Head Design and Product Development
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About the Role
Next Gen Home seeks a Head of Design and Product Development to lead creative execution and product strategy for Flashmob Nation Dubai across RTW, accessories, and future categories.
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Responsibilities
- Lead creative execution of seasonal collections across RTW, accessories, and future product categories
- Translate brand vision and creative direction into commercially successful product assortments
- Drive innovation across materials, fabric platforms, construction techniques, and performance functionality
- Lead, mentor, and inspire the design organization
- Partner with Merchandising, Product Development, Production, and Brand teams for alignment
- Support seasonal calendar management, milestone tracking, and product readiness
- Contribute to category growth strategies and long term product vision
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in fashion design (men's and women's categories)
- Significant leadership experience within premium, technical, performance, or lifestyle brands
- Deep expertise in streetwear, accessories, technical apparel, and/or lifestyle product categories
- Exceptional people leadership skills with experience building and scaling creative teams
- Strong communication and cross functional leadership skills
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Role Overview
- The Head of Design will play a critical leadership role in shaping and evolving the future of Flashmob Nation Dubai products across RTW, accessories and future categories.
- Reporting to the Founder / Chief Executive Officer, this role will bring the brand vision to life through exceptional creative execution, innovative thinking, and world class product development.
- This leader will oversee the design organization, ensuring strong execution, elevated product standards, operational excellence, and cross functional alignment from concept through commercialization.
Creative Leadership & Brand Vision
- Lead the creative execution of seasonal collections across RTW, accessories and future product categories.
- Translate brand vision and creative direction into commercially successful, innovative, and elevated product assortments.
- Drive a strong and consistent design point of view across silhouette, fit, fabrication, color, trim, and product storytelling.
- Maintain a deep pulse on emerging trends, consumer behavior, innovation, performance product, fashion, travel, wellness, and cultural shifts.
- Identify whitespace opportunities and future category expansion opportunities.
- Champion innovative thinking while protecting the integrity, aesthetic, and positioning of the brand.
Product Excellence & Innovation
- Champion exceptional fit, functionality, craftsmanship, and attention to detail across all products.
- Own and elevate product standards across design, fit, construction, fabrication, and overall user experience.
- Partner closely with Product Development, Technical Design, Commercialization, and Production to ensure design intent is executed at the highest level.
- Drive innovation across materials, fabric platforms, construction techniques, performance functionality, and product solutions.
- Maintain impeccable standards for fit and wearability across all categories.
- Lead product reviews, fittings, and approvals with strong decisiveness and clarity.
Design Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and inspire the design organization across RTW, accessories and innovation.
- Build and develop a high performing, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
- Provide clear direction, coaching, and ongoing development to designers and cross functional partners.
- Create strong team structure, workflows, communication rhythms, and operational clarity across the department.
- Foster an environment that encourages creativity, innovation, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
- Partner closely with leadership to support organizational growth, hiring, and long term team development.
Cross Functional Leadership & Execution
- Partner closely with Merchandising, Product Development, Production, Commercialization, Brand, and Operations teams.
- Drive strong execution from initial concept through development, fittings, commercialization, and final production handoff.
- Support seasonal calendar management, milestone tracking, and overall product readiness.
- Balance creative ambition with operational realities including costing, margins, timelines, sourcing capabilities, and manufacturing constraints.
- Ensure cross functional teams remain aligned, accountable, and moving forward against key deliverables.
- Act as a key strategic thought partner to the executive team on product direction, innovation, and growth opportunities.
Operational & Business Partnership
- Support the continued scaling and evolution of the product organization and overall business.
- Help establish scalable design processes, tools, and operational workflows that support future growth.
- Contribute to category growth strategies, assortment planning, and long term product vision.
- Partner with leadership to ensure product strategy aligns with broader business goals and market opportunities.
- Bring both creative and business minded thinking to decision making and prioritization.
Who You Are
- 5+ years of experience in fashion design both mens and women's categories, with significant leadership experience within premium, technical, performance, or lifestyle brands.
- Deep expertise in streetwear, accessories, technical apparel, and/or lifestyle product categories.
- A highly refined creative eye with exceptional taste level and a strong understanding of modern consumer expectations.
- Obsessed with trend, innovation, and the future of product.
- Proven ability to build commercially successful product assortments while maintaining strong brand integrity.
- Deep understanding of fit, fabrics, garment construction, technical product development, and the full product lifecycle.
- Impeccable standards for fit, quality, and detail.
- Exceptional people leadership skills with experience building, mentoring, and scaling creative teams.
- Highly organized and detail oriented with strong operational and project management instincts.
- Strong communication and cross functional leadership skills.
- Comfortable operating in a fast paced, entrepreneurial, and high growth environment.
- Passionate about creating beautiful, functional, innovative product that elevates how women move through the world.
Pay
- From AED 1.00 per month
Job Types
- Full time, Contract
Work Location
- In person
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