On - Head of Analytics and Strategy - Portland

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Finance

In short

As the Head of Analytics and Strategy, you will lead the newly established Analytics and Strategy team dedicated to the Americas region, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Finance, Americas. You will be instrumental in building and developing a high-performing team that drives critical cross-channel and market analytics capabilities. You’ll transform raw data into actionable insights and lead strategic project support to shape the future direction of On’s business in the Americas. This role is critical to ensuring an omni-channel focus, delivering both backward-looking performance analysis and forward-looking strategic support, ultimately empowering regional functions with data-driven decision-making.

Your mission

– Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Americas Analytics and Strategy team, fostering a culture of excellence and impactful achievement.
– Develop and standardize holistic cross-channel and market performance reports, integrating sell-in, sell-out, and market data to provide a detailed understanding of current business performance.
– Proactively identify performance trends, such as inventory build-up within the market, and translate these insights into actionable strategies.
– Champion the driving of new analytics, generating insights using advanced analytics and AI.
– Manage the backlog of analytics requests and provide timely ad-hoc support for key stakeholders, including the Americas Management Team and Investor Relations.
– Drive competitive insights gleaned from earning releases, press releases, and other market intelligence sources.
– Lead the analysis of omni-channel marketing spend, including marketing investment ROI, to optimize resource allocation.
– Prepare comprehensive market and consumer intelligence fact packs to inform long-term planning and strategic initiatives.
– Act as a conduit between global and regional teams, cascading global insights into the Americas region and disseminating region-specific insights amongst global team members.
– Together with the Americas Management team, shape the roadmap for new analytics use case development, representing the Americas region in global data and analytics development discussions.
– Partner with regional leadership to lead the execution of strategic initiatives from inception to implementation, such as developing a US tariff response action plan or formulating a new trade term framework.

Your story

– You bring 9+ years of progressive experience in analytics, strategy, or a related field, with a proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams.
– You have industry experience within consumer goods, preferably sporting goods, coupled with strong commercial capabilities, commercial analytics, and strategy expertise.
– You have demonstrated success in setting clear strategic direction for your domain, ensuring projects align seamlessly with broader organizational interests and needs.
– You possess a strong ability to simplify complexity for effective management, breaking down intricate problems into actionable components and bringing others along to achieve objectives.
– You have experience driving complex decision-making processes, providing input on wider organizational topics, and making sound decisions even with limited or incomplete information by leveraging a combination of analysis, experience, and judgment.
– You are adept at anticipating and integrating the interests of various teams and stakeholders, effectively grasping and aligning output with diverse questions and needs.
– You have cultivated and leveraged connections across various functions and locations to execute projects effectively, exchange ideas, and share knowledge in an inclusive manner.

Meet the team

The Finance team at On is responsible for ensuring our hyper-growth is built on a sustainable and scalable foundation. We work at the intersection of commercial ambition and financial rigor, balancing data-driven decision-making with long-term strategic investments. This team ensures On shows up with consistency and excellence in all financial and strategic endeavors, enabling us to make a positive contribution, the right way.