Director, Global Strategy – Enterprise Planning

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About the role

  • Strategy director architecting Arc’teryx’s global enterprise planning system. Connecting long-term strategy, budgets, resource allocation, and executive performance accountability.

Responsibilities

  • Own the enterprise planning process end-to-end, including Strategic Planning Kickoff, Long-Term Strategic Planning, AOP/budget prioritization, and Quarterly Business Reporting
  • Own Excom and Board of Directors preparation, the strategic calendar, and decision frameworks
  • Design, govern, and continuously evolve the enterprise planning system
  • Establish enterprise planning cadence, governance structures, planning standards, and decision frameworks
  • Partner with Finance and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, resource allocation decisions, and measurable outcomes
  • Lead Executive Committee and Board reviews and track resulting actions
  • Manage the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives, including progress, interdependencies, risks, and outcomes
  • Develop scenarios, business cases, and trade-off analyses
  • Provide fact-based analysis, insights, and recommendations for executive decision-making
  • Establish performance management frameworks, scorecards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms
  • Drive alignment across executive leadership, functions, regions, Finance, and Amer Sports
  • Monitor strategic and execution risks and ensure mitigation plans are integrated into planning processes
  • Develop executive-level communications, planning documents, and leadership briefings
  • Improve planning processes, governance, reporting mechanisms, decision quality, organizational alignment, and business outcomes
  • Develop and maintain planning tools, templates, governance processes, and methodologies
  • Evolve the enterprise planning system as the business scales
  • Build repeatable planning frameworks and playbooks
  • Develop integrated financial and strategic planning models
  • Develop performance management tools that drive accountability and action

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, or related field
  • 10+ years of professional work experience in strategic planning, management consulting, project management, consumer products and/or retail
  • Demonstrated track record as an outstanding problem solver and strategic thinker
  • Ability to think in systems and connect strategic planning, budget planning, QBRs, accountability, and the strategic calendar
  • Communication skills to work directly with a CDR and functional leaders and translate complexity into decisions
  • Significant experience partnering with Finance on resource allocation, budget prioritization, and performance tracking
  • Sharp analytical capability and strong written communication
  • Ability to build rigorous frameworks and write clear executive briefs
  • Experience working across regional and global operating models, ideally with exposure to retail or consumer-facing businesses
  • Organization, flexibility, high emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and ability to influence without authority across senior stakeholders
  • High standards for quality of thinking, clarity of communication, and follow-through
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada

Benefits

  • Extended health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Mental health support
  • Fertility benefits
  • Gender-affirming care
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • RRSP matching
  • Eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan
  • Access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable
  • Paid time off
  • Wellness time
  • No Wasted Day program with dedicated paid days to get outside and explore
  • Parental leave top-up
  • Nesting period for new parents
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Arc'teryx Academies outdoor skill-building events
  • Employee Belonging Councils
  • Employee discounts
  • Pro Deals with exclusive discounted pricing on gear
  • Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$149,000 - CA$195,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridNorth VancouverCanada

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