Sr. Director Go-To-Market Strategy & Commercial Planning

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$204K/yr – $275K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive Athleta’s seasonal GTM, integrating brand priorities, demand drivers, and customer growth into cross-functional plans that balance short-term performance with long‑term brand equity.

  • Seasonal GTM & Commercial Planning: translate brand strategy, category plans, and insights into prioritized seasonal actions and promotional tactics.
  • Customer Growth & File Strategy: shape how the customer file grows and how marketing, promotions, and channels align to acquire, retain, and engage.
  • In-Season Performance & Governance: monitor KPIs, surface risks/opportunities, and coordinate cross-functional course corrections with analytics and planning teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Seasonal GTM Strategy & Planning
  • Lead the development of Athleta’s cross financial targets, brand priorities, and customer objectives.
  • Defining key Seasonal Blueprint Own the creation and cross-functional alignment of the demand drivers, product priorities, storytelling moments, and commercial opportunities.
  • Translate brand strategy, category plans, consumer insights, and macro trends into seasonal priorities and strategic direction.
  • Ensure alignment between design and merchandising strategies, marketing storytelling, and commercial priorities to deliver a cohesive market approach.
  • Commercial Strategy & Promotional Planning, including promotional strategy, demand-driving enterprise commercial plan Own the moments, and revenue-driving tactics.
  • Partner with Finance, IM, Merchandising, and Integrated Marketing to ensure commercial strategies support revenue, margin, and inventory productivity goals.
  • Establish promotional guardrails and decision frameworks that enable effective demand generation.
  • Ensure marketing and promotional activities are strategically aligned to maximize both short-term performance and long-term brand equity.
  • Customer Growth & File Strategy

Requirements

  • 12–15+ years of experience in strategy, commercial planning, brand marketing,
  • merchandising strategy, or business operations
  • Experience leading enterprise-level planning or go-to-market processes
  • Strong Background in omni-channel retail, apparel, or consumer brands
  • Proven ability to translate data, insights, and financial targets into direction
  • Demonstrated success driving cross-functional alignment and operational rigor
  • Exceptional executive communication, influence, and stakeholder leadership skills

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
    • One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
    • Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
    • Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
    • Employee stock purchase plan.*
    • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
    • See more of the benefits we offer.
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    Athleta

    We believe that being fit and active makes life richer and bigger than it could possibly be otherwise. And we’re always looking for people who share our passion for leading an active lifestyle, growing personally as well as professionally, and creating game-changing products and experiences. Collaboration is a real thing here. Because we know that individually we’re strong; but together we’re unstoppable. Athleta is a certified B Corp, which means we put people and planet right up there with profit, and we’re committed to using business as a force for good. If all this has you nodding “yes,” we’d love to hear from you.

    Founded in 1998
    San Francisco, California, USA
    2.9K employees (445 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    101.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    30.5%
    Direct
    51.9%
    Referral
    3.9%
    Social
    11.9%
    Paid
    1.7%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~3K

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    361 (12% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    7 years
    Median Tenure
    4 years

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