Director, Design

About Tailored Brands Our Purpose: We help people love the way they look and feel for their most important moments. Our Values: • Customer-First - We put customers at the center of every decision • Win Together - We rally together to achieve common goals • Better Every Day - We strive for excellence and continuous improvement • Everyone Is Welcome - We value differences and know they make us better • Act With Integrity - We show up with courage to always do the right thing

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tailoredbrands.com

10,001+ employees

Retail Apparel and Fashion

Houston, Texas

Privately Held

33k LinkedIn followers

Raised $500M

• Establish seasonal strategy and creative direction across knits, sweaters, casual bottoms, denim, and outerwear in alignment with brand strategy, customer needs, business priorities, and financial objectives.
• Lead the knits and sweaters category while maintaining hands-on design ownership of bottoms, denim, and outerwear — defining category architecture, key items, color direction, yarns, gauges, gauges, washes, trims, and finishing details.
• Design and develop seasonal products from concept through final sample approval, including silhouettes, fits, proportions, construction, and styling; lead balanced assortments across core, seasonal, and fashion-focused products.
• Set and uphold standards for fit, handfeel, fabrication, quality, and construction; review and approve concepts, sketches, yarns, colors, lab dips, strike-offs, prototypes, and samples.
• Create and present design concepts that support cohesive seasonal product stories and a complete sportswear assortment.
• Partner with merchandising and planning to balance creative direction with assortment needs, pricing, margin, volume, and customer expectations.
• Lead vendor and cross-functional reviews, resolving issues related to design, fit, feasibility, costing, quality, and delivery; provide clear, actionable sample comments.
• Use market information, customer feedback, product performance, and post-season learnings to inform future category direction.
• Lead seasonal roadmapping, concept development, line reviews, quality reviews, pass-off meetings, and final approvals, with clear milestones and sign-off requirements.
• Manage multiple categories and timelines while prioritizing knits and sweaters; track open decisions, critical path items, and risks, escalating early when quality, cost, timing, or execution may be affected.
• Align product direction with merchandising and planning on assortment, pricing, volume, margin, and performance.
• Collaborate with sourcing, production, and vendors on feasibility, costing, lead times, and quality; work with technical design/quality teams to resolve fit, construction, and performance issues.
• Communicate design direction and decisions clearly; represent assigned categories in cross-functional meetings and build accountable partner relationships.
• Provide direction, prioritization, and category leadership for knits and sweaters; set clear expectations for deliverables, deadlines, and decision-making.
• Coach and develop team members through regular product reviews and hands-on guidance; give timely, behavior-based feedback and promote collaboration and accountability.
• Balance creative ambition with cost, margin, quality, and delivery constraints; maintain accurate product and approval documentation.
• Support long-range category planning, vendor and assortment reviews; use performance data and post-season learnings to improve future decisions.
• Lead knits and sweaters with a clear creative and commercial point of view while maintaining strong hands-on design ownership of bottoms, denim, and outerwear.
• Make timely, clearly communicated decisions; hold teams and partners accountable to deliverables, deadlines, and quality standards.
• Address risks and unresolved decisions early and create alignment across categories for a cohesive sportswear assortment.
• Model preparation, sound judgment, collaboration, and high standards of product execution.
• A cohesive, commercially relevant, brand-right knits and sweaters assortment, plus compelling, well-executed bottoms, denim, and outerwear designs.
• Product development milestones met with clear decisions, accurate follow-through, and minimal avoidable rework; strong execution of fit, quality, fabrication, color, and construction.
• Effective collaboration across design, merchandising, planning, sourcing, production, technical design, quality, and vendors, with improved visibility to risks and category status.
• Team members and partners who understand expectations, meet deliverables, and continue to grow; product performance that supports customer satisfaction and company objectives.
• Ability to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods, and to stoop, kneel, bend, and reach daily.
• Able to lift and move up to 25 pounds occasionally; must utilize visual acuity, speech/hearing, and hand-eye coordination to operate a computer and office equipment.
• Hours regularly 40 hours per week, as work dictates, from our New York office.
• Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.

• Bachelor's degree in fashion design, product development, merchandising, textiles, or a related field preferred.
• Significant experience in apparel design or product development, with demonstrated expertise in knits and sweaters and strong design experience in bottoms, denim, outerwear, or related categories.
• Strong understanding of apparel construction, fabrications, fit, quality, costing, and production processes.
• Experience leading a category while managing hands-on design responsibilities across multiple product areas; proven ability to manage multiple deadlines, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong communication, presentation, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to travel for vendor meetings, market research, product reviews, and development activities as required.

• This role is eligible for healthcare (medical, dental, vision), retirement savings (401k with company match), income protection (life, accident, disability insurance), paid time off (sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays), wellbeing program, commuter benefits, adoption assistance, education assistance, legal services, and employee merchandise discounts. For more detailed information go to mytbtotalrewards.com.
• We understand the demands of work, school, family, and personal responsibilities. Programs include
• Meeting-Free Fridays (encouraged) so you can catch up on work and self-development
• Summer Fridays — from Memorial Day to Labor Day, for a head start to the weekend
• Holiday Early Departure — close out early the business day before a company-observed holiday
• The starting rate for this position is $176,404 - $235,154 and may increase to $293,904 depending on merit, length of service with the Company, and other factors. We take into consideration an individual's skills, background, and experience in determining final salary. Base pay information is based on market location and may be subject to prevailing wage laws, if applicable.
• Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with this job.