Senior Manager, Development – Apparel

🕒 November 5, 2025

🏢🏡 Los Angeles – Hybrid

💵 $126k - $151k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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adidas

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1924

👗 Fashion

🛒 Retail

⚽ Sports

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2020-04

Fashion • Retail • Sports

adidas is a globally recognized sports brand known for designing and manufacturing sports apparel, footwear, and accessories. The company focuses on sustainability, incorporating more sustainable materials and practices in their production. They emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion within their corporate culture and engage in various social impact initiatives. Additionally, adidas provides detailed financial reporting and has a transparent corporate governance structure. They operate worldwide, employing thousands of people and maintain a strong presence in the sports and fashion industries.

📋 Description

• Manage a team of technical product developers in the creation and commercialization of pinnacle apparel products • Ensure industry leading and efficient technical development process on a global level • Ensure the achievement of goals and objectives set by the business unit through partnership with Pattern, Design and Marketing • Proactively communicate on an on-going basis with the global pattern team as well as cross-functional teams to ensure an efficient development and fit process • Actively monitor development calendars to ensure that deadlines are achieved • Build and maintain a close relationship with all cross-functional teams, divisions, brands and external partners • Manage handover from design to factory to ensure that all information provided to factory is complete. • Evaluate all prototypes for compliance with article description, manages fit approval/size specification, approval of color, accessories and materials. • Ensure that all materials and accessories as well as prototypes are tested and adhere to adidas quality, safety and A01 standards.

🎯 Requirements

• Four-year college or university degree with emphasis on clothing technology and/or manufacturing • Minimum 10+ years of progressive work experience in apparel product development, technical design or pattern making. • Proven record of accomplishment in the field of apparel development with a technical/pattern background • Experience in managing direct reports with a coaching mindset and leading cross-functional teams in the development process • Previous experience working with external partnerships and collaboration is preferred • Fluent in English (written and spoken)

🏖️ Benefits

• robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options • dental, vision, prescription drug coverage • adoption, with surrogate and fertility support • short and long-term disability • basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage • Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match • Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance • generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave • Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance • Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service • twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year • Service Time Off during milestone years