Senior Product Development Specialist — Watches
Tiffany & Co. seeks a Senior Product Development Specialist — Watches in Geneva, Switzerland to lead horological product development from brief to first series.
Overview
Tiffany & Co. is an iconic luxury jewellery and watchmaking house with a dedicated Geneva-based watch division. Now part of the LVMH group, the brand combines American design sensibility with Swiss horological savoir-faire and pursues excellence across craftsmanship, design and product innovation.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end product development for high‑end watches from marketing brief through prototyping to delivery of first production series, ensuring adherence to quality, cost and timing targets.
- Define and manage project schedules, resource plans and budgets; identify risks and implement corrective actions to keep projects on track.
- Coordinate and align multidisciplinary internal teams (Design, Operations, Marketing) and external partners/suppliers to ensure technical feasibility and timely delivery.
- Drive technical and aesthetic solutions during design and prototyping phases, contributing horological expertise for movements and complications.
- Oversee industrialization activities to guarantee manufacturability and production readiness while maintaining technical excellence.
- Champion innovation and continuous improvement by monitoring industry trends, materials and technologies and proposing enhancements to processes and products.
- Produce regular status reports and present project updates to senior stakeholders and management; escalate issues as required.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in industrial management, mechanical engineering or equivalent technical qualification.
- Minimum 8 years’ experience managing development projects within the luxury watchmaking sector, ideally including movement or complication development.
- Deep knowledge of mechanical watch manufacturing processes, components and production techniques.
- Proven leadership and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and drive multidisciplinary teams to deliver results.
- Excellent problem‑solving skills with the capacity to summarise complex technical information clearly.
- Fluent in French and English (oral and written).
- Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and MS Project.
Skills
Experience
At least 8 years leading product development projects in the luxury watch industry, with direct experience on movement development or complications highly preferred.
Education
Master’s degree in industrial management, mechanical engineering, horology or a related technical discipline.
Culture
Tiffany & Co. cultivates a culture that blends creative jewellery design with Swiss horological craftsmanship, emphasising precision, creativity and elevated client standards. Teams operate collaboratively across disciplines and geographies, with a focus on innovation, meticulous quality and continual improvement.