About Athleta
For the past 22 years, we've committed ourselves and our brand to a single aim: to empower all women and girls. Inspiration. Collaboration. Connection. Inclusivity. It's what we do best, and we're on the hunt for people who share our passion for leading an active lifestyle, growing personally as well as professionally, and creating game-changing products and experiences.
We use business as a force for good by putting people and the planet right up there with profit, which is why Athleta is a certified B Corp. Ready to make a move? Join us. Because we know that alone we're strong, but together we're unstoppable.
About the Role
As Senior Manager of Strategy, you will be reporting into the Director of Strategy, and charged with driving critical projects to advance our priorities, growth and long-range plans. You will be asked to motivate and lead team members through cross-functional efforts, including special projects for the CEO and Leadership Team. Your goal is to drive long-term, value-creating opportunities and enable Athleta to take effective action with data-driven recommendations.
What You'll Do
Define Athleta's long range vision, identify and help prioritize strategic business initiatives, and create actionable plans to execute against both near- and long- term goals. Activities include 1) Identifying key issues, structuring problems, developing and delivering on workplans to action against business goals, 2) Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis, including mining and analyzing data, building financial models, and performing market and competitive research, 3)Synthesizing findings, developing a storyline, and synthesizing the supporting material to communicate recommendations to senior management and leadership team
Work closely with cross functional partners across finance, marketing, digital, merchandising and other functions to solve problems and generate analytical insights that enable effective decision making
Support Board of Directors deliverables, including content creation, and accurately reflecting key themes and KPI measurements
Mentor more junior team members to support work planning, hypotheses generation, issue identification, and analytical framework development
Who You Are
Bachelor's degree plus 7-9 years of professional work experience, ideally including 2-3 years in management consulting, investment banking, or business operations with a top-tier firm / tech company / startup
Demonstrated track record as an outstanding problem-solver and strategic thinker - able to work in the details and communicate the -big picture-
Strong business acumen related to consumer-facing businesses and ability to assess impact of decisions on overall business performance
Ability to process data (both qualitative and quantitative), draw out the most critical insights, and communicate them in an organized, structured manner
Self-starting and independent project manager - able to define workplans, drive work, and report on status and results across multiple projects
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
Strong ability and willingness to collaborate effectively - a true team player
Interest in and knowledge of retail / apparel industry
Benefits at Athleta
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.*
See more (https://corporate.gapinc.com/en-us/careers/gap-inc-careers/gap-inc-benefits) of the benefits we offer.
*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 Human Rights Campaign (https://www.hrc.org/resources/best-places-to-work-for-lgbtq-equality-2022) for the seventeenth consecutive year and have been included in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fourth year in a row.
