Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business, Merchandising, Industrial or Process Engineering
2+ years of Product Development or Project Management experience
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Collaborative team player
Comfortable discussing technical topics
Intermediate Excel proficiency
Understanding of product creation processes
Responsibilities
Create and maintain development timelines and milestone trackers
Track progress across active development launches
Identify risks, bottlenecks, and overdue dependencies
Escalate blockers through governance channels
Prepare status updates and meeting materials
Oversee stone inventory needs for projects
Support stage-gate readiness tracking
Confirm approvals and deliverables before milestone transitions
Maintain centralized documentation for development decisions
Standardize reporting and development workflows
Coordinate information flow across cross-functional teams
Track action items and ownership from development meetings
Monitor development plans for schedule risk
Identify missing information and escalate issues early
Build fluency in jewelry development lifecycle and technical workflows
Benefits
Collaborative work environment
Opportunities for professional development
Exposure to cross-functional teams
Engagement with product lifecycle management
Potential for career advancement in product development
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Development Analyst supports the end-to-end development process by driving visibility, coordination, and operational discipline across development teams. This role helps maintain development momentum by tracking milestones, surfacing risks, organizing decision-making, and ensuring cross-functional alignment throughout the product lifecycle. The Analyst is not expected to serve as the technical decision-maker but must build strong working knowledge of development workflows, engineering dependencies, and manufacturing processes to support effective escalation and execution.
Key Accountabilities
Development Execution Support:
Create and maintain development timelines, milestone trackers, and project status dashboard
Track progress across active development launches
Identify timeline risks, bottlenecks, and overdue dependencies
Escalate blockers through defined governance channels
Prepare development status updates and meeting materials
Development Governance:
Oversee and manage stone inventory needs for projects; including stone requests, work order creation, work order clean up, bill of material set up and PO requests
Support stage-gate readiness tracking
Confirm required approvals and deliverables are completed before milestone transitions
Maintain centralized documentation for development decisions
Help standardize reporting, templates, and development workflows
Improve process visibility and accountability
Cross-functional Collaboration:
Partner closely with Product Marketing, Design, JDIW, Industrial, Planning, GA/DD and external suppliers to drive business needs
Effectively Coordinate information flow across teams
Ensure development milestone handoffs are complete and timely
Track action items and ownership from development meetings following through on open dependencies
Support issue resolution through structured escalation
Risk Identification & Escalation:
Monitor development plans for schedule risk
Identify missing information, unresolved dependencies, or conflicting priorities
Escalate issues early when timelines or deliverables are at risk
Partner with PD Manager & Director / engineering leads to assess impact
Product/Technical Learning:
Build enough fluency to recognize operational risk and coordinate effectively continue to develop working knowledge of:
Jewelry development lifecycle
Technical workflows & prototype development
Supplier dependencies
Readiness milestones
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related field (i.e., Project Management, Business, Merchandising, Industrial or Process Engineering)
2+ years of prior relevant Product Development or Project Management experience
Skilled in Project Development with the ability to manage multiple projects at once
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Strong organizational details and attention to detail
Comfort speaking to technical topics
Comfortable with daily use of intermediate Excel
Understanding of the physical process of product creation
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with jewelry manufacturing
Project Management and collaboration system knowledge
The hiring range for this position ranges from $77,000 - $85,000. The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates' relevant skills and experience.
About Tiffany & Co
Tiffany & Co. is a luxury jewelry and specialty retailer that sells jewelry, watches, fragrances, and accessories. The company operates in three segments: Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The Americas segment includes sales in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. The Asia-Pacific segment includes sales in China, Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Korea. The Europe segment includes sales in the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and France. Tiffany & Co. is headquartered in New York, New York and operates over 300 stores worldwide.
