Senior Lead - Retail Marketing Operations

Portland, OR (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive premium in-store retail environments for North America by leading production across wholesale and DTC channels.

  • Own end-to-end production of shop-in-shops, fixtures, and toolkits across channels.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in retail marketing, production, or operations at premium brands.
  • Standout: Builds best-in-class vendor networks and mentors high-performance teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end production of retail environments including shop-in-shops, fixtures, and campaign toolkits across wholesale and DTC channels
  • Define the strategic approach for how in-store environments are developed, produced, and rolled out to ensure consistency and premium quality across the region
  • Partner with B2B and DTC Marketing teams to advise on production feasibility, materiality, and scalability for major brand campaigns
  • Build and manage a best-in-class vendor ecosystem across fabrication, print, and installation to ensure durability and cost efficiency
  • Establish clear intake, briefing, and prioritization processes to manage multiple concurrent projects across diverse account types and store formats
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Visual Merchandising, Creative, and Construction teams to preserve design intent while delivering executable outputs
  • Identify and pilot new materials and retail technologies to evolve the physical consumer experience and digital integration in-store
  • Develop and mentor a team of producers, setting high performance standards and fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • You bring 8+ years of experience in retail marketing, trade marketing, production, or marketing operations within a premium global retailer or high-growth consumer brand
  • You possess 2+ years of experience leading direct reports in a production or execution-focused environment, with a track record of elevating team output and accountability
  • Deep technical expertise in retail production, including a strong understanding of fabrication methods, materials, and large-scale installation workflows
  • Proven ability to build and navigate complex vendor networks, negotiating effectively to balance premium brand standards with budgetary requirements
  • Strong systems-thinking capability with experience building scalable operational processes in a fast-paced, matrixed organization
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate creative concepts into technical requirements for cross-functional partners
  • Experience managing high-volume project portfolios and navigating trade-offs between speed, quality, and cost across a regional fleet

Benefits

The Brand Experience team brings On’s mission to ignite the human spirit through movement to life across North America. We lead the physical expression of the brand across retail environments, events, and community activations; creating premium, high-impact moments that connect people to our brand. The team fosters an environment where continuous learning and holistic well-being are championed, supporting each member to build their best self.

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On

Our mission is to ignite the human spirit through movement. Founded in 2010, On set out to shake up the running industry with a single transformative product, a completely new cushioning technology for running shoes, CloudTec®. Today, On remains innovation and design-led, delivering industry-disrupting premium footwear, apparel, and accessories for high-performance running, outdoor, and all-day activities. Existing at the intersection of performance, design and impact – inspired by athletes, we always look for ‘better’ – something we believe is achieved through continual experimentation, starting again, thinking differently, breaking the mold. Every day our teams continue to cook up trailblazing innovations within our Zurich-based On Lab and across our global hubs from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to Shanghai, Portland, Berlin, Tokyo and beyond. We like to keep creativity and innovation in-house, whether it's to create inspiring marketing campaigns, think up next-gen retail spaces, or take leaps in sustainability and product design – it all comes together to deliver on our mission. At On, we're all believers in the human spirit and what it’s capable of. And with every On product, design and innovation, we set out to inspire humans to Dream On.Learn more about On:- www.on.com - www.facebook.com/on- www.instagram.com/on

Founded in 2010
Zurich, Zurich, CHE
9K employees (1,060 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$563.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.7%
Direct
45.5%
Referral
4.2%
Social
2.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
694 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.4 years

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2019
    Series Unknown
  • Dec 2017
    Series A
  • Mar 2010
    Pre Seed

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