Product Developer - Fit and Costing
rabbit
Location: Santa Barbara, CA (on-site, with regular evening availability for Asia-hours vendor calls)Reports to: Director of Product Development
Type: Full-time, Exempt
About the Company
Female-founded, California-based performance running brand. rabbit has earned a passionate following thanks to our commitment to creating beautiful high-quality products that reflect the values of our consumers. We celebrate our community and take care to lift them up and serve them every step of the way.
Just as the pacesetter does in a race, the rabbit leads and encourages our runners to dig a little deeper and reach a little farther. About the Role
The Product Developer — Fit & Costing owns assigned styles from design handoff through production readiness, with deep focus on how they fit and what they cost. This role leads fit sessions and holds fit approval authority for those styles, evaluating fit against rabbit's fit blocks and design intent, directing revisions, and signing off fit before production.
On the costing side, it owns margin outcomes for assigned styles: building and validating cost breakdowns line by line and conducting factory cost negotiations within targets set with the Director of Product Development.
This is the first level at rabbit authorized to communicate decisions — fit direction, construction changes, cost positions, and approvals — directly to factories, and factory partners will treat you as rabbit's decision-maker for your styles.
Success is measured in outcomes: styles that fit right, hit margin, and ship on time. What You'll DoFit Leadership & Approval• Lead fit sessions for assigned styles: prepare fit direction, evaluate samples on the fit model against rabbit's fit blocks and design intent, and direct revisions round by round• Own fit sign-off for assigned styles before production, including reviewing and approving graded measurement specs across the size range• Communicate fit direction and revisions directly to factories, and hold them to execution; e