Director, Design

Tailored Brands is a leading omnichannel specialty retailer of menswear, including suits, formal wear and a broad selection of business casual offerings. The company aims to help its customers love the way they look and feel for their most important moments by delivering personalized products and services through a convenient network of stores and e-commerce sites. The company's brands include Men's Wearhouse, Jos.

A. Bank, Moores and K&G Fashion. At Tailored Brands, we value differences and know they make us better. We are always working to make our Company a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) place to work.

The Director, Knits & Sweaters / Designer, Bottoms, Denim & Outerwear provides strategic leadership for the knits and sweaters business while serving as the hands‑on designer for casual bottoms, denim, and outerwear.

• Establish seasonal strategy and creative direction across knits, sweaters, casual bottoms, denim, and outerwear in alignment with brand strategy, customer needs, business priorities, and financial objectives.
• Lead the knits and sweaters category while maintaining hands‑on design ownership of bottoms, denim, and outerwear — defining category architecture, key items, color direction, yarns, gauges, gauges, washes, trims, and finishing details.
• Design and develop seasonal products from concept through final sample approval, including silhouettes, fits, proportions, construction, and styling; lead balanced assortments across core, seasonal, and fashion‑focused products.
• Set and uphold standards for fit, handfeel, fabrication, quality, and construction; review and approve concepts, sketches, yarns, colors, lab dips, strike‑offs, prototypes, and samples.
• Create and present design concepts that support cohesive seasonal product stories and a complete sportswear assortment.
• Partner with merchandising and planning to balance creative direction with assortment needs, pricing, margin, volume, and customer expectations.
• Lead vendor and cross‑functional reviews, resolving issues related to design, fit, feasibility, costing, quality, and delivery; provide clear, actionable sample comments.
• Use market information, customer feedback, product performance, and post‑season learnings to inform future category direction.

• Lead seasonal road mapping, concept development, line reviews, quality reviews, pass‑off meetings, and final approvals, with clear milestones and sign‑off requirements.
• Manage multiple categories and timelines while prioritizing knits and sweaters; track open decisions, critical path items, and risks, escalating early when quality, cost, timing, or execution may be affected.

• Align product direction with merchandising and planning on assortment, pricing, volume, margin, and performance.
• Collaborate with sourcing, production, and vendors on feasibility, costing, lead times, and quality; work with technical design/quality teams to resolve fit, construction, and performance issues.
• Communicate design direction and decisions clearly; represent assigned categories in cross‑functional meetings and build accountable partner relationships.

• Provide direction, prioritization, and category leadership for knits and sweaters; set clear expectations for deliverables, deadlines, and decision‑making.
• Coach and develop team members through regular product reviews and hands‑on guidance; give timely, behavior‑based feedback and promote collaboration and accountability.

• Balance creative ambition with cost, margin, quality, and delivery constraints; maintain accurate product and approval documentation.
• Support long‑range…