Upcoming Contract Positions – Product Developer

Boly:Welch; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 114,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical insurance

FSA

Retirement plan

Job summary

Boly:Welch in Beaverton, OR, seeks a Product Developer for a contract role lasting 6 months to 2 years. The position sits at the intersection of creativity and execution, coordinating design, merchandising, and product creation to move concepts to market.

You’ll guide products through development stages, lead design reviews with merchandising during key strategy discussions, and ensure milestones stay on track. Strong cross-functional communication and timeline management are essential.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years relevant experience in product development or product management.
• Experience with performance apparel is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate across design, merchandising, and product creation to bring ideas to market.
• Lead product and design reviews with merchandising during strategy discussions.
• Develop visual materials to support decision-making and keep milestones on track.

Skills

Product development

Product management

Job description

Salary: $114K – $116K

Industry: Footwear & Apparel

Must Haves

• 4-6 years relevant experience in product development or product management, especially performance apparel
• Product management experience and knowledge in performance apparel a plus

Your New Role

Part-strategist, part project manager, part translator. This Product Developer role sits at the intersection of creativity and execution, connecting teams across design, merchandising, and product creation to bring innovative products to market. If you enjoy coordinating moving pieces, influencing decisions, and helping ideas take shape, you’ll find plenty to dig into here.

Working within a leading global footwear and apparel organization, you’ll help guide products through key stages of the development process, ensuring teams stay aligned and milestones stay on track. From leading product and design reviews partnering with merchandising during critical strategy discussions, you’ll play an important role in helping ideas move from concept to commercialization.

Success in this role requires equal parts organization and influence. You’ll facilitate cross-functional conversations, develop visual presentations that help drive decision-making, and partner with material, product creation, and functional teams to support strategic initiatives. You’ll also help ensure new materials are developed, tested, and commercialized on schedule while sharing best practices and enabling informed decisions across the organization.

This is a role for someone adept at navigating complexity, building relationships, and bringing clarity to fast-moving projects. Strong communication skills, experience managing timelines and competing priorities, and the ability to translate information for different audiences will be essential.

This contract role is located in Beaverton, OR. Typical job durations range from 6 months to 2 years. Candidates must be currently located in the Portland metro area and available to work on-site.

Your New Organization

This Beaverton-based industry leader in global footwear and apparel is looking for talented staff to join their team. However, this brand is much more than footwear. Their brand is at the forefront of product innovation and truly employs the best of the best. They’re about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving industry. This is a contract role that could extend, which makes it a great opportunity to become a subject matter expert and maintain relationships built on trust with external business partners.

Benefits

• PTO
• Medical insurance
• FSA
• Retirement plan

Please Note

Boly:Welch is a full-service recruiting and executive search agency representing a Boly:Welch partner in this search. As talent advisors, we will be the liaison between our partner and yourself during the recruitment process. You will directly join our partner client’s team if they select you as the successful candidate for this role.