Senior Lead - Product Manager Outdoor

In short

This role entails end-to-end obsession of the Outdoor footwear product line, inclusive of trail running, hiking, and city-right outdoor inspired product. From briefing, to market insights, to color stories, to sales pitches this role covers it all. The role entails strategic collaboration across apparel and other key verticals that are critical to the success of the product line.

The Senior Lead will report to the Director of Product Outdoor on the Global Product Strategy team.

Your Mission

• Create world class product briefs that balance consumer/athlete target, key business metrics, storytelling & inspiration, and competitor landscape that feed the greater Outdoor strategy.
• Develop refined 365 color, graphic and material briefs aligned to seasonal business goals.
• Own the seasonal product roadmap and end-to-end execution of inline product releases from concept to market.
• Obsess the active outdoor marketplace including but not limited to footwear with a keen eye for macro shifts, regional/geographical insight, industry-defining innovation and mass market trends.
• Lead, align, and collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Innovation, Merchandising, Marketing, and Operations to ensure seamless, on-time execution of the inline collection.
• Lead key stakeholder relationships across regions to share insights, organize team travel & inspiration trips, and obsess storytelling through the lens of the consumer
• Analyze global product performance and commercial metrics, translating sell-through data and consumer feedback into actionable insights for continuous improvement and future category planning.

Your story

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in managing the end-to-end product lifecycle for a major brand's product line; footwear and/outdoor product experience is a plus (e.g. trail running, hiking, and city-inspired product).
• 3+ years of experience developing and integrating creative consumer insights and storytelling into a rigorous 3-5 year long-range strategic product plan (LRP).
• Superior presentation and communication skills, specifically in presenting complex product strategies to executive leadership (C-level), global regional teams, and external business accounts.
• Possess an industry-recognized, detail-oriented "product eye" with experience identifying and implementing micro-innovations to elevate consumer experience, value, and product performance.
• Strong ability to work with excellence and rigor under a fast-paced, ever-changing product environment while prioritizing and upholding the greater Outdoor Footwear strategy.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

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.