Product Developer, Jewelry

About the job

Product Developer, Jewelry

Responsibilities

• Own the full product development calendar across all jewelry collections, from initial brief through production-ready, including proto rounds, TOP approvals, and milestone tracking
• Brief, direct, and manage 1-3 contract designers on a seasonal cadence, ensuring creative output is brand-right, commercially viable, and delivered on time
• Makes independent first-pass costing decisions, knowing our margin targets and pushing back on vendors before anything escalates
• Approve, revise, or kill samples at the sample review stage without requiring leadership involvement in routine decisions
• Serve as primary point of contact for day-to-day development coordination with internal and external production contacts
• Identify and surface blockers early, bringing a recommendation with every escalation, not just a status update
• Develop and maintain clear product briefs and timelines for each collection, connected to margin targets and business outcomes
• Build and refine the contract designer model, including briefing templates, feedback cycles, and quality standards

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in jewelry product development, buying, or merchandising, ideally in a DTC or marketplace-first environment
• Direct experience briefing and managing contract or freelance design talent
• Design literacy: you can read a sketch, redline a tech pack, and articulate specifically why a proportion, finish, or detail is wrong
• Costing fluency: you understand landed cost and gross margin, and you have sat across from jewelry factories in real negotiations
• A track record of owning a development calendar end-to-end, with milestone accountability from brief to bulk production
• A commercial editor's mindset: you evaluate product through a sales and margin lens, not just an aesthetic one
• A communication style that is precise, direct, and calibrated to your audience, whether that is a vendor, a contract designer, or a senior leader
• The decisiveness to make calls, document them, and move, without waiting for approval on routine decisions

Qualifications

• Experience with BeProduct or a comparable PLM platform
• Familiarity with Amazon or TikTok Shop marketplaces
• Experience managing a product line across multiple price tiers, from accessible to premium
• Experience building a design management model from scratch, including briefing systems, feedback structures, and contract frameworks

Skills

• Design management
• Commercial mindset
• Decisiveness
• Jewelry development
• Technical proficiency in reviewing sketches and redlining tech pack
• Landed cost, gross margins, and vendor negotiations
• End-to-end calendar ownership
• Precise communication

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Sick Leave
• Remote Work
• Parental Leave
• Bonus
• Employee Discount
• Flexible Schedule