Senior Design Room Lead – Fashion Product Development

Trak Recruiting; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International environment

Lead multidisciplinary team

Collaborative teams

Influence on product development

Process improvement

Design-led culture

Job summary

Trak Recruiting is seeking a senior Design Room Manager for our elevated fashion client in Sydney. You will lead a multidisciplinary team across Product Development, Pattern Making, Garment Technology and Sample Production, ensuring creative direction translates into commercially viable product.

The role requires strong organisation, hands-on leadership and commercial discipline to manage timelines, budgets and quality across multiple seasons.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of fabrics, trims, garment construction and pattern development.
• Proven experience leading critical paths across multiple categories and seasons.
• Ability to translate creative direction into practical development plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the design room from concept through to production handover.
• Direct a multidisciplinary team across Product Development, Pattern Making and Sample Production.
• Translate creative direction into clear priorities with timelines and actions.
• Oversee budgets, fabric, trims, print development and cost management.
• Manage sample development, fittings, approvals and production handover.
• Monitor schedules, identify delays and reallocate resources.
• Collaborate with design, buying, merchandising and international teams.
• Drive process improvements and team capability development.
• Provide hands-on leadership during seasonal milestones and reviews.

Skills

Fabric knowledge

Pattern development

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Project planning

Education

Relevant fashion design qualifications

Job description

Trak Recruiting is seeking a senior Design Room Manager for our elevated fashion client in Sydney. You will lead a multidisciplinary team across Product Development, Pattern Making, Garment Technology and Sample Production, ensuring creative direction translates into commercially viable product.

The role requires strong organisation, hands-on leadership and commercial discipline to manage timelines, budgets and quality across multiple seasons.