Director, Product Development, Women's
Gap
Product
Folsom, CA, USA
Posted on Mar 27, 2025
About the Role
In this role, you are accountable for the ideation, development, implementation and execution of the Gap Inc production and vendor capability strategy, delivering value through effectively balancing innovation, quality, and cost. You will be able to operate in a highly matrixed global organization, forming part of the cross functional product leadership team (Design, Merchandising, Tech Design, Quality Assurance, Sustainability, Fabric Research and Development and Global Sourcing). You will be able to strategize as well as execute, with strong attention to detail and business acumen, ensuring product flows through the pipeline and meets key milestones to meet product to market (P2M) demands.What You'll Do
Create seasonal strategies to limit our 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
Lead the execution of capacity management planning in partnership with the vendor management team
Who You Are
Develop the analytic process required to optimize post Line Adoption
Collaborate and lead others in key initiatives and their implementation
Responsible for planning, budget, and end results; set policies and strategic direction for area/team