In short

• As a Senior Lead Product Manager for End to End Planning within the Product Management Technology team, you will be instrumental in defining how we build the future. Your focus will be on establishing clear processes, fostering collaboration, and ensuring our technology roadmap aligns seamlessly with On's overarching business objectives. Working closely with stakeholders and functional leaders, you will cultivate a deep understanding of our strategic priorities and translate them into actionable plans for our technology teams
• Establish Financial, Merchandise, Demand and Supply Planning Excellence: Contribute significantly to defining and implementing best-in-class product planning processes across technology teams, ensuring clarity, alignment, and efficiency
• Drive Strategic Alignment: Deeply understand On's business strategy and translate it into a cohesive and prioritized technology roadmap, ensuring all initiatives contribute to key objectives
• Empower with Insights: Discover stakeholder needs and challenges related to product planning, leveraging data and insights to inform strategic decisions and identify opportunities for improvement in our planning methodologies
• Facilitate Effective Prioritization: Champion a robust prioritization framework, ensuring we focus on the initiatives that will deliver the most significant impact and align with our strategic goals
• Foster Collaboration: Be a central point of collaboration, working closely with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, and functional stakeholders to ensure seamless communication and alignment throughout the planning lifecycle
• Define and Track Success: Establish clear metrics and key results specifically focused on the effectiveness of our planning processes, working with Technology leaders to track progress and identify areas for optimization
• Promote Transparency: Advocate for clear and transparent communication of our product plans and roadmaps across the organization

Your story

• Planning Focused Experience: You bring 5+ years of hands-on product management experience in a tech-driven environment, with a demonstrable focus on and passion for effective product planning methodologies and strategic roadmap development in the Financial as well as Merchandising, Demand and Supply planning space
• Platform Mindset: You have experience building and scaling platform solutions using cloud-based technologies, understanding the importance of a well-defined and communicated platform strategy
• API and Data Acumen: You understand the role of APIs and data in enabling effective planning and decision-making, and can communicate their value to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Data models and Data Science: You have hands-on experience experimenting with data science models to support forecasting scenarios and/or you are well versed on technical details to have detailed conversations with the data science teams to enable models
• Agile Planning Expertise: You possess a deep understanding and appreciation of agile methodologies and how they integrate with effective product planning, enabling you to translate business needs into flexible and adaptable plans
• Strategic Communicator: You excel at connecting strategic objectives with tactical plans using data and insights, and you have the ability to clearly communicate the why behind our roadmap to your team and stakeholders
• Exceptional Leadership and Collaboration: Your exceptional communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills enable you to build strong cross-functional relationships and effectively lead and influence without direct authority. You are passionate about fostering a collaborative and transparent planning environment

About the Team

• The Product Management Technology team is the digital backbone of On's product creation engine. We are a team of strategic product leaders who partner with core business functions—from R&D and Design to Sourcing and Supply Chain—to build the platforms and systems that power On's growth
• Our mission is to create a seamless, intelligent, and efficient digital ecosystem that enables our teams to design and deliver the next generation of revolutionary products. We are internal entrepreneurs, deeply embedded in the business, who identify complex challenges and build elegant, scalable solutions
• As a member of our team, you will have a unique opportunity to drive significant transformation and make a tangible impact on the future of one of the world's most exciting brands
• Just by the banks of the Limmat you’ll find our largest global hub in Zürich West – On Labs – where you can hike up 12 floors through our custom-built spiral trail
• Home to nearly 3000 parks, a population speaking more than 300 languages, and a vibrant art and music scene, London is one of the world’s most loved cities for good reason

What we offer

• At On, we are a team of explorers, dreamers, and innovators. We are driven by our mission to ignite the human spirit through movement. Our cutting-edge technology, like the patented CloudTec® sole, has disrupted the footwear industry and created a global fanbase. We are a fast-growing, global sports brand, and we are looking for a passionate and talented Product Manager to join our journey
• 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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