Strategy director architecting Arc’teryx’s global enterprise planning system. Connecting long - term strategy, budgets, resource allocation, and executive performance accountability.
About the role
- Global Strategic PMO Director driving enterprise planning and governance for Arc’teryx, an outdoor apparel company. Aligning cross-functional initiatives, funding, roadmaps, and executive decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Drive integrated planning, prioritization, governance, and decision making for enterprise-level strategic and cross-functional projects
- Partner with the VP of Global Strategy and business leaders across functions and regions
- Establish governance and decision forums for complex enterprise initiatives
- Embed strategic priorities into planning and governance processes across AC, Product Operations, Technology, and Finance
- Align priorities, secure funding, and resolve competing demands on organizational capacity
- Manage the overall project portfolio of emerging special projects
- Manage relationships with external consultants and specialized partners
- Facilitate prioritization and present key decisions in governance forums
- Translate strategic priorities and cross-functional demand into an integrated roadmap
- Focus delivery capacity on initiatives with the greatest strategic and business impact
- Source, brief, and manage consultants and external partners against defined deliverables
- Recommend solutions to competing priorities and escalate unresolved issues with trade-off analysis
- Monitor initiative health against milestones and proactively escalate risks
- Build standing forums, reporting rhythms, and documentation for leadership alignment
- Align initiative-level work with the LTSP/AOP planning calendar
- Orchestrate cross-functional working teams in a matrixed environment
- Build a repeatable playbook for launching new enterprise initiatives
- Shape collaboration with Product/GTM Operations on the multi-year roadmap and drive accountability and execution
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy or related field
- 10+ years of experience in program management, strategy operations, or management consulting
- Ideally, exposure to a matrixed, multi-region organization
- Track record of establishing governance for complex, cross-functional initiatives from scratch
- Experience scoping, briefing, and managing external consultants or agency partners
- Ability to operate without formal authority through clarity, credibility, and effective trade-off communication
- Ability to manage multiple initiatives at different stages simultaneously
- Ability to identify when risks require escalation
- Concise and confident communication with senior stakeholders
- Ability to distill complex, multi-function status into a clear point of view
- Comfort with ambiguity in a growing function
- Genuine interest in the outdoor industry and Arc'teryx ethos is an asset, not a prerequisite
- 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
- Hybrid work or remote work within Canada with travel to North Vancouver, BC
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