In short

As a Senior Lead Product Manager within the Planning team, you will be instrumental in defining how we build the future. You will lead and mentor a team of Product Managers, championing a strategic and data-informed approach to product planning. 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.

Your Mission

  • Establish 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.
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  • Man and woman sat at desks talking
  • Open planned office with men and women sat on a a large curved sofa
  • Group of runners talking outside the office
  • A team of people sat on the steps with a view of mountains outside the office.
  • Two women smiling at each other in a meeting room with large curved windows
  • A group of people sat around a table looking at large design papers
  • 3 men sat around with laptops smiling at each other
  • a large group of runners holding an On flag smiling at the camera
  • Man and woman sat at desks talking
  • Open planned office with men and women sat on a a large curved sofa
  • Group of runners talking outside the office
  • A team of people sat on the steps with a view of mountains outside the office.
  • Two women smiling at each other in a meeting room with large curved windows
  • A group of people sat around a table looking at large design papers
  • 3 men sat around with laptops smiling at each other
  • a large group of runners holding an On flag smiling at the camera

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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About the Team

At On, we're on an exciting journey to elevate our technology landscape, fueling On's mission to ignite the human spirit through movement. The Planning team plays a critical role in defining the strategic direction and execution of our product initiatives across the organization.

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Our team exists to think differently. Wild curiosity and a thirst for knowledge keeps moving our tech forward. There are no boxes here. We’re always dreaming of what’s possible – and searching for new ways to get there. 

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    Gioia

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    My journey has evolved for sure and, actually, change can lead to infinite possibilities. Those core values that were there when I joined are still here today and I really find them extraordinary every day.
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    Vivek

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    We’re closely connected to the whole business. Every day, we’re making quick decisions to improve the customer experience. Because these live changes impact the whole business, we deeply respect individual opinion and what others think about the end customer experience.
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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.

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What to expect

We want to set everyone up for success, so here’s the lowdown on how we hire. Our process is a two-way street – bringing you into our culture, while helping us learn how you think.

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.

Before you get started, feel free to consider if you want to work with us. Strange question? Well, we give people a lot of space to navigate their day-to-day and that style isn't for everyone. We want you to be passionate about what you do and be sure this is the right fit. Because when skills and passion combine – it creates that 'Wow' moment.