Associate Product Manager, Product Development & PLM

Vuori•Carlsbad, CA

About The Position

The Associate Product Manager, Product Development & PLM plays a pivotal role in ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across the apparel product lifecycle, from concept through production. This role is responsible for maintaining and evolving the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, overseeing the quality and governance of Product Master Data, supporting operational reporting, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams including Design, Materials, Product Development, Technical Design, Sourcing, and Production. You will act as a key liaison between business functions and technical teams to ensure that tools, data, and processes work seamlessly to enable speed-to-market, improve product data accuracy, and drive operational excellence. This position blends process optimization, systems expertise and data stewardship; ideal for someone passionate about the intersection of technology, product creation, and operational data management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent years of experience preferred.
3+ years of experience in business analysis or system support within apparel, footwear, or retail product development.
Strong hands-on experience with PLM (Centric PLM, FlexPLM, Bamboo Rose)
Proficiency with reporting tools (e.g., MicroStrategy, Tableau, Power BI).
Understanding of end-to-end apparel product lifecycle processes, including design, material development, costing, sourcing, and production
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and data accuracy.
Proven ability to collaborate across teams and communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Define and prioritize PLM enhancements, configurations, and workflows that improve user experience and support product development initiatives.
Partner with functional teams to understand evolving business needs and translate them into scalable PLM solutions.
Lead the requirements gathering process, develop functional specifications, and collaborate with technical teams for implementation.
Identify process gaps and recommend improvements that reduce manual work, increase product master data accuracy, and improve visibility across the product lifecycle.
Act as a trusted liaison between business and engineering to ensure alignment on priorities and timelines.
Troubleshoot issues, coordinate with engineering and support, and ensure smooth day-to-day system performance.
Partner with Data Governance team to define data standards, attributes, and ownership models.
Maintain data integrity and alignment of product master data with downstream systems (e.g., ERP, PIM).
Coordinate and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and communicate changes effectively to business partners.
Support day-to-day operational reporting needs using PLM and BI tools
Ensure alignment and accuracy between PLM and reporting systems.
Provide responsive day-to-day support for end users, troubleshooting issues and ensuring adoption of best practices.
Develop and maintain user documentation, SOPs, and training guides.
Lead new user onboarding and training sessions for feature rollouts or process changes.