace. Key responsibilities include overseeing and mentoring a creative team, bringing to life innovative and consumer-right collections across multiple different brands, building meaningful cross functional partnerships, refining design workflow and processes, and ensuring design standards are held to the highest standards.

Responsibilities:

• Develop consumer- right product: Develop category strategies and seasonal design direction from trend forecasting through storytelling to execution, maximizing sales growth while re-enforcing brand vision.
• Innovate: Shop competitively and anticipate market trends to identify first in market innovation, growth opportunities and white space
• Story tell: Present product details to executives, brand partners, and major retail accounts in a way that brings the collection to life for the end consumer and amplifies the attributes, benefits, and commercial potential of the line
• Enhance Speed: Co-develop and adhere to a multi-faceted go to market calendar, finding the most efficient way to work across multiple market timelines and implement speed models for fast chase
• Work as a team: Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, sales, merchandising, supply chain, and production teams to align designs with market expectations and ensure seamless execution
• Maintain quality: Maintain high standards of quality, aesthetics, and craftsmanship that uphold the company’s reputation.
• Drive sustainability: Champion sustainability and ethical practices by exploring eco-friendly materials, technologies, and processes.
• Lead: Lead and mentor a high-performing, multi-disciplinary design team, fostering a culture of creativity, agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Manage: Oversee design department budgets, workflow, and resource allocation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 15 years of product design and development experience with a strong record of cross-functional team leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field
• A natural coach and mentor; energizes and empowers others to do their best work
• Ability to translate business objectives into a cohesive design strategy
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills to effectively present strategies and ideas to leadership and cross-functional teams
• A great eye for color; understands the possibilities of fabric and construction; looks for new and innovative ways to use color, fabric, and details in design
• Strong conceptual thinker with an eye for detail, brand nuance, and storytelling through product
• Preferred knowledge/experience with AI design tools
• Flexible to be on-site at least 3 days a week.

Annual salary range is starting at $250,000+

The disclosed salary range is commensurate with experience and does not reflect the total compensation package. Our associates have access to other valuable benefits that our Human Resources team is happy to share with candidates during the interview process.