Senior Director of Product Portfolio Strategy

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You bring deep industry experience to the conversation, balanced with a passion for driving innovation.

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ph3Senior Director of Product Portfolio Strategy /h3 pOn has become one of the fastest-growing premium sportswear brands in the world, with our team and business rapidly expanding globally.

Collaborating closely with Product, Brand, and Commercial teams, you will translate insights and strategic direction into a high-performing, future-proof product portfolio that drives brand momentum and business growth. /p h3Your Mission /h3 ul liPortfolio Architecture LRP: Build and manage the Long-Range Plan (LRP) in strict alignment with Product and Merchandising strategies.

Clarify the upcoming year's briefings while masterfully balancing capacity planning, resource management, financials, and franchise health. /li liPeople Leadership: Build, nurture, and orchestrate a highly diversified, world-class team.

Serve as a natural coach to unlock talent, establish a resilient team spirit, and effectively lead across a complex, matrixed global organization. /li liHorizontal Priority Execution: Act as the strategic engine leading execution across product teams for major horizontal brand priorities (e.g., LightSpray, Liquified Carbon, and overall brand Premiumization). /li liInnovation to Inline Roadmap: Strategically manage the innovation pipeline all the way through to GTM, ensuring breakthrough concepts transition smoothly into commercial inline products with clear, consumer-facing messaging. /li liSustainability Catalyst Leadership: Serve as a catalyst for sustainable growth, ensuring ESG targets are strategically implemented, tracked, and managed throughout the entire product strategy lifecycle. /li liMarket Insights Category Extension: Drive continuous competitive landscaping, market insights, and trend research to identify white spaces, prioritizing portfolio decisions and exploring potential category extensions. /li /ul h3Your story /h3 pYou need to be at the center of a team that contributes to the plan, knowing when to pull in the right person to help you build it.

You see yourself as a collaborative leader and understand the value of strong opinions, healthy debate, and the need to move forward as a unified team.

Demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships and build trust with empowered decision-makers is essential. /p pWe’d love to hear from people with: /p ul li13+ years of experience in global product strategy, portfolio management, or product merchandising within premium lifestyle, footwear or sportswear brands. /li liMature Executive Leadership: A proven track record of leading, mentoring, and navigating diverse cross-functional teams within complex, matrix-designed global organizations. /li liStrategic Commercial Acumen: Deep experience building Long-Range Plans (LRP), managing complex financials/capacity planning and driving scalable growth. /li liInnovation GTM Fluency: Experience bridging the gap between advanced RD/product innovation and commercial inline reality, with a keen eye for translating consumer insights into culture-relevant storytelling. /li liMarket Competitive Expertise: Strong knowledge of global consumer culture, competitive landscaping, and advanced market segmentation within the sports and lifestyle sectors. /li liEntrepreneurial Mindset: A strategic thinker balanced with a hands‑on approach; someone who looks at complex problems and sees them as brand opportunities. /li liFramework Lifecycle Focus: A strong capability to design and integrate complex structural metrics, commercial parameters, or strategic planning frameworks into a product framework. /li liExceptional communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to deliver executive-level narratives and pitch a visionary product roadmap to C‑suite leadership and the wider global organization. /li liDegree in Economics, Business, or a related discipline /li /ul h3About the Team /h3 pAs the product strategy team, we’re responsible for managing product creation from start to finish.

Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team‑oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self‑care for both physical and mental well‑being, so each person is led by purpose. /p pOn is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

In this newly created leadership role, you will define On's global collection strategy and steer a cross-vertical product portfolio based on deep consumer insights, market trends, and commercial needs.

Harmonize franchise lifecycles with channel/regional demands and the overarching Apparel Category Strategy. /li liP1 Planning Resource Management: Establish a comprehensive seasonal and annual perspective. But you also need to be the one to stand up for the vision, communicate it, and know when it’s time to evolve based on new information.

Our cross-functional interaction is driven by a consumer‑focused mindset to ensure we create a product line that sells in and through. /p pJust by the banks of the Limmat you'll find our largest global hub in Zurich West - On Labs - where you can hike up 12 floors through our custom-built spiral trail. /p h3What we offer /h3 pOn is a place that is centered around growth and progress.

We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr