At a Glance
As a visionary and results-driven Executive Product Leader, you will guide the strategic direction and long-term architecture of On's Performance Product Portfolio, which includes Running, Outdoor, and Athletes. This pivotal role requires a blend of technical innovation and deep consumer insights to define the global trajectory of On's performance categories.
Your leadership will shape all performance verticals, ensuring alignment with On’s global mission and long-term business objectives. As a strategic yet hands-on leader, you will introduce cutting-edge products to the market while enhancing processes, fostering innovation, and ensuring operational excellence across all functions.
With extensive experience in leading global Product organizations, you will inspire and mentor a talented product strategy team, setting new standards for collaboration and innovation. You will ensure our product pipeline remains agile and world-class, balancing immediate impact with strategic vision to influence the company’s long-term direction.
Your Mission
- Define and drive the overarching product strategy for the performance division in support of the company’s brand vision, mission, and growth objectives.
- Lead, grow, and empower the global product strategy team for our performance verticals, ensuring seamless collaboration across product innovation, design, and product creation teams.
- Closely partner with innovation, product creation, and design teams to ensure that all product initiatives align with our vision of becoming the most premium sportswear brand globally, rooted in performance.
- Build and scale a high-performance team that thrives on cross-functional collaboration and operational excellence while fostering an inclusive environment focused on development and accountability.
- Encourage leadership at all levels, with a strong emphasis on cultivating and nurturing the next generation of leaders within the organization. Mentor, coach, and empower emerging leaders to ensure a robust succession pipeline that supports long-term success.
- Establish a clear vision for how channel strategy, brand strategy, and product strategy collectively orchestrate the product portfolio's lifecycle across our performance verticals.
- Lead with a focus on vision and innovation, ensuring that On stays ahead of industry trends and maintains its position as a leader in the performance market.
Your Story
- 15+ years of global leadership experience in high-performing product organizations, ideally within the sportswear industry.
- 10+ years of experience leading large teams, with a proven ability to inspire and execute against high-growth business objectives.
- A visionary and entrepreneurial product leader with a passion for building and mentoring world-class teams capable of fostering innovation and delivering exceptional results.
- A demonstrated track record of building and improving processes and systems in complex, multinational, and cross-functional organizations, driving operational efficiencies.
- Expertise in end-to-end product creation.
- Deep experience collaborating with design, product creation, and GTM teams at the executive level, acting as a key partner in defining and executing product roadmaps.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the capacity to influence and engage at all levels, both internally and externally.
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