Senior Product Development Manager

Annoushka Ltd

Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, London (with travel to UK and international workshops)

Lead luxury jewellery product development at Annoushka, shaping beautiful pieces from concept to creation across collections and bespoke commissions, while partnering with a highly creative team

About Annoushka Ltd

Annoushka is an equal opportunities employer, committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion within our teams and providing a working environment which is free from harassment, intimidation and discrimination. We firmly believe in respect for an individual’s personal dignity.


We are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, gender identity, or marriage or civil partnership. We actively seek to employ individuals from a range of backgrounds to nurture an environment of creativity that positively values the differences in others. We base our employment decisions only on merit, job requirements and business needs.

About The Role

This hands-on role sits at the heart of how we bring designs to life. The role owns the journey from design drawing to finished piece, working closely with the Creative Director and Head of Jewellery Design to translate concepts into clear, technically rigorous briefs for our workshops.

The right person will combine craft knowledge, commercial sharpness, and the confidence to hold a brand standard and challenge a workshop when the work is not right. Bespoke production also sits within this role, so the ability to communicate clearly across design, bespoke, and product development is essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design translation

Translate design briefs into detailed production briefs for workshops, including specifications, tolerances, finishes, and stone requirements.

Read CAD drawings fluently in Rhino or Matrix, anticipating production problems before they happen.

Hold the line on design integrity from drawing through to first sample and final piece.

Production management

Own the end-to-end production timeline across collections and one-off pieces, with clear milestones and accountable workshop dates.

Manage capacity planning across multiple workshops and product lines, balancing collection launches against bespoke and ongoing replenishment.

Identify production risks early and resolve them before they affect a launch or a customer.

Workshop and supplier relationships

Build deep relationships with our existing UK and international workshops, including pricing benchmarks and lead-time expectations, capturing verbal agreements in writing.

Proactively source new workshops and manufacturers in any part of the world.

Vet new workshops rigorously before they enter the production pipeline, to include sample work, capacity assessment and clear understanding of their commercial terms.

Maintain a reliable and robust living supplier handbook.

Quality control and samples

Own quality control across all product development and production, anticipating quality issues at the briefing stage. Sign off samples against the design brief, maintain a clear and consistent grading standard, and reject pieces that do not meet it.

Be responsible for the implementation of quality standards and tests across collections and bespoke commissions, keeping these standards live and up to date.

Ensure samples are handled with care both in transit and on-site, and educate the wider team and stakeholders in handling protocols.

Log receipt of samples clearly and consistently.

Commercial and cost management

Challenge quotes, negotiate firmly on price, lead times, and quality thresholds, and protect margin without compromising craft.

Develop and maintain a costing reference for our most-produced pieces and stone categories, so that pricing decisions are grounded in real data.

Keep product development budget sheets up to date and liaise with the Head of Merchandising & Operations to ensure development stays within budget parameters.

Bespoke Studio

Oversee the production side of the Bespoke Studio, ensuring bespoke commissions are briefed, made and delivered to the same high standards as collection pieces.

Work closely with the Bespoke team on technical feasibility, stone sourcing and customer-facing timelines.

Team training and communication

Elevate the technical literacy of the business by training and developing team members on technical jewellery knowledge, materials, and production realities.

Act as the central communication link between design, bespoke and production, making sure each function understands what the others need and when.

What We’re Looking For

At Annoushka, we welcome applicants who act with integrity and bring warmth, kindness, curiosity, positivity and responsibility into everything they do.

Essential

• Min. four years’ experience in fine jewellery product development or production, ideally with time spent in both a design-led brand and a workshop/manufacturing environment.
• Strong CAD literacy in Rhino and Matrix. Ability to read a drawing critically, anticipate setting and structural issues, and translate concepts into clear, technically rigorous briefs.
• A practical understanding of how fine jewellery is made, gained through time spent in or around workshops and manufacturers. Bench training welcomed but not essential.
• A working network of workshops in different parts of the world, and the judgement to use it intelligently to source new makers based on capability and quality.
• Commercial confidence with suppliers. Comfortable challenging a quote, negotiating lead times, and pushing back on quality.
• Strong project and timeline management across multiple collections or product lines.
• Clear, calm communicator. Ability to brief workshops, train colleagues and translate between design and production.
• Methodical and detail-driven without losing sight of the bigger picture.
• A team-builder, comfortable training and developing colleagues.

Desirable

• Gemological qualification (FGA from the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, or GIA Graduate Gemologist), or equivalent depth of stone knowledge gained on the job.
• Direct experience of working with Italian or other international fine jewellery manufacturers.
• Experience of bespoke and high-jewellery commissions alongside collection production.
• If this sounds like you, please submit your CV and cover letter by following this link.

Department

Creative & Design

Employment Type

Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Apply

To apply please click here for the applicaiton process:
careers.annoushka.com

Deadline for Applications

8 June 2026

Due to the anticipated volume of applications, we regret that we will only be able to respond to your application should you be selected for initial interview. Thank you for your interest in working for Annoushka!

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