Join Our Team as a Lead Product Manager
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Product Manager to join our Apparel Product Strategy team, focusing on the Performance Run segment. This is a pivotal role that presents a unique opportunity to shape the future of our brand by leading the largest and most technical segment within On’s performance apparel. The ideal candidate will bring over 7 years of specialized experience in performance apparel, combining deep expertise in the product lifecycle with a strong understanding of fabrics, fit, construction, and emerging market trends within the sports apparel industry. You will act as an informal leader for a highly collaborative cross-functional team, driving both long-term strategic vision and daily product execution.
Your Mission
- Apparel Product Strategy & Vision: Drive the creation and execution of a 3-5 year global product strategy for Performance Run Apparel, ensuring alignment with consumer and brand goals, market trends, and technical innovation.
- Product Briefing & Execution: With a consumer-first mindset, translate high-level strategic goals into clear, actionable product briefs and solutions for Design and Development, ensuring feasibility, quality, and alignment with brand direction.
- Market Intelligence & Trend Analysis: Conduct sophisticated market research and competitive analysis, focusing on performance running innovations and broader fashion/apparel trends. Leverage these insights to create culturally relevant and commercially successful assortments.
- Cross-Functional Leadership Skills: Be an excellent communicator, collaborator, and mentor who thrives in cross-functional partnerships with Design, Development, Merchandising, and Marketing, bringing a unified, consumer-centered product vision to life.
- Strategic, Creative & Operational Balance: Deliver against both the strategic development of seasonal product releases and the day-to-day operational excellence of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) work, fostering an innovative mindset that encourages teams to push the boundaries of creativity.
- Fabric & Product Expertise: Partner with the Material Specialist to ensure fabrication meets the brief and withstands the rigors of commercialization.
- Product Data Management: Accurately manage all product data across multiple collections within the PLM system, ensuring timely and meticulous updates in line with dedicated creation calendars. This role may require frequent international travel.
Your Story
- Specialized Apparel Experience: Over 7 years of experience in global product teams, with a proven track record in the performance or technical sportswear apparel industry.
- Technical & Trend Fluency: Strong understanding of fabric technology, performance attributes, construction methods, and current apparel fashion trends.
- Leadership & Communication: Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across all functions and levels without formal reporting authority.
- Passion for Movement: A personal connection to and deep understanding of the running consumer and the culture of performance sport.
- Strategic & Operational Acumen: Proven ability to manage high-volume, complex projects while defining and driving a long-term product vision.
- System Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in product systems and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) tools.
- Adaptability: Skilled at navigating fast-paced, creative environments with multiple priorities. Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
About the Team
As the Product Strategy team, we manage product creation to facilitate go-to-market efforts; from concept to consumer. Our cross-functional collaboration is driven by a consumer-focused mindset, ensuring we create a product line that resonates with our audience.
What We Offer
At On, we are centered around growth and progress. We provide an environment designed to equip individuals with the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, learn, explore, and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive team-oriented atmosphere with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, guiding each person with purpose.
On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a fair and inclusive work environment, ensuring that all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.
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