# Product Development Manager

At Local Crafts, we're the creative force behind some of the most beloved names in crafting: Connecting Threads, Superior Threads, Knit Picks, Crochet.com, Madeline Tosh, Jimmy Beans Wool, and Berroco. From our own workshops to trusted partners around the globe, we design and curate products makers reach for every day: the fabrics, threads, yarns, and tools that turn ideas into finished pieces. The Product Development Manager leads the development of yarn collections at Local Crafts from concept through retail launch. The role’s primary priorities are managing collection timelines and delivering accurate, accessible knitting and crochet patterns, including original design, grading, charting and technical editing. Strong yarn and fiber knowledge and quality control skills support these priorities. Sitting within the Product Development and Design team, this role is the connective tissue between spinning mills, designers, e-commerce, marketing and retail to deliver collections that meet brand standards and maker needs. If you love yarn as much as you enjoy having a well-run project, we’d love to talk to you! Key Responsibilities Collection and launch management: Own the development c

- **Id**: 3786175
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/local-crafts-product-development-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fort Worth, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T03:42:51Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T10:17:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5035
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commerce, Consumer Goods, Arts, Crafts & Hobby Supplies

## Company

- **Id**: 3867377
- **Name**: Local Crafts
- **Domain**: localcrafts.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/localcrafts>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

## Technologies

- **Asana** — Optional: no
- **Basecamp** — Optional: no
- **Slack** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Management years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:42:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 66
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.832
- **P room**: 0.788
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 4
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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