Director, Road Bikes and Project One

Trek

| Waterloo, Wisconsin, United States (On Site) | Full Time | 24 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Trek's Road bike team, defining the vision for Road, Gravel, and Triathlon products from strategy to launch. Manage the entire Road business, including product conception, design, development, and launch. Additionally, direct Trek’s premium custom bike program, Project One, focusing on program design, product offering, and customer experience. Oversee product managers and the broader development group, ensuring amazing product development and meeting defined goals.

Must Have

Define vision for Global Road, Gravel, and Triathlon Bike Business.
Directly manage product managers and lead broader development group.
Oversee development of Road Bike Products, setting key targets.
Define product specifications, establish milestones, manage quality assurance.
Define success metrics and track performance of existing products.
Organize and plan multiple projects, make timely and quick decisions.
Manage daily actions of development team, drive design efforts.
Maintain line logic for product line to meet targets.
Bicycle industry experience required.
Prior leadership experience.
Demonstrated work history of team collaboration.
Ability to make teammates excel.
Ability to separate personal opinion from market needs.
Communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of organization.
Strong organizational skills, handle multiple tasks and manage priorities.
Great attention for detail.
Strong Mechanical understanding with bikes.
Ability to present in front of varying groups of all sizes.
Good understanding of Powerpoint for executive level communication.

Good to Have

Market research, sales analysis experience.
Understanding of creation and maintenance of the entire Product Line (SKU, BOMs, forecasting, cost, features).
Possess a love for all things Cycling.
Travel to partners, tradeshows, dealers, ride research, and consumer events.

Perks & Benefits

Flexible and fun company culture
Competitive health care (PPO & HDHP medical plan options, Dental insurance, Vision insurance)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Free life insurance & optional term life insurance
Competitive vacation package
401(k) with match and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)
12 weeks of maternity leave with 100% pay
Flexible holiday schedule – 10 company holidays
Tuition Reimbursement up to $15,000 (Undergraduate & Masters programs)
Employee discounts on all product
Deep partner retail discounts

Job Description

A bit about us

Trek is an awesome place to work, with amazing benefits for all employees. We build only products we love, provide incredible hospitality to our customers, and change the world by getting more people on bikes. When you’re on our team, you’re taken care of, encouraged to learn and grow, and given lots of opportunities to do so. Give us your best, and we’ll give it right back. Sound pretty sweet? Then come join us!

Job Description

Position Description:

We are looking for a passionate cyclist to lead our Road bike team who will report to the VP of Product. This person will define the vision of our Road, Gravel, and Triathlon products that our riders and retailers love. This dream job manages all of the Road business, from strategy and conception through design, development, and product launch. In addition, this position will lead varying activities that support the Road bike business as a whole.

Beyond leadership of the Road category, this role will also direct and manage Trek’s premium custom bike program – Project One, including defining the program design, product offering, and overall customer experience.

This role will be posted from 11/19-11/26

What you’ll be doing:

Defining the Vision for the Global Road, Gravel, and Triathlon Bike Business at Trek Bicycles
Directly Managing a Group of product managers and being the Leader of the broader development group.
Oversee development of Amazing Road Bike Products within sub-categories by establishing key targets for product positioning, performance parameters, functionality and cost.
Define product specifications, establish milestones, and manage quality assurance activities for a cross-functional development team
Define success metrics for new projects and track the performance of existing products to ensure the team is moving towards defined goals.
Organize and plan details for multiple projects and make timely and quick decisions in order to meet project deadlines. Manage daily actions of the development team as well as drive design efforts (internal or external) so that the vision for the line is accurately executed.
Other duties include market research, sales analysis etc.
An understanding of creation and maintenance of the entire Product Line, including SKU information, Bike Model BOM’s, preliminary forecasting, cost targets and key features/benefits.
Maintain line logic that will result in the product line meeting targets for simplicity and business growth using market feedback along with sales and production data.
Travel to partners, tradeshows, dealers, ride research, and consumer events to research and track market trends. (5-7 trips per year)

What you’ll bring to the profession:

Bicycle industry experience required and prior leadership experience
This individual must have a demonstrated work history of team collaboration and the ability to make their teammates excel.
Successful candidate must be able to separate what they think versus what is needed by the market.
Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of organization.
Display strong organizational skills and be able to handle multiple tasks and manage priorities in a focused but flexible manner.
Must have great attention for detail
Display strong Mechanical understanding with bikes
Possess a love for all things Cycling
Be able to present in front of varying groups of all sizes. And have a good understanding of how to use Powerpoint to communicate at an executive level.