Sr Program Manager – Asia Direct Strategic Portfolio

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Company: Columbia Sportswear Company

ABOUT THE POSITION

Columbia Sportswear Company connects active people with their passions. We look for people who are passionate about their work and want to grow with a growing company. The Sr Program Manager – Asia Direct Strategic Portfolio is essential in driving strategic growth programs for our businesses in China, South Korea, and Japan. This role will work directly with the SVP, Asia Direct, to build, implement, and operate integrated growth strategies. The ideal candidate is a passionate, action-oriented change agent. A person with a history of leading successful cross-functional programs with global and regional operating teams, anchored in productive relationships across the extended leadership teams, will thrive in this role.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Influences and collaborates across business functions within a global, matrixed organization.

• Oversees initiative execution, ensuring projects and programs are delivered within timelines and budget constraints.

• Leads the coordination, design and facilitation of workshops, working sessions, and meetings

• Ensures milestone/deliverable accuracy and communicates project metrics and analytics to drive rigorous execution, enable early insight into potential issues, and support data-driven decision-making to ensure the project remains on course for success.

• Acts as an escalation point for complex problems. Recommending and implementing corrective action, as necessary, to improve program delivery performance

• Represents programs cross-functionally through skilled storytelling

• Performs other duties as assigned

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or applicable certification or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of business functional experience in strategic program and project management

• Understanding in the product creation process, including experience in merchandising, product management, or related product-creation work.

• 8+ years Apparel/Footwear brand environment

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint to facilitate sharp storytelling

• A track record of leading and proactively managing end-to-end execution of projects/programs that deliver quantifiable business impact

• An ability to develop high-profile, influential, and collaborative relationships across teams, functions, and layers

• Previous work experience with other cultures in a business setting and awareness maximizing performance across cultural differences

• Japanese, Korean, and/or Mandarin language skill a plus

• An ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment

• An ability to prioritize team and individual tasks and respond to urgent requests/inquiries with minimal supervisory involvement

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY

• Ability to deliver a vision and sense of urgency to mobilize teams and complete changes effectively

• Values empowering teams for independent decision-making through clear direction and leadership

• Ability to lead and influence without direct lines of supervision but acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. No direct reports

• Leads projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster The pay transparency policy is available here: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company, we’re proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family’s financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

If you need an accommodation/adjustment to successfully complete and submit your application, please reach out to AskHR@columbia.com with the Subject: Applicant Assistance Requested.