Senior Manager, Technical Design - Wovens & Denim

Tory Burch; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Tory Burch is seeking a Sr. Manager, Technical Design for our Wovens and Bottoms RTW category in New York.

This role partners with Design, Merchandising, Product Development, and Production to drive fit, construction specifications, and development approvals from concept to production. You will lead patternmaking and live-model fittings, communicate with offshore offices and suppliers, and build a robust fit block library while maintaining Tory Burch standards for quality and calendar

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in Technical Design, patternmaking, garment construction, and fittings.
• Strong knowledge of woven fabrics, materials, construction, and fit execution.
• Experience managing, coaching, and developing team members, with ability to provide clear direction, feedback, and support.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide priorities, influence cross-functional partners, and support team accountability in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of fit and the ability to execute, troubleshoot, and improve garment fit.
• Ability to lead and conduct fittings on live models and fit forms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PDF tools, and related technical design systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update the technical specifications to complete the design tech packs. Assist design in putting together tech packs for proto development and publish tech packs.
• Collaborate with product and design teams, understand the vision and provide technical expertise, by foreseeing problems and offering alternatives to the design team without compromising the look.
• Review proto samples, design and fit intent and patterns and suggest adjustments as necessary.
• Critique samples before a fit session ensuring all set requirements have been met.
• Build and maintain fit block for Woven Product. Collaborate on cross-functional alignment on fit blocks.
• Conduct fittings, pinning the garment, resolving any fit issues and demonstrating to the design/product teams that the corrections will result in the desired look.
• Collaborate on assigned team (hard/soft wovens, bottoms) of Product Development/Production members, Pattern Makers, and Sample Makers to ensure fit approvals are timely and quality is maintained.
• Communicate with offshore offices and suppliers on all technical issues, pattern updates, providing technical feedback and corrections.
• Update and release graded specs upon garment approval.
• Travel to fit product with offshore office and suppliers as needed.
• Manage development and production T&A and surface any deadline issues; prioritize workload for direct reports.
• Schedule appropriate fit models for fittings.
• Maintain technical standards and consistency across products, ensuring fit, construction, and quality expectations are met.
• Demonstrate understanding of cross-functional teams and downstream implications of technical decisions.

Skills

Patternmaking

Garment construction

Fittings

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Attention to detail

Fittings on live models

Tools

Microsoft Word

PDF tools

Job description

Tory Burch is seeking a Sr. Manager, Technical Design for our Wovens and Bottoms RTW category in New York.

This role partners with Design, Merchandising, Product Development, and Production to drive fit, construction specifications, and development approvals from concept to production. You will lead patternmaking and live-model fittings, communicate with offshore offices and suppliers, and build a robust fit block library while maintaining Tory Burch standards for quality and calendar