In Short

We are looking for a Sr Lead, Marketing Program Manager – Brand Foundation to drive the execution of brand foundation initiatives within our Global Creative Studio. This role sits within the Program Management organization and reports to the Global Head of Program Management.

Your mission is to ensure our brand foundations are developed and deployed across all channels with precision, consistency, and world-class quality. You will oversee the full lifecycle of branding initiatives including brand identity systems, packaging design programs, visual guidelines, and brand platform development, ensuring seamless execution, timeline adherence, and global scalability.

Your Mission

• Brand Foundation Delivery: Lead the end-to-end execution of brand foundation initiatives including brand identity development, packaging systems, visual identity evolution, and brand guideline creation. Ensure projects are structured clearly and delivered with excellence in craft and execution.
• Creative Studio Collaboration: Partner closely with Creative, Strategy, and Production teams to ensure the right talent is activated at the right moment in the project lifecycle. Support the creative process from strategy and identity development through design refinement and implementation.
• Brand System Implementation: Ensure brand identity systems, packaging programs, and brand assets are implemented consistently across channels and markets. Support the global rollout of brand foundations and maintain alignment with the broader global brand plan.
• Cross Functional Coordination: Coordinate closely with partners across Digital, Retail, Marketing, Product, and Regional hubs to ensure brand initiatives are integrated across all touchpoints and executed with global consistency.
• Studio Project Management:Operate as the project lead for branding initiatives within the Creative Studio, structuring timelines, workflows, and resource allocation to enable efficient collaboration between design, strategy, copywriting, and production teams.
• Operational Excellence:Contribute to the Creative Studio’s global delivery engine by applying structured workflows and program management frameworks to branding initiatives, ensuring clarity, efficiency, and scalability.

Your Story

• You bring +8 years of experience in marketing project management, branding management or other marketing related fields. 
• You have proven experience delivering complex global campaigns and a wide variety of projects, including brand identity, digital projects, and evergreen asset.
• You’re comfortable breaking down silos by effectively aligning cross-functional teams around a shared vision.
• You have a deep understanding of creative processes, production lifecycles, and marketing ecosystems.
• You are adept at working effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, with flexibility to adapt.
• Fluent in English; additional languages a plus.

Your Team:

On’s Brand Studio is an award-winning internal studio aiming to challenge world-leading creative agencies. At our core, we tell compelling stories and bring experiences to life. We channel the energy and global nature of the brand into our daily work and you can help us continue our fantastic run of successes. If you’re bursting with original ideas and have the drive and experience to see them realized, this is the team for you.

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.

In short:

As the Merchandising Lead for Apparel & Accessories (EMEA), you aren’t just managing a category—you’re fueling the engine of one of On’s most exciting growth sectors. Reporting to the Senior Lead, you will be an architect of a strategy that transforms consumer insights into a dominant, premium marketplace presence.

With a builder’s spirit and a relentless curiosity for what moves the modern athlete, you’ll curate impactful assortments across Wholesale, DTC, and Distributor markets. This is your chance to define the On experience—from the streets of London to the cityscapes of the GCC—ensuring every product lands with precision.

Collaborating with Global and Regional partners across Apparel, Accessories and Footwear Merchandising, Sales, and DTC teams, you will champion the unique needs of our diverse EMEA communities to build brand love from head to toe. This role requires a consumer-obsessed self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can seamlessly pivot from deep-dive spreadsheet analytics to high-level strategic vision.

Your Mission:

• Strategic Vision: Contribute to the seasonal and long-range roadmap for EMEA Apparel & Accessories, ensuring regional insights shape the brand's path.
• Line Architecture: Help build regional product frameworks that balance commercial growth with cohesive, premium storytelling.
• Regional Relevance: Adapt global directives into assortments that resonate with EMEA communities while maintaining a consistent brand identity.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with Product, Marketing, and Sales teams to ensure the EMEA vision is seamlessly executed from concept to sell-out.
• Multi-Channel Alignment: Support DTC, Wholesale, and Distributor channels in developing cohesive assortments that land in the right tiers and locations.
• Commercial Health: Collaborate with Planning and Analytics to drive productivity, optimizing flow and sell-through through data-backed decision-making.
• Global Advocacy: Influence the global line planning process by providing critical EMEA-specific feedback on regional market needs.
• Brand Energy: Support the development of special projects, collaborations, and capsule collections that elevate brand heat and emotional connection.

Your Story:

• You have 5+ years of experience in apparel and/or accessories merchandising or buying with regional or global scope.
• You have a relevant understanding of apparel dynamics across performance and lifestyle categories.
• You are commercially sharp and consumer-obsessed, with strong business acumen and analytical depth.
• You have a proven ability to manage SKU productivity, lifecycle, choice count, and flow.
• You are able to operate at multiple altitudes, strategic and hands-on, and navigate ambiguity with clarity.
• You are a highly collaborative team player, skilled at influencing cross-functional teams with ability to foster alignment, inspire trust, and work across teams/functions with strong communication, and a calm presence in the face of complexity.
• You are a confident communicator with experience representing a category both internally and externally.
• You are fluent in English; other European languages are a plus.
• You are able to travel across the region, up to 3-4 days per month.

Your Team:

You will join the EMEA Merchandising team at the heart of shaping the future of our product vision across the region. As trusted advisors, we don’t just follow the market, we help define it, setting a clear direction that connects global strategy with regional opportunity.

Acting as a powerful bridge between our Global Product and Commercial teams and regional business leaders, we bring people together to think bigger, move faster, and stay relentlessly focused on the consumer. Our work sparks collaboration across functions, turning insight into action and strategy into meaningful results.

We are driven by the pursuit of growth identifying new opportunities, unlocking potential, and responding to the ever evolving needs of our customers. As our EMEA team continues to grow, you will be instrumental in shaping that journey, contributing to something bigger while leaving your mark on a truly global stage.

At a Glance

You are the Senior Director of Apparel Marketing, reporting directly into the CMO. Your mission is to be the direct brand partner to the Creative Director of apparel, inspire teams across On, champion our culture, and be recognized as a guardian of the Apparel brand portfolio and strategic direction, ensuring all Marketing efforts in Apparel align with the main On priorities, influenced by the external global landscape.

• Work Focus: You will define and lead the function-wide brand strategy for Apparel, overseeing multiple complex and strategic initiatives with a core focus on Apparel. This role demands enterprise-level strategic expertise and has a critical, systemic impact throughout On.
• Decision-making: You are experienced at driving high-level decisions, acting as the decision maker for the Apparel Brand Management function and playing a key role in executive decision-making.
• Scope: Projects and initiatives under your direction have a strategic impact on On’s entire portfolio and long-term direction. You collaborate with the C-suite, senior leadership and are a key stakeholder to the Management Team.
• Autonomy: You own the Apparel Brand Management discipline globally, defining operating models and priorities. You are responsible for simplifying complex organizational situations and prioritizing critical work across the enterprise. You play a key role in ensuring synergies across all product categories, marketing channels, and regions.

Your Mission

Your core mission is to elevate the global On brand by architecting the structure, defining the strategy, and leading the talent required to execute our brand promise across all categories.

Set the Enterprise Brand Vision & Governance

• Define the long-term, multi-year architecture for the Apparel Brand Management function, dictating how all category brand leads (including the Head of Brand, Apparel) approach their business to ensure a unified global brand identity.
• Align and secure buy-in from the C-suite and all regional Managing Directors on the overarching brand strategy and resource allocation across major product verticals.
• Simplify and prioritize the complex portfolio of brand initiatives to focus resources on the highest-value opportunities for On’s sustainable growth.

Drive Organizational and Talent Excellence

• Serve as the senior organizational leader who coaches, mentors, and directs the Apparel Brand team to raise the bar on strategic thinking and execution quality. You will also influence and drive 
• Architect the global operating model for Apparel Brand management, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and decision-making rights between product, marketing, and commercial teams globally.
• Act as the primary interface between the Apparel Brand function and Executive Leadership, communicating the brand strategy, performance, and talent needs.

Measure for Systemic Evolution

• Establish and mandate the key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics (e.g., brand health, cultural relevance, portfolio value) used across all apparel categories and regions to measure brand success.
• Drive a culture of measurement that informs strategic shifts in product investment, market entry, and commercial priorities at the executive level.

Your Story

You are a recognized executive leader with a track record of driving change and growth at a global scale. You possess the intellectual curiosity and gravitas necessary to challenge the status quo at the highest levels of the organization while fostering a culture of high performance and psychological safety within your team.

You see yourself as an enterprise-level strategist, capable of navigating ambiguity and complexity to deliver simple, high-impact organizational solutions. You are a Culture and Talent Catalyst who inspires senior leaders and develops the next generation of leadership.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in global brand management, brand strategy, or equivalent roles within premium sportswear, fashion, or consumer industries.
• A minimum of 8+ years in a senior managerial role, managing a team of Director-level or equivalent leaders and overseeing a complex, multi-category brand portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to architect long-term strategic plans (5-year horizon) and successfully align C-suite, regional presidents, and cross-functional SVP/EVP leadership teams.
• Executive-level presence and exceptional presentation skills; comfortable presenting strategy, performance, and organizational recommendations in front of large internal and external audiences.
• A high level of intellectual curiosity and a strategic mind balanced with the ability to define simple, executable frameworks for global teams.

What We Offer 

• A challenging role that puts you at the forefront of On's global expansion and brand architecture, offering unparalleled influence on the company's long-term success.
• A fair and balanced internal recruiting process with an opportunity to learn about other teams, roles, and challenges.

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.

As a Channel Development Manager for Alpine, you will play a pivotal role in growing Rubrik’s channel business by developing and nurturing strategic partnerships. You will drive partner enablement, execute targeted sales acceleration initiatives, and generate pipeline growth through proactive planning and collaboration. Working closely with both partners and Rubrik’s internal teams, you will ensure partners are equipped, motivated, and aligned to deliver exceptional customer outcomes while expanding Rubrik’s market presence across the region.

What You’ll Do

- Develop and grow Rubrik focus partners to increase pipeline and revenue for both resell and managed services.

-Gain access to partner customer bases (existing to the partner, new logo to Rubrik) and improve partners’ deployment skills to ensure Rubrik is installed and run at a high customer satisfaction level.

-Integrate Rubrik into existing partner solutions to expand overall offerings.

-Manage and grow Distribution and regional Channel partners to enhance market and vertical sales/support coverage.

-Amplify Rubrik’s success by leveraging Technology Alliances (e.g., MSFT, AWS, NetApp, Nutanix).

-Arrange account mappings and meetings with the Rubrik sales team to qualify target accounts and opportunities, leading to Partner Initiated Deals and POCs.

-Conduct enablement sessions to train partner field sales and SE staff, ensuring self-sufficient partners.

-Collaborate with the Rubrik marketing team to plan and execute marketing campaigns through focus partners.

-Build strong relationships with relevant decision-makers and key personnel within partner organizations to establish strategic partnerships.

-Report channel metrics and progress to regional channel and sales leadership.

Experience You’ll Need

Minimum of 5+ years in a partnerships role at a vendor, ideally with success in similar or adjacent spaces.

Proven track record in identifying, acquiring, and developing new partners.

Experience in encouraging existing partners in their sales activities and successfully executing channel programs in close coordination with field sales.

Strong knowledge of the Data Management, Data Protection, Storage, and Security markets.

Experience planning quarterly and yearly sales activities and executing coordinated marketing plans.

Background in sales and product training, including partner enablement and end-customer presentations.

Hands-on experience in running sales activities with partners and sales teams, identifying opportunities, and closing projects.

Familiarity with competitive solutions and extensive experience in data protection and security.

Proficient in reporting metrics, forecasting, and tracking partner performance.

Capable of hosting events with partners and end-customers, and presenting to larger audiences.

Able to identify, initiate, and close deals with partners while working closely with Rubrik Account Teams.

Personal Attributes

Hard-working, self-driven, highly motivated, and a strong team player.

Conscientious and structured approach to projects, methodical in execution.

Excellent relationship-building skills with a strong reputation among key partners.

Strong presentation skills for both reseller and end-customer events.

Passionate and visionary about the role, demonstrating drive and commitment.

Excellent communicator, capable of fostering collaboration across teams and functions

Enterprise Account Executive Switzerland

NewRocket brings 20 years of advising and supporting clients in designing, implementing, and managing AI-enabled digital workflows to improve employee and customer experiences. An Elite ServiceNow Partner and ServiceNow Global Partner Award Winner, the Company has completed over 3,000 projects across nine industry specializations. NewRocket Goes Beyond Workflows™ to help clients transform their enterprise into a place where employees flourish, customers thrive, and people matter. With over 3,000 ServiceNow certifications, NewRocket's business strategists take a holistic, strategic approach to optimize the ServiceNow platform and help clients solve industry-specific challenges.

Your Career

As an Account Executive, you will drive new business in a fast-growing environment across the telecom and technology industries in the Western US. This is an exciting time to help expand our ServiceNow relationships and opportunities. If you are driven, have deep connections in the ServiceNow ecosystem, and love sales – then this job is for you! Your focus will be on helping organizations accelerate their digital transformation journey by leveraging the power of ServiceNow solutions. You will accomplish this through strategic account planning, territory management, and executing field-based sales activities within a defined set of prospects. Please note that this position should be based in Switzerland and we will only consider Swiss residents.

Your Impact:

• Create strategic business plans outlining how you will manage sales and develop business within the region, including designing innovative marketing events
• Develop relationships with key C-suite personas (e.g., CFO, CIO, COO, CDO) across a broad range of product lines.
• Lead and orchestrate account strategy by mapping client relationships and leveraging a diverse virtual team (Solutions Consultants, Solutions Specialists, Customer Success resources, Partners, and Marketing).
• Act as a trusted advisor by understanding your customers' unique business challenges and advising on how ServiceNow solutions can enhance their IT and business roadmaps.
• Collaborate with internal specialists and support teams to ensure the right resources are engaged at the right time to close deals effectively.
• Continuously build a healthy pipeline by identifying and qualifying opportunities in your territory.
• Perform cost-benefit analysis of existing and potential customers
• Become a front line, SME (subject matter expert), on all ServiceNow products and solutions, including attend classes, certifications and seminars related to industry, services, and products.
• Contact regular and prospective customers to understand their business needs and communicate ways in which ServiceNow solutions can help
• Monitor market conditions, product innovations, competitors' products, prices, and sales.
• Prepare sales budgets and reports, keep sales records, present to key leadership and stakeholders, including providing biweekly forecast.

Your Experience:

• Minimum 4-6 years of experience selling ServiceNow solutions, or SaaS competing product
• Existing field level relationship in the ServiceNow ecosystem preferred
• Experience selling consulting and integration services.
• Demonstrated ability to generate new business, build relationships, negotiate deals, and maintain healthy C-Level relationships
• Experience leading multiple concurrent sales cycles from opportunity identification through closure.
• Proven and consistent track record of achieving or exceeding sales targets
• Successful experience evaluating, establishing and building trusted relationships with current and prospective clients
• Exceptional client relationship skills and demonstrated experience developing consultative, influential relationships with executives and other key stakeholders
• A strategic mindset with the ability to understand the "big picture" and align sales strategies with broader IT and business objectives.
• Willingness to travel to clients as needed.

Education & Certifications:

• BA/BS degree in Business Administration or technology related field preferred, or equivalent experience
• Industry certifications highly desired

We Take Care of Our People 

NewRocket is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We value and celebrate diversity, believing that every employee matters and should be respected and heard. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer, committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, citizenship, military, or Veteran status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please contact hr.uk@newrocket.com

Join Proton and build a better internet where privacy is the default

Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN on a simple truth: privacy is a fundamental human right. Since then, we’ve built the world’s largest encrypted email service (Proton Mail) and expanded into Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Calendar—tools used by millions globally to protect their freedom, fight censorship, and keep their data safe. In some situations, Proton has literally helped save lives!

We are profitable, independent (no VC control), and selectively hire from the top ~1% of applicants. Our 500+ team members across 50+ countries come from leading organizations and elite academic backgrounds. We move fast, keep hierarchy light, and prioritize impact over optics. If you want to do meaningful work with exceptionally high-caliber people, this is it. Join us and do work you can truly be proud of. Check our open-source projects here!

Purpose of the role

We are looking for a Head of Growth to spearhead all growth activities for the Proton's Mail & Calendar product. You will identify the growth levers and build the roadmap with other senior stakeholders (engineering, product, marketing) to enable the business unit to achieve its growth objectives. This is a high profile role which will have a concrete impact on one of our key products. 

What you will do

• Manage growth, acquisition, and retention strategies and execution across all marketing channels for Proton
• Develop go-to-market plans, pricing strategies plans and business models to support the revenue growth of our business units
• Define & champion Proton's target audiences, messaging, and positioning.
• Master the competitive landscape and evaluate market gaps and business development opportunities.
• Act as the users’ advocate and the voice of the market, synthesizing customer feedback into actionable insights to inform future product development
• Optimize conversion rates across the board, including landing pages, upgrade pages, renewal pages, and any other touchpoint for our products
• Own and drive the business metrics of the organization.
• Facilitate hand-in-hand collaboration between growth, product, engineering, marketing and data to align on the vision and the execution.

Job requirements

• Extensive proven experience in driving product revenue growth.
• We are looking for a candidate with extensive B2C/B2B background in SaaS (tech) product
• Exceptional project and program management. You need to be good at leadership by influence, as there will people outside of your reporting line that you must be able to motivate and inspire towards achieving your vision
• You need to be hands on. Proton’s culture is not corporate, and we expect our leaders to lead from the front
• Analytical and data driven. This is important at Proton, and we welcome candidates with scientific or engineering backgrounds who now work in marketing or growth.
• 360° business acumen in marketing, sales and finance.
• Cost-efficient mindset. Proton is a bootstrapped startup. We’re creative and efficient, because that’s how we will win in the long run.
• Ability to think outside the box. We are looking for creative individuals who aren't scared to make bold decisions that will move the needle.

Why Proton:

• Work that Matters: millions of people trust Proton with their privacy. We answer only to our users — not advertisers, not investors with conflicting agendas, not governments. The work you do here is real, and the impact is measurable. (read more about our impact here)
• A great Team: Our team is diverse, collaborative, and tight-knit with people coming from all walks of life, including many of the world’s top academic institutions and organizations, such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Cambridge, and ETH.
• Technology: you'll get the right hardware and the right software you need to do your best work.
• Learning & Development: we invest in your growth because sharp people make us better. Proton is one of the fastest ways to accelerate your career because you'll be thrown into real challenges, with real ownership, from day one.
• Employee Benefits: your wellbeing isn't an afterthought. We offer strong health coverage, solid retirement options, generous leave, and wellness support so you can bring your best self to work every day
• Stock Options: at Proton, we all have the opportunity to be owners of the company. From day one, you have a real stake in what we're building. When Proton wins, you win.
• In-Person Collaboration: Amazing things happen when passionate, smart, and purposeful people get together in the same room. With offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, London and more, you'll spend most of your time collaborating face-to-face with people who genuinely care about what they're building
• Food: Lunch and snacks are on us every day in our offices so you can focus on the work and not on what's for lunch.
• Transport: getting to the office shouldn't cost you. We cover public transport, bike allowances, or parking, whichever works for you.
• Flexible Working: you own your schedule. Set hours that work for you and your team — because outcomes matter more than when the clock says you started.
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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Proton, we believe diversity drives innovation and strengthens our mission to provide privacy as a default for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical ability, or socio-economic background, feel valued and empowered. We strive to create equal opportunities, promote open dialogue, and support continuous learning to ensure every voice is heard and respected.

If you need any extra support or reasonable adjustments during the hiring process, please let your talent partner know.

Candidate Privacy Notice

When you apply for a position, refer a candidate, or are considered for a role at Proton Technologies AG (Proton, we, us, or our), your information is stored in Greenhouse, in accordance with their Service Privacy Policy. This information is used to evaluate your suitability for the posted position. We also retain this information for consideration for future roles that you may apply for or that we believe may align with your background and skills.

If we no longer have a legitimate business need to process your information, we will either delete or anonymize it. Should you have any inquiries about how we use or manage your information, or if you wish to access, correct, or delete your data, please contact our privacy team.

Proton does not accept unsolicited resumes from any sources other than directly from candidates. We will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from an unsolicited offer, even if the candidate is subsequently hired by Proton.

To learn more about our privacy policy, please visit our privacy policy page.

Senior Lead - Africa Athlete Manager

Location: Nairobi or Zurich, with travel required

Department: Global Athlete Strategy & Partnership
Reports to: Head of Athlete Management

In Summary:

This role plays a pivotal role in shaping On’s athlete strategy across Africa, one of the most important regions in global distance running. As Senior Lead - Africa Athlete Manager, you oversee On’s athlete partnerships in the region from the athlete’s perspective, ensuring that our athletes receive world-class support while building strong, long-term relationships with them and their representatives.

You own the management of our Kenya Training Camp, ensuring it operates as a world-class environment for athlete development while fostering strong relationships with athletes, coaches, and the broader local running ecosystem. You are responsible for identifying and recruiting emerging talent, leading athlete negotiations, and partnering with athletes throughout their journey with On.

You act as a key connection point between athletes and internal cross-functional teams including product development (Footwear, Apparel, Accessories), Marketing (Storytelling, Social, Events), Product Verticals, PR, and regional teams. Your goal is to help our athletes succeed at the highest level of competition while creating compelling athlete and product stories that strengthen On’s presence in global running.

Your Mission

• Athlete Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with On’s athletes across Africa as well as their coaches and athlete representatives. Act as the primary point of contact for athlete needs, ensuring they are supported across all aspects of their careers. Manage athlete communications, career development conversations, and partnership support while maintaining a strong network that enables identification of new talent for the brand.
• Collaboration with Global Athlete Strategy & Partnership Team: Oversee the management and strategic development of On’s Kenya Training Camp, ensuring it provides a world-class training environment for elite athletes. Maintain strong relationships with local coaches, training groups, and community stakeholders while ensuring smooth operations and a high-performance culture. Use the camp as a central hub for athlete support, collaboration, and talent development.
• Execution of Athlete-Driven Programs: Lead the management and development of On’s athlete partnerships across Africa, including key markets such as Kenya and Ethiopia, while exploring opportunities in emerging running markets. Build and manage a portfolio of elite athletes while ensuring alignment with On’s global athlete strategy.
• Talent Identification & Recruitment: Leverage a strong regional network to identify and recruit high-potential athletes across Africa. Lead negotiations and manage the process of onboarding athletes into On’s athlete roster. Develop long-term pipelines for emerging talent and future elite athletes.
• Risk Awareness & Athlete Integrity: Operate with strong judgment in a complex and evolving environment by proactively identifying and mitigating risks related to anti-doping, athlete safety, regulatory compliance, and reputation management. Ensure athlete partnerships align with On’s integrity standards and support athletes in maintaining the highest levels of professional conduct.
• Strategic Project Development: Contribute to the development of new projects and initiatives designed to strengthen On’s presence within elite distance running in Africa. Use athlete insights and performance data to generate innovative ideas that elevate both athlete success and brand impact.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with On’s marketing, product, sales, PR, and regional teams on site (e.g. Director of Africa, Head of Africa) to ensure athlete partnerships align with broader brand objectives. Foster internal alignment to ensure athlete needs are met and athlete-driven initiatives are executed successfully.
• Performance Tracking & Reporting: Monitor and report on athlete performances across major global competitions, tracking metrics such as podium finishes, top placements, and engagement impact. Provide regular updates on athlete performance, partnership impact, and key regional insights.

Your Story: 

• Strong Network in African Distance Running: Established relationships within the African elite running ecosystem, including athletes, coaches, agents, and training groups. Deep understanding of the competitive landscape in key markets such as Kenya and Ethiopia.
• Proven Athlete Management Skills: Experience working directly with elite athletes and supporting their professional development. Ability to manage athlete relationships with professionalism, trust, and efficiency.
• Strong Judgment & Risk Awareness: Ability to make sound decisions in complex environments while mitigating risks related to doping, athlete safety, compliance, and reputational considerations. High integrity and a strong commitment to protecting both athletes and the brand.
• Strategic & Operational Mindset: Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution, particularly in managing athlete programs and training environments.
• Collaboration Across Teams: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with global marketing, product, PR, and regional teams. Ability to align athlete priorities with broader brand strategies.
• Passion for Distance Running: Deep passion for global distance running and athlete performance. Strong understanding of the culture and dynamics of elite training environments.
• Project Management: Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, timelines, and stakeholder expectations simultaneously.
• Travel Flexibility: Willingness to travel frequently across Africa and globally to support athletes, competitions, and training environments (approximately 15–20 trips annually).

Key Success Metrics:

• Athlete Performance: Tangible improvements in On athlete performances at major global competitions, including podium finishes and top placements at key international road and track events.
• Athlete Engagement & Retention High levels of athlete satisfaction with partnership support and strong retention of top athletes within On’s roster. Positive feedback from athletes and representatives regarding the level of support, trust, and professionalism within the partnership.
• Talent Identification: Successful recruitment of emerging athletes from key African running markets who develop into world-class performers representing On.
• Training Camp Impact: Successful management and development of the Kenya Training Camp, reflected in strong athlete participation, positive athlete feedback, and performance outcomes linked to the training environment.
• Athlete Integrity & Risk Management: Effective identification and mitigation of risks related to anti-doping, athlete safety, and partnership integrity, ensuring that athlete relationships consistently align with On’s ethical standards and compliance requirements while protecting both athletes and the brand.

About The Team:

About On:

On is a leading performance running brand known for its innovative approach to running shoes, apparel, and gear. We are dedicated to creating the best running experience for athletes of all levels, from beginners to elite competitors. Join us and become part of a dynamic team working at the intersection of sport, performance, and innovation.

This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to On’s growth in the distance running space, playing a key part in the development of global athlete strategies and driving forward-thinking initiatives that elevate both athletes and the brand. If you're passionate about Africa and Distance Running and want to help shape the future of On in this exciting sport, we encourage you to apply.

Global Head of Creative, Core Brand Design

In short

We’re looking for a senior creative leader to own, evolve and protect the core visual design language of the On brand.

As Head of Creative, Core Brand Design, you will be responsible for the design systems, frameworks and guidelines that ensure every expression of On feels coherent, consistent and unmistakably On. This role focuses on the brand’s core — the visual rules, structures and tools that enable scale without dilution.

You will lead and empower a design team responsible for maintaining and evolving On’s core brand assets across packaging, retail graphic systems, brand guidelines and beyond. Working closely with Brand Foundations, Brand Voice and downstream creative teams, you will ensure that creative ambition is translated into clear, usable systems that teams around the world can execute with confidence.

This is a senior leadership role focused on stewardship, clarity and long-term brand integrity. The role reports to the Global Head of Brand Creative, Brand Voice.

Your Mission

• Own and evolve the core visual design systems that give the On brand its coherence and recognisability.
• Set a bold direction for the team, bringing clarity to complexity and translating creative ambition into clear, scalable design systems.
• Design, maintain and refine frameworks, guidelines and toolkits that enable consistent execution across all touchpoints.
• Empower and coach a high-performing design team, creating the conditions for individuals to grow and do their best work.
• Lead through others: building trust, removing barriers and enabling teams across the organisation to execute the brand with excellence.
• Ensure the brand’s visual language scales globally without losing clarity, craft or distinctiveness.
• Translate creative intent into robust, practical design systems that teams can apply with precision.
• Partner closely with Brand Foundations to interpret upstream creative direction into executable brand systems.
• Work with product, retail, digital and marketing teams to ensure alignment and consistency across categories and channels.
• Act as a steward of the brand - protecting quality, coherence and integrity while enabling evolution.
• Lead with clarity and rigor, balancing creative excellence with operational effectiveness.

Your Story

• 10+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design or creative direction, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles
• Proven track record of coaching and empowering high-performing design teams, supporting the growth and development of individuals
• Proven experience leading and evolving brand design systems within a global brand or top-tier agency
• A strong portfolio demonstrating system-led thinking, design governance and large-scale brand implementation
• You act as a multiplier, not the star. You raise others up, give honest feedback, and create conditions where people can do their best work
• Highly detail-oriented, with a strong eye for craft, consistency and executional excellence
• Comfortable working at scale, managing complexity and enabling multiple teams to succeed
• A clear and confident communicator, able to articulate design decisions and standards with authority
• Fluent in English, written and spoken

About the team

You’ll be part of the Brand Voice team, responsible for shaping how the On brand sounds, looks, feels and evolves globally. We work across product storytelling, retail and brand moments - from defining creative foundations to delivering best-in-class guidelines.

This role plays a critical connective function within the team, ensuring that creative work across categories and channels is anchored in a shared, elevated brand vision.

In short

Product Testing is the voice of the athlete and the consumer at On. We ensure every product delivers a premium, high-performance experience by combining scientific rigor with real-world insight.

As Apparel and Accessories Testing Lead, you will be responsible for validating products from development through to market, focusing on specialized, high performance sport categories. You’ll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and act as a key partner across Design, Development, Materials, and Strategy to ensure excellence in the wearing experience including comfort, durability, and performance.

Your mission

Command the Validation Strategy: Define and execute rigorous testing strategies across durability, comfort, and performance, taking charge of specialized testing programs. You will identify testing requirements based on product briefs and target consumers, confidently owning the end-to-end testing process.

Uncover the Truth in Data: Lead qualitative and quantitative apparel and accessories testing, perception studies, and real-world validation to ensure our products reflect authentic athlete and consumer needs. Integrate consumer insights, scientific expertise, and performance analysis into standardized, evidence-based product evaluations.

Drive Confident Decisions: Translate complex testing results into powerful insights that enable confident decision-making and elevate product excellence across the organization. You will analyze performance and durability data, including behavior and attitudinal insights, developing clear reports for project stakeholders.

Influence Product Creation: Conduct hands-on performance testing, directly presenting key findings and improvement recommendations to critical stakeholders. Deliver benchmarking and competitor insights to spot opportunities for true innovation and product differentiation in the global sports arena.

Build the Testing Ecosystem: Establish highly efficient testing processes, timelines, and feedback loops aligned seamlessly with Product Creation calendars. You will actively build and maintain a dynamic tester network of agile, high-performance athletes that supports both everyday testing needs and urgent project timelines. Set up high-energy testing events and initiatives to drive deep engagement within the testing community.

Elevate Operations: Work seamlessly with testing systems and databases to ensure accurate, high-quality data and optimized reporting flows. As a leader, you will contribute significantly to team goals, process improvements, and the continuous evolution of our testing methodologies.

Your story

• A strategic thinker and natural leader with a proven track record of managing complex projects or product validation cycles from concept to market.
• You possess a deep understanding of specialized, high-performance sports apparel and accessories, and know how to balance scientific testing rigor with real-world, human-centric feedback.
• You are an exceptional communicator who can translate dense data and testing metrics into clear, actionable recommendations to cross-functional teams
• You are highly organized and capable of building out robust tester networks, establishing efficient processes, and managing global testing logistics.
• You have 7+ years of experience in a field focused on the human experience with a product or service. We are excited to hear from candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to:
  • Apparel Product Testing or Development
  • User Experience Research (UXR)
  • Biomechanics or Kinesiology
  • Materials Science or Textile Engineering
  • Ergonomics or Human Factors
  • Sports Marketing or Athlete Management
  • High-Performance Coaching

• You are willing to travel globally and have the flexibility to work outside of typical hours to align with athlete schedules and events.
• A clear communicator in English, both verbal and written.

Your Team

You'll be a leader in a global team fueled by a culture of relentless discovery. We test and validate our product promises, transforming athlete feedback and scientific data into market-leading performance. While our creation partners work to make products great, our mission is to prove they're great. Based in Zurich, our team of Footwear, Apparel & Accessories, and Lab experts is the ultimate destination for individuals dedicated to enhancing the consumer experience.

As a Lead Footwear Developer for Performance Trail, you will own the technical realization and process management of On’s most rugged off-road products. You will manage the entire development lifecycle—from initial concept to on-time production and commercialization—serving as a thought leader who ensures every innovation is grounded in technical reality. This role is for a developer who embodies the athlete spirit, possessing a deep curiosity to engineer industry-leading products for the most demanding environments.

Your Mission

• Process & Timeline Ownership: Own and represent the product development process for the Performance Trail category, ensuring all critical dates and calendar milestones are met through on-time production.
• Technical Stewardship: Act as the technical advisor during briefing and design phases to ensure complex trail concepts are aligned with performance metrics and global manufacturing capabilities.
• Communication Hub: Facilitate technical alignment between Zurich-based teams and Asia-based sourcing partners, acting as a "technical translator" to preserve the performance integrity of the trail category.
• Material & Tooling Expertise: Provide expert recommendations on specialized trail materials, high-traction compounds, and technical tooling to balance functional requirements with pricing targets.
• Validation & Insight: Work hand-in-hand with the testing team and biomechanics experts to validate prototypes, utilizing an athlete and consumer insight mindset to solve complex off-road hurdles.
• Cost & Efficiency Management: Monitor product costs and identify opportunities for construction efficiencies without compromising the technical "soul" of the trail product.

Innovation Commercialization: Partner closely with the innovation team to successfully bring new trail-specific technologies and "Swiss Engineering" breakthroughs to market.

Your Story

• Experience: 6+ years of experience in the footwear industry, with a background rooted in high-performance running/trail and technical outdoor complexity.
• Trail Thought Leadership: Recognized for your extensive knowledge of the trail running industry and your ability to translate athlete needs into industry-leading technical solutions.
• Advanced Development Expertise: Proven knowledge in the end-to-end product development process; including prototyping and sampling management.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Strong ability to connect, lead and influence diverse teams—including design, product marketing, and innovation—across different geographical locations.
• Strategic Judgment: Highly skilled at evaluating technical trade-offs to balance cutting-edge innovation with commercial scalability.
• The Athlete Spirit: You possess a genuine passion for the trails and a relentless drive to build the best fitting, performing, and desirable trail products in the market.

Your Team

You will join the Zurich-based Footwear Development team, a high-performance collective of engineers, developers, and makers who serve as the technical heart of the brand. In Zurich, our team acts as the primary link between the Consumer, Athlete, Biomechanical Research, Material Science, Design, and Sourcing, ensuring that every innovation is grounded in technical reality before it reaches the athlete.

Our mission is to relentlessly elevate the performance and technical attributes of our running footwear. We don't just facilitate product creation; we engineer the "ride." As part of the Performance Run vertical, you will be surrounded by specialists who are obsessed with creating the best fitting, performing and desirable running product in the market. We pride ourselves on a culture of technical rigor and "Swiss Engineering," where we challenge the status quo to create the highest performing and desirable product in the industry. Your role within this team is to ensure that as our category expands, our technical standards and the performance "soul" of our run footwear remain uncompromised.

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

Are you a visionary Paid Search leader with a proven track record of driving tangible revenue and market share growth? Do you thrive on the thrill of the pitch and the satisfaction of expanding client portfolios? We're seeking a dynamic Paid Search leader to ignite our presence in EMEA, transforming our Paid Search discipline into a powerhouse of growth, innovation, people happiness, and client success.

You will serve as a thought leader, shaping a forward-thinking vision for Paid Search across EMEA while driving growth in this service area. You will lead the charge in evolving our Search discipline in a rapidly evolving and disrupting ecosystem. You won't just keep up with Google’s AI shifts; you will proactively integrate generative AI across platforms into our daily operations to redefine what 'performance' looks like in an AI-first world.

You will lead a team of currently 50 across EMEA and give support by removing blockers and ensuring they have access to the right tools and knowledge. Your goal is to empower every consultant/lead, giving them the confidence to deliver high-quality projects and tasks.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Take a strategic lead in the overall performance, profitability, and long-term business growth of our Paid Search discipline across EMEA
• Accelerate and drive the transition from traditional Paid Search management to AI-driven accounts.
• Be a key player in new business efforts, actively engaging in pitches, refining our sales narratives, and collaborating closely with our new business department to secure and expand our client base. 
• Establish the right organisational set-up of the Paid Search teams to ensure quality and performance across EMEA; 
• Drive adoption of the right tech and tooling, alongside ensuring we have a data-led approach across all accounts
• Coach and mentor our Paid Search Leads and empower every consultant to deliver high-impact, business-driven Paid Search projects.
• Make sure the Paid Search team has an innovative mindset and is a first mover in adopting new technology and advertising solutions. Recognized in the industry by winning awards;
• Oversee top Paid Search clients and drive innovation, project growth, and excellence in delivery.
• Spend at least 60% of time on projects or sales initiatives
• Enable and boost x-craft collaboration, bringing our Paid Search activities and offerings closer together with adjacent crafts, such as Content, Data, AI, Organic Search and Social.
• Ensure an agile development of our Paid Search proposition, aligning product-market fit and traction with the right target clients.
• Encourages knowledge sharing and best practices between teams within EMEA.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Have at least 10 years of experience in Paid Search.
• Are highly autonomous and proactive, demonstrating the ability to own complex projects and make significant decisions with minimal oversight.
• You have a deep curiosity for AI and machine learning. You don't just follow trends; you understand how to apply tools.
• Have a significant focus on business development, a successful track record with pitching, and client relationship management. You genuinely love the sales process.
• Have broader digital marketing knowledge (Social, Display, Content Marketing, Data etc.).
• Have experience with, and gain a lot of energy from, guiding other people and leading leaders.
• Are analytical, flexible, and able to work independently.
• Have great communication skills (verbal and written) and the ability to persuade.
• Are ambitious, results-oriented, and know how to plan and organise.
• Are fluent in English.

WE OFFER
Please note that benefits may vary by location. Feel free to reach out to your recruiter for more details.

• • Hybrid working policy
  • Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, and a multisport programme;
  • A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021.
  • Awesome clients. Whether big, small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with all of them. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
  • The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
  • Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION 

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.