Senior Director, Sportswear Jobs

Role: Senior Director, Sportswear
Reports to: VP Life Outdoors
Years of Experience: 10+
Location: Ventura, CA
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Patagonia requires all employees to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
General Summary:
Patagonia Sportswear builds product to reflect our mission of saving the home planet, that serve customers in our sport communities and those aligned with our values. The Sportswear product lines showcase transformative agriculture, combatting the waste crisis, and driving the circular economy to challenge business as usual and the fast fashion model. Partnering with the VP Life Outdoors, it is the Sportswear Category Sr. Director’s responsibility to shape the Sportswear vision and manage the business to connect Patagonia’s shared values with existing and new customers. In this leadership role, you will be responsible for annually drafting a global business plan for M’s and W’s Sportswear that promotes SER initiatives and drives sales/distribution strategy, marketing support, seasonal line plans and product activism. You will use your strong cross-functional relationships across the organization to align and put these plans into action.
What You’ll Do:

• Partner with other leaders across the company to develop forward-looking company strategy and build a culture of cohesion and inclusion.
• Build short, mid and long-term business plans to achieve fiscal year business goals for revenue, margins, P&L and inventory management.
• Represent the category internally, to the media and the public as an advocate and ambassador for Patagonia.
• Establish a close working relationship with your Category Director peers to collectively ensure a strong brand experience.
• Plan product lines (including outerwear, fleece, and casual sportswear) in collaboration with your Sportswear Category Directors and Outdoor Sport team product leads and ensure product and marketing goals advance company-wide brand goals.
• Provide regular business updates to the VP Life Outdoors and other key leaders when necessary.
• Develop functional and social skills of direct reports.
• Most importantly, your contributions in this role must directly support our mission to save the home planet.
• Be a relentless advocate for the Sportswear customer, ensuring products are developed from ideation to end-customer, that meet the highest level of quality and lowest Environmental P&L (eP&L) requirements possible.
• Synthesize data, identify key market developments and customer insights, and prepare analysis to support senior leadership decision-making.
• Work closely with the VP Life Outdoors to steer the Sportswear vision, strategic objectives and financial targets while ensuring transparency and aligning global teams and channels throughout the process.
• Identify and prepare talent in the respective Category for career progression within the organization.
• Develop and nurture other brand/non-profit/NGO partnerships that advance public policies that foster a vibrant, just and sustainable economy and society.
• Work with the Sportswear Category Marketer to craft seasonal messaging that exemplifies best in class Sportswear storytelling and communicates authentically with the Sportswear community.

Who You Are:

• Influential: able to engage with others in complicated and emotional workplace issues to collaborate on solutions and action.
• Passionate: for building the very best product, the community and saving the home planet.
• Emotionally intelligent: high level of self-awareness, empathy, and interpersonal skills.
• Committed to Quality: a relentless commitment to putting quality at the center of all decision-making.
• Inclusive: deeply experienced in collaborating with others across difference.
• Leader: act as a thought leader, build trusted relationships, influence decisions and drive urgency on critical priorities.
• Strong Communicator: excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Action Oriented: proactive and able to move projects forward without continuous motivation or direction, in a fast-paced work environment.
• Creative: lead, nurture and champion new, out-of-the-box thinking that results in breakthrough ideas to lead the brand forward.
• Strategic: able to think big picture and drive work accordingly.

Experience You Bring:

• Deep understanding of the sportswear apparel, outdoor industry, and active market (key consumer trends and moments, aesthetic, preferences, relevant brands, industry collaborations, brand history, etc.)
• Proven experience building a purpose-driven business. This role plays a critical role in our ability to deliver on our mission.
• Strategic minded with strong executional abilities.
• Strong strategic and influencing skills, comfortable working with senior stakeholders and able to manage ambiguity.
• 5+ years of experience leading diverse and global teams with proven record of inspiring, coaching and setting a framework for performance and growth.
• Experience and understanding of how to use a diverse set of tools and channels, including physical stores, digital and social media, to inspire people to action in support of progressive social change.
• Experience maintaining brand integrity and building community strategies.
• 10+ years experience in category leadership with proven merchant skills building best in class assortments that authentically represent the brand.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience driving a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that unleashes the potential of all team members across the organization to create a real impact.
• Experience working across multi-cultural and diverse communities.

Pay range: $208,000 – $312,000 USD Annually
Hiring range: $250,000 - $280,000 USD Annually
At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget.
Employee Conduct
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors.
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Patagonia requires all employees who enter a Patagonia owned or operated facility or who physically interact with others as part of their job duties to demonstrate proof of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of their employment.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.