Senior Product Developer

FIGS is looking for a Senior Product Developer of Outerwear to play an integral role in developing and executing products to align with FIGS strategy. This position requires an out of the box thinker who can collaborate with cross functional teams, outside vendors, and across all levels of the organization. This person has a passion for product and extreme details. This position reports into the Director of Product Development.

What you’ll do:

• Category expert overseeing product development and timeline management for Outerwear
• Have clear understanding of design integrity and ability to translate technical concepts
• Lead POD meetings
• Serve as liaison between cross functional teams ensuring style revisions are accurately communicated throughout the product development cycle to all stakeholders
• Partner with Merch to ensure styles/colors are added/dropped in Centric
• Tracks to GTM timelines, holds partners accountable and communicates timeline conflicts/challenges
• Manage all lab dip requests in Centric in partnership with RMM & Color
• Manage day-to-day communication with factories
• Provide a clear understanding of factory partner capabilities & building capability library for internal reference.
• Build and facilitate Bill of Materials issuance and updates between design and overseas factories
• Expert in costing and have ability to suggest cost reduction engineering when necessary in order to meet IMU targets
• Anticipate and creatively solve any quality control concerns
• Partner with the Raw Material team to action lab and wear testing of new materials to ensure that our products are of the highest quality and standards
• Conduct quality testing with third party testing agencies
• Test all fabric/trim compatibility
• Track all garments from vendor to HQ from tailoring, proto, SMS, PP through TOP
• Ensure all styles handed off by calendar dates are represented in milestone meetings
• Track to commercialize garments in time for milestone meetings
• Attend all fittings with call outs on sub materials, IMU and prepared to offer guidance to meet on time and top quality execution
• Work closely with the Raw Materials & Color team to ensure fabrics/trims are approved for production and chase into pending lab dips to ensure on-time production delivery
• Responsible for ensuring all garments are fully buy ready by PO deadlines
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• 6 years of experience in a similar role
• Strong understanding of technical outerwear
• Deep knowledge in knits and an understanding of wovens and technical wovens
• Significant experience with product development and production process and lifecycle
• Ability to respond to vendors within 24 hours
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Robust communication skills is a must
• Knowledgeable on apparel products
• Knowledge of fabric construction and finished garment
• Understands trim and materials
• In-depth knowledge of design techniques and processes
• Deadline focused and goal driven
• Excellent excel and mathematical skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiating skills and business acumen
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize
• Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and knowledge of CAD a plus
• Ability to travel to factories
  
  
  

Other must haves:

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

FIGS Compensation And Benefits

Pay Range

• At FIGS, your base salary is one part of your total compensation package. This role's base salary range is between $70,000 and $100,000. Actual base salary is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience.
  
  
  

Additional Compensation And Benefits

Equity: All FIGS employees have the opportunity to own shares of FIGS stock through our new-hire equity program. Additionally, FIGS provides a discount when purchasing FIGS stock voluntarily through our FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Other compensation and benefits offered include:

• Comprehensive benefits and perks package focused on your well-being, including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, and full access to wellness services through Breethe and Classpass. 100% FIGS-sponsored life insurance and disability insurance
• Amazing 401(k) program, with a company match up to the first 6% of your contribution
• Generous paid time off - We have 12 company holidays. For salaried team members, we offer flexible vacation. For our hourly team members, we offer up to 3 weeks of accrued vacation
• Meaningful time away for baby bonding, including parental leave, new parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers
• FIGS sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in-office weeks
• Personalized discount code for 50% off all FIGS products, along with a separate code to share with family and friends to enjoy a 25% discount site-wide
• Access to FIGS Vet, Discounted Pet Daycare, Discounted Pet Insurance, and so much more…
• Benefits eligibility is determined by hour requirements and length of service
  
  
  

A Little Bit About Us…

FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.

Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world.

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