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Richemont

Luxury-goods holding company acquiring maisons

Watch Development Manager

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNeuchâtel, SwitzerlandNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Engineering education in microtechnology or an equivalent qualification.
  • Confirmed experience in project management.
  • At least 3 years of experience managing a team.
  • Knowledge of watchmaking is required, along with the ability to coordinate cross-functional technical projects.
  • Proficiency in standard office software, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Fluency in French and English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate the watch project manager team to ensure new Panerai product developments meet price, quality, and schedule criteria.
  • Track launch objectives; provide regular project reporting to R&D, Operations, and Maison leadership on schedules, results, issues, budgets, and risks; and communicate with key stakeholders.
  • Provide technical support to team members and ensure the quality of deliverables.
  • Set and evaluate team objectives, manage performance, and develop team members' skills.
  • Manage team capacity, prepare and update the budget, and monitor it regularly.
  • Coordinate internal partners across Product, Quality, Supply Chain, and Production, consolidating needs such as marketing briefs and medium- and long-term direction early to improve launch-plan visibility.
  • Respond promptly to briefs with proactive industrial solutions that balance cost, quality, and timing.
  • Coordinate interactions among Maison stakeholders in marketing, design, technical, quality, purchasing, customer service, finance, and logistics for new product development.
  • Anticipate issues and request necessary decisions; provide technical support to design, assess needs against industrial capabilities, and communicate constraints while proposing solutions.
  • Maintain schedules against launch dates and monitor the product-project portfolio, reporting progress and critical issues and anticipating risks.
  • Maintain and improve the development method, define and implement project-management tools, and ensure development milestones and deliverables are met.
  • Define, implement, and monitor relevant team performance indicators.
  • Ensure the accuracy and optimization of product costs in collaboration with Purchasing; identify improvements in sourcing, technical choices, and construction to reduce cost and/or improve quality.
  • Track supplier and competitor product developments and share findings with the department and marketing and design stakeholders.
  • Scope and lead cross-functional improvement projects and implement product improvements.
  • Promote the values of the brand and group in daily work.

Desired Qualifications

  • Programming skills, such as VBA or Power BI.
  • Knowledge of Italian.

About the Company

Richemont

Luxury-goods holding company acquiring maisons

Richemont is a Swiss-based holding company that owns a collection of luxury brands, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and IWC Schaffhausen. It operates by acquiring and nurturing iconic luxury maisons with rich histories, then leveraging their heritage to create premium jewelry, watches, and accessories sold worldwide through its brands and retail networks. Unlike diversified conglomerates that mix many non-luxury businesses, Richemont focuses exclusively on high-end goods and has deliberately shifted away from other interests (like tobacco) to sharpen its luxury focus. Its goal is to build a global luxury powerhouse by growing its brands, expanding across geographies, and maintaining control over premium product sourcing, design, and distribution.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Bellevue, Switzerland
Founded
1988

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