Director Strategy & Head Office - Golf

The Director Strategy & Head Office is the senior strategy and Chief of Staff partner to the SVP & General Manager Golf. The role owns the Business Unit strategic planning architecture, leadership governance and enterprise follow-through required to convert long-term ambition into prioritized, measurable execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and governance of annual and long-range strategic planning for adidas Golf.
• Translate strategy into prioritized initiatives, measurable outcomes, resource implications and executive decisions.
• Lead fact-based assessments of growth opportunities, business risks, competitive dynamics, organizational capability and operating model choices.
• Develop strategic recommendations and business cases for investments, resource allocation and transformation decisions.
• Own the Golf Senior Leadership Team operating cadence, decision forums, annual agenda and governance standards.
• Lead strategic narratives and executive communications for enterprise forums and key business moments.
• Monitor Business Unit priorities, surface risks and dependencies, and drive timely intervention or escalation.
• Lead complex cross-functional transformation initiatives affecting Business Unit performance, operating model or organizational capability.
• Design program governance, workstreams, milestones, measures and decision paths for priority transformations.
• Partner with Finance, HR and functional leaders on operating model, organization design, capability and resource alignment.
• Build repeatable strategy, governance and continuous improvement capabilities across the Golf organization.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business Administration, Strategy, Marketing, Economics or a related field; a master’s degree or MBA is preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, business development, transformation, operations or related functions.
• Experience with Business Unit or enterprise-level strategy, executive governance and complex cross-functional transformation.
• Experience influencing senior leadership teams in a global matrix.
• Strong analytical, financial and business planning capabilities.
• Advanced Microsoft 365 skills, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Adidas offers a hybrid work policy requiring office attendance Monday through Thursday, with flexibility to work remotely on Friday. The working location is Carlsbad, California.

The anticipated base pay range is $151,100–$195,500. Employees may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, paid leave, retirement benefits and stock purchase opportunities.