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, encompassing Running, Outdoor, and Athletes. This pivotal role requires a mastery of technical innovation, expertly combined with deep consumer insights to define the global trajectory of On's performance categories.
You will provide strategic leadership for all performance verticals, ensuring alignment with On’s global mission and long-term business objectives. As a strategic yet hands-on leader, you will bring cutting-edge products to market while optimizing 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 benchmarks for collaboration and innovation. You will ensure our product pipeline remains agile and world-class, balancing hands-on involvement to influence the present with strategic thinking to shape the company’s long-term trajectory.
Your Mission
- Define and drive overarching product strategy for the performance division in support of the company’s brand vision, mission, and growth objectives.
- Lead, grow, and enable the global product strategy team for our performance verticals, ensuring seamless collaboration across product innovation, design, and product creation teams.
- Partner closely with innovation, product creation, and design teams to ensure 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 environment of inclusivity, development, and accountability.
- Foster leadership at every level, with a clear focus on developing and nurturing the next generation of leaders within the organization. Mentor, coach, and empower emerging leaders to establish a robust succession pipeline that sustains long-term success.
- Establish a clear vision for how channel strategy, brand strategy, and product strategy collaboratively 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 superior results.
- Proven 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.
- Extensive experience collaborating with design, product creation, and GTM teams at the executive level, serving as a key partner in defining and executing product roadmaps.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels, both internally and externally.
How to Apply
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