Director / Directress - Office of the Co-CEOs

Job Overview

At a GlanceOn has rapidly become the fastest-growing sportswear brand in the world. Our team, business, and global footprint continue to expand. Positioned at the core of On’s executive leadership, this high-impact role serves as the primary strategic partner, lead organizational architect, and trusted advisor to our Co-CEOs.

Operating within the Office of the Co-CEOs, you will lead significant strategic execution, manage high-stakes stakeholder relationships, and drive critical global initiatives. You will translate executive ambition into actionable, cross-functional strategies for growth, product innovation, brand marketing, and digital expansion. Collaborating closely with the President, EVPs, and broader executive team, you will streamline organizational complexity, guide essential global initiatives, and oversee the strategic rhythm of our executive office.

Your Mission

• Executive Strategic Partnering: Serve as the lead strategic advisor and sparring partner to the Co-CEOs, distilling complex corporate priorities into executable and measurable commercial, brand, product, and digital roadmaps.
• Major Global Workstreams: Lead high-stakes, cross-functional special projects and growth initiatives spanning new market entry, brand storytelling, digital ecosystem expansion, and commercial scaling.
• Board of Directors & Executive Governance: Fully own and steer executive-level meeting governance. Lead the strategic preparation, orchestration, and synthesis of board deliverables, strategic pre-reads, bi-annual global summits, and executive off-sites in close coordination with senior leadership.
• High-Stakes Stakeholder Management: Collaborate directly with the President, EVPs, and global department leads to drive alignment across key growth pillars, resolve complex friction points, and ensure flawless cross-functional execution.
• Executive Communications & Corporate Narrative: Oversee the strategic drafting and refinement of high-level executive communications, board briefing packs, public keynotes, and strategic talking points for internal and external global forums.
• Office Leadership & Integration: Collaborate closely with the team to manage daily operational navigation, schedule flows, and headquarters pulse-sensing, ensuring complete operational synchronization across the Office of the Co-CEOs.

Your Qualifications

• Experience Baseline: Minimum of 12+ years of total post-graduate professional experience, with proven experience beginning your career within a top-tier management consultancy.
• Industry and Scale-Up Experience: Direct, strategic client-side experience in global premium apparel, sportswear, or luxury fashion brands, with a proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced global environment.
• Mandatory Executive Governance: A demonstrable track record of successfully running C-Suite operations and managing Board of Directors deliverables.
• Left and Right Brain Synergy: Exceptional analytical rigor and strategic depth, balanced with a deep commercial affinity for brand storytelling, product identity, consumer culture, and digital ecosystems.
• Senior Stakeholder Mastery: Outstanding gravitas, emotional intelligence, and diplomatic navigation skills, with a proven ability to influence, align, and constructively challenge senior executives, Board members, and business leaders.
• Language Skills: Native-level fluency or complete fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.

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