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About the Role
Burberry is seeking an experienced Senior Product Developer to oversee the complete development cycle of Outerwear, transforming creative concepts into high-quality, commercially viable products. This role involves close collaboration with Design, Product Engineering, and vendors, applying technical expertise, craftsmanship, and commercial acumen from conception to pre-production. The position also includes team leadership responsibilities and supporting senior Product Development management.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end product development process from concept to pre-production, managing the critical path and delivering high-quality prototypes and samples to agreed timelines and margin targets.
- Partner closely with Design as a technical specialist, contributing during fittings and finding considered solutions that protect creative intent while ensuring product feasibility.
- Build effective partnerships with vendors, using a strong understanding of capabilities, costs and capacity to secure the right product outcomes.
- Apply strong technical outerwear expertise across product types, considering construction, performance, testing, functionality and consistency throughout development.
- Collaborate with Product Engineering and cross-functional partners to identify and resolve risks, prepare products for production and ensure they meet relevant testing and quality requirements.
- Lead and support the Product Development Assistant, while contributing to wider team leadership and maintaining accurate, timely product information within PLM.
Requirements
- Strong technical knowledge of outerwear and related product categories, with an understanding of construction, performance, testing and functionality.
- Experience partnering with Design teams and translating creative direction into technically achievable, high-quality product.
- Proven ability to manage vendor and factory relationships, providing clear briefs and navigating cost, quality, capacity and aesthetic considerations.
- Skilled in critical path management, with the ability to anticipate risks, prioritise effectively and guide collections through development to agreed deadlines.
- Commercial awareness and experience balancing product cost and margin considerations with creativity, quality and customer expectations.
- Clear and collaborative communication skills, with experience working across functions and using product-development systems such as PLM; working knowledge of Excel and InDesign is beneficial.
Skills
- Product Development
- Outerwear Technical Expertise
- Vendor Management
- Critical Path Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- PLM Systems
- Excel
- InDesign
Location
- United Kingdom
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- At Burberry, we believe creativity opens spaces. Our purpose is to unlock the power of imagination to push boundaries and open new possibilities for our people, our customers and our communities. This is the core belief that has guided Burberry since it was founded in 1856 and is central to how we operate as a company today.
- We aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do.
- As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to being a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Burberry is an Equal Opportunities Employer and as such, treats all applications equally and recruits purely on the basis of skills and experience.