Product Development Associate

Who We Are

Steve Madden is a global fashion company known for its innovative, trend-driven footwear, accessories, and apparel. Founded in 1990 in Queens, New York, the company has grown from a footwear startup into a globally recognized fashion organization with a portfolio of leading brands, including Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger London, Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, Carvela, Blondo, and ATM.

Steve Madden is a global fashion company known for its innovative, trend-driven footwear, accessories, and apparel. Founded in 1990 in Queens, New York, the company has grown from a footwear startup into a globally recognized fashion organization with a portfolio of leading brands, including Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger London, Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, Carvela, Blondo, and ATM.

With a presence in more than 80 countries, Steve Madden operates across wholesale, retail, e-commerce, licensing, and private label businesses. The company is driven by creativity, individuality, and a fast-paced entrepreneurial spirit, bringing fashion-forward products to consumers around the world.

We’re looking for a highly organized, detail-driven Product Development Associate to join our team and play an important role in bringing product from development through production and ultimately to the customer.

In this role, you’ll serve as a key connector between our Sales, Design, Production, Sourcing, overseas offices, factory partners, and customers, helping keep product, samples, orders, and information moving seamlessly throughout the process. This role reports to the Production Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced fashion environment, enjoys working with multiple teams, and takes pride in making sure every detail is accurate and every deadline is met. You’ll gain broad exposure to the product lifecycle while working closely with both internal and global partners. This position is based onsite in our NYC office.

• Support the product development and production process from order placement through final execution, helping ensure product moves smoothly and accurately through each stage.
• Communicate daily with overseas offices and factory partners to keep development and production timelines on track.
• Coordinate and track sample requests and deliveries between factories and customers, ensuring samples arrive accurately and on time.
• Create and maintain sample hangtags for all development and production samples.
• Maintain and update Spark with accurate product, development, and order information.
• Prepare detailed buy sheets following order placement to support Production and internal teams.

• Place purchase orders with factories, ensuring all product, quantity, pricing, and order details are accurate.
• Enter customer purchase orders into internal systems accurately and within established timelines.
• Maintain the tracking sheet, ensuring all order and development information is current and complete.
• Review purchase orders for discrepancies and communicate issues to the customer while coordinating resolution with internal and overseas teams.
• Manage item setup following order placement, ensuring all product information is complete and accurate.
• Maintain organized, up-to-date records and documentation throughout the development and production lifecycle.

• Partner closely with Sales, Design, Production, Sourcing, and overseas teams to coordinate priorities and resolve issues.
• Act as a reliable point of contact between internal teams, global partners, factories, and customers.
• Proactively follow up on open items, identify potential issues, and help keep critical milestones on schedule.
• Support special projects and additional initiatives as needed.

• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail, you’re someone who naturally keeps track of the details while seeing the bigger picture.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong…