In Short
On has emerged as one of the fastest-growing premium sportswear brands globally, with our team and business rapidly expanding. In this newly created leadership role, you will play a crucial part in defining On’s global collection strategy and steering a cross-vertical product portfolio based on deep consumer insights, market trends, and commercial needs. By collaborating closely with Product, Brand, and Commercial teams, you will translate insights and strategic direction into a high-performing, future-proof product portfolio that propels brand momentum and drives business growth.
Your Mission
- Portfolio Architecture & LRP: Build and manage the Long-Range Plan (LRP) in close alignment with Product and Merchandising strategies. Ensure franchise lifecycles harmonize with channel and regional demands, as well as the overarching Apparel Category Strategy.
- P1 Planning & Resource Management: Establish a comprehensive seasonal and annual perspective. Clearly define the upcoming year's briefings while expertly balancing capacity planning, resource management, financials, and franchise health.
- People Leadership: Build, nurture, and orchestrate a highly diversified, world-class team. Act as a natural coach to unlock talent, fostering a resilient team spirit while effectively leading across a complex, matrixed global organization.
- Horizontal Priority Execution: Serve as the strategic engine leading execution across product teams for major horizontal brand priorities (e.g., LightSprayTM, Liquified Carbon, and overall brand Premiumization).
- Innovation to Inline Roadmap: Strategically manage the innovation pipeline through to go-to-market strategies, ensuring breakthrough concepts transition smoothly into commercial inline products with clear consumer-facing messaging.
- Sustainability Catalyst Leadership: Act as a catalyst for sustainable growth, ensuring that ESG targets are strategically implemented, tracked, and managed throughout the entire product strategy lifecycle.
- Market Insights & Category Extension: Drive continuous competitive analysis, market insights, and trend research to identify opportunities, prioritize portfolio decisions, and explore potential category extensions.
Your Story
You should be at the center of a team that contributes to the strategic plan, knowing how to involve the right individuals to facilitate its development. Equally, you must champion the vision, communicate it effectively, and adapt as new information emerges. You envision yourself as a collaborative leader and appreciate the value of strong opinions and healthy debate, always striving for a unified team direction. With deep industry experience paired with a passion for driving innovation, your demonstrated ability to forge strong relationships and cultivate trust with empowered decision-makers is essential.
We’d Love to Hear From People With:
- 13+ years of experience in global product strategy, portfolio management, or product merchandising within premium lifestyle, footwear, or sportswear brands.
- Mature Executive Leadership: A proven track record of leading, mentoring, and navigating diverse cross-functional teams within complex, matrix-designed global organizations.
- Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Extensive experience in building Long-Range Plans (LRP), managing complex financials and capacity planning, and driving scalable growth.
- Innovation & GTM Fluency: Experience bridging advanced R&D/product innovation with commercial realities, keenly able to translate consumer insights into culturally relevant storytelling.
- Market & Competitive Expertise: Strong understanding of global consumer culture, competitive analysis, and advanced market segmentation within the sports and lifestyle sectors.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: A strategic thinker with a hands-on approach who views complex problems as opportunities for the brand.
- Framework & Lifecycle Focus: Proven ability to design and integrate complex structural metrics, commercial parameters, and strategic planning frameworks into a cohesive product framework.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to convey executive-level narratives and pitch a visionary product roadmap to C-suite leadership and the global organization.
- A degree in Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
About the Team
As the product strategy team, we are responsible for managing product creation from inception to completion. Our cross-functional collaboration is driven by a consumer-focused mindset to ensure we create a compelling product line that not only sells but resonates with customers.
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