Director Omnichannel Products (maternity backfill) (Freelance)

About PVH Corp.
PVH is one of the most admired fashion and lifestyle companies in the world.
We power brands that drive fashion forward - for good.
Our brand portfolio includes the iconic CALVIN KLEIN and TOMMY HILFIGER. We market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands. PVH has over 40,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and $9.9 billion in annual revenues. That's the Power of Us. That's the Power of PVH.

About Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 16,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were $9.2 billion in 2019

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide with a brand portfolio that includes TOMMY HILFIGER and TOMMY JEANS.
Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world's most recognized premium designer lifestyle groups and is recognized for celebrating the essence of “classic American cool” style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Its focus is designing and marketing high-quality men's tailored clothing and sportswear, women's collection apparel and sportswear, kidswear, denim collections, underwear (including robes, sleepwear and loungewear), footwear and accessories. Through select licensees, Tommy Hilfiger offers complementary lifestyle products such as eyewear, watches, fragrance, swimwear, socks, small leather goods, home goods and luggage.

About Calvin Klein
At Calvin Klein, we believe in fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture by celebrating different perspectives, backgrounds and beliefs to truly connect with our associates and consumers. Join us and have a meaningful impact on the world and endless opportunities to design your future. Calvin Klein is a fashion lifestyle brand with bold, progressive ideals and a sensual aesthetic that is recognized worldwide. Our modern and minimalist approach to design, provocative imagery and authentic connection to culture has resonated with customers for over 50 years. Founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein and his business partner Barry Schwartz, we have built our reputation as a leader in American fashion through the distinct Calvin Klein brand lines and a licensed range of products. Global retail sales of Calvin Klein brand products exceeded $9 billion in 2019 and were distributed in over 110 countries. Calvin Klein employs over 11,500 associates globally. We were acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003.

The Department & Team Scope
The Omnichannel Development, Finance & Business Operations department formalizes the omnichannel strategy, drives the development of associated business processes & consumer services as well as leading their operational implementation. The department is also in charge of evaluating the business and financial performance of the omnichannel business. 
Within the department, the Omnichannel Products team drives the discovery, design, development, improvements and maintenance of all digital omnichannel and retail products using agile & DevOps methodologies. The products range from both front-end to back-end consumer applications, from store staff to HQ employee services & tooling. 
The team focuses on new innovations that shapes the future of retailing, as well as solving pain-points our end users have today in their daily store operations. Our team identifies and scopes new initiatives & features to offer an improved consumer experience and a more efficient operating model.
Partnering with the Tech Department, this team prioritizes the initiatives & features to be worked on and steers the multidisciplinary development teams to ensure maximum value is delivered to the business. Our team ensures features are designed, build, tested, validated and ready to be implemented in the markets by the Omnichannel Expansion team. 
The Products team drives complex and innovative initiatives and products, which sit across multiple sales channels, departments and technologies. Today the Products team consists of 9 product teams, focusing on the following areas: 
-   Digital Retail: instore digital experiences such as mobile journeys, CRM/loyalty in-store journeys, store associates solutions
-   Omnichannel Services: solutions that link orders and stock between Ecom and Retail such as ship from store, collect in store, return in store
-   Retail Inventory Management Solutions: solutions aiming to improve store inventory processes including the use of RFID technology
-   In-store Sales: POS development
-   Planning & Merchandising: developing a new omnichannel merchandising & planning tool to serve all channels
The team consists Product Managers, Product Owners and Product Specialists, collaborating with business and Tech team members using agile/scrum methodology. The team environment is dynamic, open and outcome driven. 

The Position & Responsibilities
The Director Omnichannel Products reports into the Senior Director Omnichannel Development & Operations and is responsible for all product management activities in the Omnichannel & Retail domain. 
The Director Omnichannel Products is responsible for the 9 product teams, ranging from their performance, development and health. In more detail:

• Drive the product vision and strategy of the Omnichannel Products domain, support the teams to derive OKRs from this, and perform quarterly reviews to make sure the team is continuing to focus on the right company objectives
• Be accountable for the management of the omnichannel roadmap, prioritization of backlog based on value, with a focus on outcome, and align on large product initiatives with senior management 
• Empower & develop a team of around 15 internal people and externals to expand their skill sets to further develop and deliver according to objectives 
• Enable the product managers and product owners to drive and manage products autonomously, by supporting them on methodology, stakeholder management, removing impediments and ensuring they follow the right priorities 
• Enable the team to drive the discovery, design, development and delivery of existing problem statement or new innovations, including timely delivery to the markets with the highest quality for sustainable impact
• Collaborate closely with the Tech Department to design and adapt the product organization & ways of working to be most efficient and ensure the maximum value is delivered 
• Partner with the head of the Omnichannel expansion and Omnichannel operations, in order to continuously optimize the way of working and drive successful product and project management. 
• Align with (senior) stakeholders in the organization to ensure that products that are developed, get embedded within the organization
• Manage the product development budget with strong focus on ROI and strategic company initiatives 
   

This position will need to forge strong partnerships and collaboration with:
-   The Tech department which steers the IT architecture landscape, as well as act as 1st and 2nd level support in case product issues get logged 
-   The Strategy team which shares direction on the overall omnichannel business strategy
-   The Expansion team which is responsible for the go to market and operational implementation of all products and services
-   The Business Operations team which is are responsible to support end users of live products on a day to day concerning business processes

The Ideal Candidate description: 

• Approximately 7- 10 years' relevant experience, including 2 - 4 years leading / coaching a team
• Strong experience in product management, agile way of working, using OKRs to deliver value, and using other agile methodologies such as Idea to Value framework
• Proven track record of driving cross-functional, complex projects within agile, waterfall and hybrid methodologies 
• Extensive experience in people management, and empowering people and teams to develop the product vision within the product pillar
• Appetite for technology and process oriented mindset 
• Highly structured and organized
• Outstanding people and relationship skills; and ability to interact with different levels of a multi-cultural, international organization

Open, charismatic and winning personality able to navigate in a matrix organization and able to communicate successfully with stakeholders across different levels and cultures
 

PVH Europe and our brands, TOMMY HILFIGER and CALVIN KLEIN, are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community of associates with a strong sense of belonging. We believe we are bettered by all forms of diversity, and take pride in working with top talent from every walk of life and corner of the world. In the spirit of inclusivity, qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, ability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation.