Head Of Brand Management Training And Kids

In short

At On, we’re on a mission to ignite the human spirit through movement. Born in the Swiss Alps, we have evolved into one of the world’s fastest-growing premium sportswear brands, shaping the future of performance and lifestyle. To further drive global brand heat and expand into new communities, we’re looking for an experienced Head of Brand to join our global marketing team.

The Head of Brand role is the strategic core of our Marketing department. You will be the architect of our three-year vision, defining what we do and why, and ensure everything we create - from product to campaign - is strategically aligned.

As the Head of Brand “PAD, Training & Kids” you are responsible for how these verticals shows up to the consumer. You should be on the pulse of sport and cultural moments, know our athletes and culturally relevant voices, know the competitor landscape and most importantly obsess our consumer to ensure you can build plans that drive deep emotional connections. You are the voice of your verticals to the consumer.

Your Mission

To achieve this, there are four specific areas it needs to focus on.

• Architecting the Future Product Narrative: You will be the strategic voice that partners with the Product team to ensure athlete and consumer insight is pulled to the front of the product development process. This means helping to shape the future of our product pipeline based on consumer needs and defining the core emotional stories that will resonate with consumers, ensuring every launch is set up for maximum impact. Your foresight guides the entire journey, from long-term vision to setting the stage for the Creative Studio to go and build the stories and content that will connect with our consumer.

• Global Brand Strategy, Vision & GTM Ownership: You are the global orchestrator of our brand's annual vision. You will champion the annual brand plan, driving global alignment with all regions and channels to ensure a single, powerful narrative is executed worldwide. This process ensures every regional execution contributes to our collective long-term strategic picture laddering up to the On long range priorities (LRP).

At a seasonal level, you will champion your vertical driving consumer centric GTM plans that will allow our creative, channel and regional teams to deliver integrated plans that drive deep consumer connection and commercial success.

• Creative Vision and Oversight: Act as the authoritative "client" and chief storyteller for all brand initiatives. You will author the marketing briefs that initiate every campaign for the vertical. You are fundamentally accountable for ensuring that seasonal campaigns are consumer first.

• Proving Impact and Driving Growth: You will be the advocate of measurement for the vertical. You will translate performance metrics into strategic insights, ensuring brand and regional goals are met. This insight will feed directly into key business reviews and executive decks, fueling continuous business growth and proving the brand’s impact.

Your story

• You have 8–10 years of professional experience in Brand Marketing, Brand Strategy, or Integrated Marketing.
• Proven track record of leading brand positioning initiatives, product launches, and integrated brand campaigns across a range of scales.
• Ability to define and evolve brand vision and positioning, translating strategy into clear, actionable plans for a broad set of stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end go-to-market (GTM) process.
• Deep passion for and understanding of the consumer, as well as the competitive landscape across the Lifestyle business.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and align brand initiatives and GTM plans across Product, Commercial, and key Marketing stakeholders, including Creative, Channels, and Regions.
• Ability to balance strong creative instinct with data-driven, measurable outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills and sound decision-making under pressure.

What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

Our full process can last about eight weeks from application to offer, because we care about getting it right. These steps explain how we usually do things.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.

• Step One

  It starts with you...

  You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role. We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.

• Step Two

  Interview with a recruiter

  What ignites your spirit? This is where we’ll start getting to know all about you and what makes you tick – and it’s your first chance to get a feel for our culture. Chatting with a member of our talent team, you’ll learn more about On and how we work. We’ll learn about what motivates you and what you could bring to the team.

• Step Three

  Interview with a hiring manager

  Ready to dig into the details? This second interview will be held with your future manager and will focus on the specifics of the job. Together you’ll delve into your unique skills and experiences and how they could be relevant at On. It's also a time to assess how you might feel working side-by-side. Bring any questions you have about the job, the team or anything else you might like to know – this is an open forum.

• Step Four

  The Case Study

  What's your style? This task will help us understand how you think, face a challenge and give insight into your novel ideas. Designed to give everyone their best shot, your case study is based on something you might typically experience on the job. This is your chance to show us what you’ve got. So express yourself. Be you.

• Step Five

  The Experience Day

  Your first taste of the Oniverse. This is a time to meet some of the people you'll be working closest with. In person or virtually, you'll get a feel for the day-to-day at On and the people who make it happen. You'll chat with a few potential teammates - the conversations will be as equally driven by the role and your experience as by our values. We believe how you do things is just as important as what you do.

• Step Six

  The Result

  Are we a good fit? We’ll get together internally to share our feedback and decide if we’re a match. We know that job searching is a big time investment, so it’s not a decision we take lightly. It’s also time for you to reflect on the experience – are we the right place for you? No matter the outcome, we’ll give you meaningful feedback.

Step One:

It starts with you...

You'll start by submitting your application to a specific role.

We try to keep this step as simple as possible. We do get a lot of applications, but we review them all. If you're a good fit to the role, a recruiter will follow up with you directly. If you didn't receive a reply, or were unsuccessful this time around, we encourage you to look for other possible matches at On.