Brand Transformation - Principal Project Manager

This is a hybrid role based out of our HQ office near Portland, Oregon. The expectation is for employees to be in-office 3 days or more per week, depending on business need. This in-office expectation is subject to change at business discretion.

ABOUT THE POSITION 

As a Brand Marketing team, we focus on our consumers’ behavior and create experiences to build their connection to our brand. Whether it’s media strategy, brand/product storytelling, content creation or partner activations, the consumer is at the heart of everything we do, and unlocking the outdoors for everyone is our mission. Join us as we stay true to our brand and evolve to meet the demands of an ever-changing landscape. 

As Business Transformation Principal Project Manager, you will partner with your team to facilitate and manage the identification and evaluation of critical priorities, strategic opportunities and work stream engagements that will drive Brand growth deliverables. Here you’ll directly support senior leaders as they align and engage their teams to high-priority initiatives. This role is critical to bringing key components of these initiatives together in service to quarterly and annual strategic planning processes and an outcome-oriented and consumer-centric culture and vision. 

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

• Ensure Brand Transformation Office (BTO) effectiveness by coordinating cross functional meetings, facilitating discussions, and sustaining momentum to operationalize the strategy across the organization

• Provide a high degree of visibility and transparency to the portfolio of work for one-or-more of the workstreams within Columbia Brand, in partnership with Brand leadership

• Manage projects and end to end programs with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity.

• Provides training and leadership for other team members

YOU ARE 

• A natural problem solver, identifying and solving complex problems that impact multiple departments and disciplines

• Capable of working independently to manage unique and varied business work streams aligned to shared business goals

• A skilled communicator with a knack for converting technical information to written and verbal business stories and advice

• Practiced at listening and negotiating with others to adopt different points of view

YOU HAVE 

• Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification or equivalent experience in business applications and engagement

• 8 years of professional experience with demonstrated expertise in project management; forecasting and tracking deliverables across strategy goals, tasks, resources and deadlines

• Experience interfacing with marketing teams and the go-to-market processes preferred

• Applied skill in stakeholder engagement, influence, meeting facilitation and presentation

• Comprehensive understanding of the Agile principles and methodologies and familiarity with enterprise level agile portfolio management systems 

• Previous work with other cultures in a business setting, and awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, project management software

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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_ English_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.

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