On - Senior Director of Product, Performance Verticals - Zürich

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Product Strategy

In short

As a visionary and results-driven Executive Product Leader, you will lead the strategic direction and long-term architecture of On’s Performance Product Portfolio (Running, Outdoor, Athletes). This pivotal role demands a mastery of technical innovation strategically fused with deep-seated consumer insights, defining the global trajectory of On’s performance categories.

You will provide visionary and 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 deep expertise 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 is both agile and world-class, balancing hands-on involvement to impact the present with strategic and visionary thinking to influence 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 are aligned 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 level of leadership within the organization. Mentor, coach, and empower emerging leaders to ensure a robust succession pipeline that sustains long-term success
– Establish a clear vision for how channel strategy, brand strategy and product strategy together orchestrate the product portfolios lifecycle across our performance vertical.
– 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 sportswear industries
– 10+ years of experience leading large teams and the ability to inspire and execute against high growth business objectives
– Visionary and entrepreneurial product leader at heart with a passion for building and mentoring world-class teams, capable of fostering innovation and delivering superior results
– 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
– Profound experience collaborating with design, product creation, and GTM teams at the executive level, acting 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, internally and externally

Meet the team

As the product strategy team, we’re responsible for managing product creation from start to finish. Our cross functional interaction is driven by a consumer-focused mindset to ensure we create a product line that sells in and through.