Size And Fit Director

Role: Size and Fit Director
Team: Size and Fit
Scope: People Leader
Years of Experience: 10+ years
Location: Ventura, CA
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Patagonia requires all employees to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
The Size and Fit Director is the expert for Patagonia’s strategy and execution of fit consistency and fit inclusivity. Proven team leadership abilities and relevant technical size and fit skills are required. The role includes leading strategic sizing and fit projects, ensuring a consistent brand viewpoint, while preventing subjective and varying execution. This role guides product creation groups to achieve a proper balance of comfort, functionality, and sizing standards, while maintaining the integrity and spirit of aesthetic fit. The position communicates fit strategy to key stakeholders, executive team, marketing, ecommerce, and customer service centers. A proactive and positive working style is critical to take ownership in this space and work to build new and improved processes in collaboration with various cross functional partners. Creating and maintaining the balance of fulfilling work and a thriving team are key to this role.
What You’ll Do:

• Lead projects with clear communication, collaboration, and execution of the holistic size & fit strategy.
• Partner closely with the Digital Product Creation Team to leverage 3D technology for fitting, ideation, and product validation.
• Oversee the technical fit direction for a complex and diverse product range.
• Effectively prioritize sizing and fit initiatives to align with business priorities and team resources.
• Ensure roles and responsibilities are clear across the team and with cross functional partners.
• Partner with customer facing teams to effectively communicate size and fit information to the Patagonia community.
• Creating and delivering effective presentations to all levels of the organization.
• Evolve fit consistency tools and standards to be relevant to all product categories and business goals.
• Identify opportunities for, and successfully implement, process improvements and efficiencies.
• Lead size and fit team with integrity, empathy, advocacy, and mentorship.
• Frequent collaboration with Product Commercialization, Product Development, Product Design, Product Quality, and Product Line Management.
• Establish and lead inclusive fit and grading direction across product categories, for optimization at scale.

Who You Are:

• Adaptable – Exhibit flexibility and willingness to pivot as needed for the needs of the team and priorities of the business.
• Meticulous - Extreme attention to detail and passion for creating best class product.
• Environmentalist - Deeply passionate and committed to saving our home planet.
• Resilient - Able to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and apply a growth mindset.
• Influential – Persuasive personality with the ability to set a vision for what can be achieved through fit, and lead teams to implement.
• Innovative - Proven skill at collaborating, problem-solving, and out of the box thinking.
• Experienced – Extensive background in patternmaking, grading, inclusive sizing and fit, body data analytics, and achieving consistent fit through the product creation process.
• Self-reflective- Acknowledge own experience and experiences of others. Adjusts behaviors for success in an inclusive workplace.

Experience You Bring:

• Proven experience working with groups in respectful and equitable ways.
• Excellent leadership and teaching skills.
• College degree in Patternmaking, Technical Design, or equivalent in industry experience.
• Skill set in 3D pattern creation, virtual fitting, and virtual try-on.
• Excellent understanding of the apparel commercialization process from inception through production.
• 10+ years experience in pattern making, grading, and fit.
• Global knowledge on appropriate fits per market.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentations.
• 10+ years of executive management experience leading teams.

Pay range: $ 133,912.10 - $223,186.84 USD
Hiring range: $170,000-$190,000 USD
At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget.
Employee Conduct
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Patagonia requires all employees who enter a Patagonia owned or operated facility or who physically interact with others as part of their job duties to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.