Senior Product Developer - Berghaus

We’re the company: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. Design technical outdoor apparel built for movement, weather and real-world performance. At Berghaus, product has to do more than look good. It has to work when conditions change, terrain gets tougher and every detail starts to matter. Our Product team shapes the future of our brands by developing innovative, high-quality products that meet real consumer needs.

As Senior Product Developer, you will lead product creation from concept through to production, ensuring every style delivers on performance, design intent, cost, sustainability, and brand identity. Your mission is to bring products to life through collaboration, creativity, and a deep understanding of both our consumers and our manufacturing partners.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading end-to-end product development across multiple seasons, from concept and briefing to final production sign-off.
• Working closely with Design, Product Management, Technical, and Sourcing teams to translate creative direction into commercially viable product solutions.
• Managing critical paths and ensuring all development stages are delivered on time, to spec, and within agreed cost targets.
• Driving material, construction, trim and fit decisions, ensuring product performance, quality and sustainability standards are met.
• Working with suppliers and factories to resolve technical challenges, ensure manufacturability, and continuously improve product efficiencies.
• Leading sample management, fit sessions, wear testing feedback and product validation.
• Providing coaching and guidance to junior developers, helping build capability and consistent ways of working.
• Monitoring competitor product, industry trends, innovations and sustainability improvements to support future-thinking product creation.
• Managing development documentation, BOMs, prototypes, approvals and all product data in line with internal processes.
• Supporting seasonal costing reviews and margin targets by collaborating with sourcing and commercial teams.

What you’ll bring:

• Leading end-to-end product development across multiple seasons, from concept and briefing to final production sign-off.
• Working closely with Design, Product Management, Technical, and Sourcing teams to translate creative direction into commercially viable product solutions.
• Managing critical paths and ensuring all development stages are delivered on time, to spec, and within agreed cost targets.
• Driving material, construction, trim and fit decisions, ensuring product performance, quality and sustainability standards are met.
• Working with suppliers and factories to resolve technical challenges, ensure manufacturability, and continuously improve product efficiencies.
• Leading sample management, fit sessions, wear testing feedback and product validation.
• Providing coaching and guidance to junior developers, helping build capability and consistent ways of working.
• Monitoring competitor product, industry trends, innovations and sustainability improvements to support future-thinking product creation.
• Managing development documentation, BOMs, prototypes, approvals and all product data in line with internal processes.
• Supporting seasonal costing reviews and margin targets by collaborating with sourcing and commercial teams.

Why Berghaus?

Berghaus is a brand built for the outdoors, shaped by decades of innovation, exploration and a belief that great kit helps people go further. From the mountains to the trail, Berghaus creates product for people who want to move confidently in the outdoors, whatever the conditions. It is a brand with real heritage, but also a clear focus on what comes next: better performance, better materials, better fit and more responsible product choices. Joining Berghaus means becoming part of a team that cares deeply about the details, how product feels, how it performs, how it lasts, and how it supports people in the moments that matter.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme. You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page.

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

• Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.
• Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.
• Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see the company in action.