Senior Manager, Proof of Concept Validation

Senior Manager, Finished Goods Proof of Concept Testing

Be among the first 25 applicants for this exciting opportunity at ARC’TERYX Equipment.

Base pay range: CA$/yr - CA$/yr

Department: Product Creation & Development

Reports to: Director, Finished Goods Proof of Concept

Location: North Vancouver (hybrid remote work available, Canadian work eligibility required)

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX: As Senior Manager, Finished Goods Proof of Concept Testing, you will lead a team of specialists across technical sets for Gore, Knits, Wovens, Hardgoods, and Component Compatibility Testing. Your team will work within the Proof of Concept phase to deliver validated technical solutions that support seasonal product testing, innovation, and brand integrity.

Technical sets combine materials, technologies, and construction methods that need testing to validate feasibility, durability, strength, manufacturability, repairability, and disassembly. They include new material applications, assembly techniques, or sequences not previously tested or commercialized by ARC’TERYX. Component compatibility testing involves evaluating finished goods using threads, adhesives, interfacing, taping, heat transfers, and other construction components to ensure cohesive performance and durability.

You’ll collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure product feasibility, durability, and sustainability—driving excellence in technical development from concept to commercialization.

We’re a small but high‑performing team at the heart of product creation. Our work powers every stage of development—from concept to commercialization. We collaborate closely with Designers, Product Developers, and specialists in Circularity, Repairability, Disassembly, Raw Material Development, and Manufacturing to validate the finished goods toolbox and ensure go‑to‑market success.

By building strong relationships across functions, we transform ideas into durable, sustainable, and innovative products that meet the highest standards of performance and integrity.

If you were the Senior Manager, Finished Good Proof of Concept Testing now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Supporting the Director in building and coaching a team of leads and assistants to foster technical excellence.
• Driving, leading, coaching, and inspiring Technical Set Leads, Component Compatibility testing leads, and assistants to execute seasonal testing plans aligned with brand vision and business calendars.
• Collaborating with Raw Materials Development, Raw Materials Quality, Product Creation and Quality partners to ensure clear understanding of product needs throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Coaching the team to partner closely with Design, Product Creation Development, and Quality to deliver pre‑season validated technical sets for Gore, Knits, Wovens, Hardgoods and Components.
• Overseeing the testing and validation of combined materials, technologies, and construction methods for feasibility, durability, manufacturability, repairability, and disassembly.
• Overseeing the testing and validation of component materials like adhesives, fusing, taping, thread, foams, snaps, heat transfers, embellishment methods for feasibility, durability, manufacturability, repairability, and disassembly.
• Managing team workload and partnering with Product Operations to meet calendar milestones.
• Managing sustainability, circularity, repairability, and disassembly through all aspects of technical set testing and component compatibility testing.
• Reporting team performance metrics regularly to management (e.g., validation percentage execution against the corporate calendar, workflow, team capacity vs. line list requirements).
• Maintaining consistent communication with Design, Advanced Concept, Product Creation Development, and Quality to uphold standards.
• Collaborating with Supply Chain and Sourcing teams to assign Tier‑1 partners for finished goods validation and testing for proof of concepts.
• Establishing and adhering to the product development process, ensuring use of standard spec documentation to provide sufficient detail for producing mockups, test samples, and maintaining an accurate Centric PLM…