Hiring: Sr Manager, Digital Product Development Company: Gildan Location: Winston-Salem, NC Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:26:40 Target Skills & Keywords : Embedded Systems, Product Lifecycle Management, Project Management About the job Experience: •Bachelor's degree with 10+ years relevant work experience OR Master's 8+ years relevant work experience; 4+ years of equivalent work experience can be substituted for Bachelor's degree. •10+ years relevant work experience OR Master's 8+ years relevant work experience; 4+ years of equivalent work experience can be substituted for Bachelor's degree. Required Skills: •Accountable for building a strategic digital product development plan in partnership with the business GM’s, category product development leads and information technology team to enable efficient processes to deliver top and bottom line business objectives. •Leads and directs the digital product development team that is responsible for the selection, evaluation, implementation and management of digital product tools for assigned businesses. Ensures that appropriate decisions are made to keep projects on calendar, on budget, and are utilized effectively. •Drives the use of digital tools from initial concept handoff throughout the product lifecycle for both internally developed and sourced products. •Collaborates closely with the Technical Design team to ensure that robust foundational product technical elements are in place to ensure accurate digital representations with respect to expression of fit, optimal construction, and to ensure leverage of platform materials and blocks as appropriate. •Serves as the digital product expert and owns all decisions, information, and communication / reporting related to digital product tools and processes. •Understands optimal use of digital product tools, and uses this knowledge to ensure that their use delivers improved timelines, reduced physical samples, accurate specifications, and easy to use Design and Marketing tools to yield maximum financial benefit to the company. •Ensures that digital product development tasks adhere to project calendars and timelines and are embedded into tools such as Workfront to ensure that projects are executed in alignment with specific timeline requirements. •Leads key cross functional business initiatives related to digital product creation through ownership of key meetings and development of processes to plan and execute non-seasonal new / evolving digital product strategies and platforms. Qualifications: •Specific Skills Or Experience Required •Textile / Apparel product development, technical design, and digital product development leadership experience is required. •Demonstrated product technical expertise in apparel and textiles. •A thorough understanding of digital product tools and processes is essential. •Strong negotiating, planning, prioritization, and problem solving skills are needed to successfully manage cross functional teams and projects. •Excellent written and verbal communication skills; and strong presentation skills. •Demonstrated capacity to perform at a high energy level with flexibility to adapt to rapidly changing business priorities. Requires some communication with global team members and suppliers during off hours. •Strategic Planning: Ability to develop and implement a strategic digital product development plan in collaboration with business GMs, product development leads and information technology team. •Leadership: Strong leadership skills to direct and manage the digital product development team, ensuring timely and accurate execution of projects. •Collaboration / Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated success in effective collaboration and influence of cross-functional teams to leverage expertise to accomplish digital product goals. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!