Director - Product Strategy
Gap

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About Gap

Gap has always been about optimistic American style. Starting with our very first store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco, opened almost 50 years ago by Doris and Don Fisher. The thread that’s run through those five decades is the phenomenal people that make up our brand – our employees and our customers. People who are rooted in the legacy that makes Gap what it is, but who are also focused on the future. People who want to leave the world better than they found it.

We’ve built our brand on staying true to our roots while always being out in front of what’s next. If you want to be part of an iconic American brand, and help lead the way for where we’re headed, we’d love to have you join us.

About the role

The Director of Gap Product Strategy reports to the Gap Brand Strategy Lead. In this role you would be responsible for driving the development of long-range product and category strategies for the brand in partnership with the cross-functional Product leaders, and ensure our seasonal strategies connect back to our long-range goals. You will build market and competitor intelligence capabilities and inject those insights into the business. You will also independently drive product-related strategic growth initiatives.

In this role you will work with leaders across the business and engage directly with the Gap leadership team. As such, collaboration, influence, and communication are critical skills for your success. Strategic thinking, advanced analytics and an ability to connect-the-dots across multiple data points, teams, and initiatives are required.

You will have a small team to support Product Strategy work within the brand, as well as a broader Strategy team both within Gap brand and across other Gap Inc. brands to lean on for support and partnership.

What you'll do

• Drive development of Product long-range plans and connect those strategies to our seasonal process, in partnership with cross-functional Product leaders (Merchandising, Inventory Management, Design, Production & Marketing)
• Own external market and competitor insights for the brand, including but not limited to Divisional and Category market size, growth and market share, competitor performance & assortment architecture and key trends
• Connect customer insights and data to product strategies, ensuring everything we do is customer-centric
• Inject market insights into the business at relevant points in the pipeline, and build organizational capability to understand, digest and use that information to make better product and investment decisions
• Independently drive strategic product-related growth initiatives for the brand. This includes project planning, project management, ownership of deliverables, and engagement with key stakeholders.

Who you are

• 7-10 years of professional work experience
• Ideally 4-5 years with a top-tier management consulting firm and/or experience working at a retail/apparel brand in Strategy, Inventory Management or Merchandising
• Bachelor’s degree, MBA a plus

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Benefits at Gap

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.*
• Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.*
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee’s base pay.*
• Employee stock purchase plan.*
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.*
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*For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. This year, we've been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the Humans Rights Campaign for the fourteenth consecutive year and have been included in the 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second year in a row.

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