Associate Product Development Manager, Licensing

Old Navy

Full-time - Entry Level

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

About the position

At Old Navy, we are redefining the fashion industry by making it accessible and enjoyable for everyone. As an Associate Product Development Manager in Licensing, you will play a crucial role in supporting the ideation, development, implementation, and execution of our production and vendor capability strategy. Your focus will be on delivering value by effectively balancing innovation, quality, and cost. You will work within a highly matrixed global organization, collaborating with a cross-functional product team that includes Design, Merchandising, Tech Design, Quality Assurance, Sustainability, Fabric Research and Development, and Global Sourcing. Your attention to detail will be essential in ensuring that the product pipeline meets key milestones to satisfy product-to-market (P2M) demands. In this position, you will be responsible for creating seasonal strategies that limit our exposure to buying fabrics before line adoption. You will execute a vendor engagement strategy across various divisions and categories for both seasonal and fast pipelines, ensuring product availability at the product category level. Your ability to adapt team priorities in response to customer and business partner needs will be vital to your success in this role. Additionally, you will provide front-line supervision to an operational, service, or administrative team, ensuring that all processes run smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Support the ideation, development, implementation, and execution of the production and vendor capability strategy.
• Create seasonal strategies to limit exposure to buying fabrics pre line adoption.
• Execute a vendor engagement strategy across divisions and categories for both seasonal and fast pipelines.
• Ensure product availability for seasonal and fast pipelines at the product category level.
• Develop the analytic process required to optimize post Line Adoption.
• Adapt team priorities to respond to customer and business partner needs.
• Provide front line supervision to an operational, service, or administrative team.

Requirements

• Experience in product development or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills to optimize processes and strategies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail to meet product pipeline milestones.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the fashion retail industry.
• Familiarity with vendor management and engagement strategies.
• Knowledge of sustainability practices in product development.

Benefits

• 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta.
• 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• Competitive Paid Time Off plan.
• Up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of choice.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of base pay.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.