We are looking for a visionary and hands-on leader to join us as Head of Product Management, a strategic leadership role with end-to-end accountability for shaping our footwear product line. This role will define the future of our presence in sport—specifically expanding our footprint in Tennis & Training—creating products that resonate with elite athletes and lifestyle consumers while elevating the brand's premium position.You will own all parts of the product creation lifecycle, leveraging consumer and athlete insights, briefing, and concept creation to master product architecture, cultural storytelling, and commercial handoff.More importantly, you will be a key leader within Footwear Product Creation. You will build and inspire a high-performing team while fostering strong cross-functional collaboration across apparel, accessories, and key business verticals. You will partner closely with innovation, engineering, and sourcing teams to bring best-in-class footwear to market, balancing craft with massive commercial scalability. This is an opportunity to shape & define what premium footwear means for On, drawing on elite industry playbooks to drive meaningful, multi-million dollar impact across athletes, consumers, and the business

Your Mission

• Define and lead a clear, consumer-driven product vision and strategy for footwear, aligning cross-functional teams around a cohesive direction that delivers against both brand hype and billion-dollar business objectives
• Build, develop, and inspire a high-performing product management team, setting an elite standard for excellence in strategic thinking, commercial execution, and collaboration across the entire product creation organization
• Champion the voice of the athlete and consumer at the highest level, translating global insights into highly differentiated product concepts, tiering strategies (from limited energy to commercial scale), and narratives that elevate the brand in sport culture
• Drive lockstep cross-functional alignment across design, development, merchandising, and commercial teams, ensuring seamless execution from initial brief to marketplace delivery with clarity, speed, and precision
• Operate with an exceptional balance of creativity and business acumen, making strategic decisions that prioritize pipeline innovation, multi-tier scalability, and long-term franchise growth while navigating a fast-paced, evolving product landscape

Your story

• 15 years of proven experience leading and scaling high-performing product management teams, with a natural ability to set a clear vision and drive decisive action across complex, matrixed global organizations
• A remarkable track record of transforming and scaling lifestyle footwear franchises into global revenue drivers
• Strong strategic mindset with a history of building long-range product plans that successfully map the size of the opportunity, target consumer profiles, price tiers (High/Mid/Low), and regional growth dimensions while aligning executive leadership
• Deep understanding of the global footwear landscape, with a demonstrated ability to create, evolve, and sustain a product line that drives cultural energy and commands top-10 global best-selling status across diverse consumer segments
• Exceptional ability to manage a dual-engine product portfolio, masterfully balancing limited-release collaborations to drive brand heat with high-volume general releases that convert demand into sustained, high-volume commercial growth
• Confident, compelling, and intentional communicator, capable of influencing executive leadership, managing high-profile external stakeholders, and clearly articulating product storytelling from concept to the marketplace
• A leadership style rooted in coaching and education—such as academic or mentorship experience in sports product creation—that fosters an inclusive, high-performance environment, empowers teams, and elevates the collective organizational output

This individual will be joining a highly dedicated team focused on the pursuit of the industry's most premium, dynamic, and industry-defining product line. The larger team brings expertise in design, development, testing, engineering, color and materials design as well as innovation. This individual will be tasked to bring out the absolute best of each functional group, leveraging an entrepreneurial mindset and structured sports-business expertise for the greater good of the product line

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What we offer

• On 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. 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
• On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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
• 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

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

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

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