Head of Menswear Design / Product

Head of Menswear Design / Product – Legend London

London

Competitive salary + bonus

We’ve partnered with fast-scaling menswear brand Legend London, who are now looking to secure a Head of Menswear Product to support the next phase of growth.

We’re looking for a highly commercial, product-led operator who understands how to build menswear products that genuinely scale within modern DTC.

Legend are looking for someone who understands:

• Product-market fit

• Customer psychology

• Fit and fabric

• Hero product development

• How product directly impacts growth, retention and brand positioning

If you’ve operated inside a scaling fashion or DTC apparel brand and enjoy building commercially successful products within fast-moving founder-led environments - this could be the role for you.

About Legend London

Legend London is one of the UK’s fastest-growing menswear brands, built around premium everyday essentials designed for modern lifestyles.

The brand has scaled rapidly through a combination of:

• Strong product

• eCommerce

• Performance marketing

• Highly effective social-first creative

With a growing global customer base and ambitious expansion plans, Legend are now entering the next stage of scale - focused on building category-defining menswear products that can continue driving growth internationally.

Product sits at the centre of that strategy.

Role Overview

As Head of Menswear Product, you will lead the product direction across the brand — owning development from concept through to production.

This is a highly commercial role focused on:

• Building hero products

• Improving fit and product quality

• Identifying scalable product opportunities

• Creating ranges that customers genuinely want to buy repeatedly

You’ll work closely with leadership, creative and growth teams, helping shape the future direction of the brand through product.

The role requires someone who combines:

• Strong product instinct

• Commercial awareness

• Deep understanding of menswear construction

• Holding the ability to execute quickly inside a scaling DTC environment

Main Responsibilities

Design & Product Creation

• Bring creative input into the menswear range, supporting product ideas from concept through to launch

• Work closely with the Founders and Product team to shape design direction across core and seasonal collections

• Support product concepting, bringing newness, taste level and a clear menswear point of view into the range

• Input into fabric, fit, colour, detail, silhouette, trims and finish

• Identify gaps in the current product range and opportunities for improvement or category expansion

• Translate customer insight, product performance and market trends into future product decisions

• Help build collections that balance creativity, commerciality and scalability for the Legend customer

Product Development & Direction

• Lead the development of commercially scalable menswear products

• Drive product direction across key categories

• Identify opportunities for new hero products and category expansion

• Continuously improve and evolve existing bestsellers

• Ensure all products align with the Legend customer and wider brand positioning

Fit, Fabric & Product Quality

• Own fit development and product consistency across the range

• Lead fittings, product reviews and wear testing

• Select fabrics balancing quality, comfort, durability and commerciality

• Drive improvements across construction, finish and overall product experience

• Maintain high standards across all stages of development and production

Commercial Product Strategy

• Analyse product performance and customer behaviour

• Understand what drives conversion, retention and repeat purchase

• Work closely with Growth and Ecommerce teams to align product with customer demand

• Support margin optimisation without compromising product quality or brand perception

• Help shape product decisions using both customer insight and commercial performance

Supplier & Production Management

• Manage relationships with suppliers and factories

• Oversee sampling, revisions and approvals

• Support sourcing and production decisions

• Ensure timelines, quality and commercial objectives are delivered effectively

• Work closely with production partners to improve consistency and scalability

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Creative, Growth and Ecommerce teams

• Ensure product works effectively across ecommerce and paid media environments

• Support campaign launches and key trading periods

• Bring product insight into wider commercial and brand discussions

Expectations

• Highly commercial mindset

• Strong menswear product instinct

• Comfortable operating inside founder-led environments

• Able to balance creativity with scalability

• Strong attention to detail across fit, construction and finish

• High bias for action and execution

• Comfortable moving quickly and making decisions

Required Skills & Experience

Strong menswear product development experience

Experience within fashion, apparel or DTC consumer brands

Deep understanding of:

• Fit

• Fabrics

• Garment construction

• Sourcing

• Production

• Strong commercial awareness

• Experience managing suppliers and development processes

• Comfortable operating cross-functionally within scaling businesses
  

Bonus If You Have

• Experience within fast-scaling DTC brands

• Exposure to performance-led ecommerce businesses

• Experience building globally scalable hero products

• Strong understanding of customer psychology within menswear

Salary & Benefits

Competitive base salary + bonus

London based

High-growth environment with genuine ownership

Opportunity to shape the future product direction of a scaling global brand

If this sounds like you then hit apply or email Sam on sam@hypergrowthrec.co.uk to find out more!

Legend London is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting every team member’s success - let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.