Sr. Director, Global Marketplace Excellence

The Role

The Senior Director, Global Marketplace Excellence is a key leader responsible for driving strategic alignment and operational excellence across Deckers’ global marketplace. Reporting to the President, Global Marketplace, the Senior Director acts as a central orchestrator of cross-functional priorities, partnering closely with Channel CoEs (e.g., Retail, eCommerce) and Regional GMs to translate marketplace and consumer insights into integrated plans that fuel growth.

As a member of the Global Marketplace leadership team, the Senior Director leads marketplace strategy development, ensures alignment of initiatives, and connects insights to execution across channels and regions. This role collaborates closely with the Enterprise Strategy function to ensure coordination while owning strategy and planning specific to the Marketplace domain.

Your Impact

Marketplace Strategy & Planning

Develop and maintain the strategic roadmap for the global marketplace, informed by consumer trends, competitive dynamics, and performance analytics.

Lead annual and multi-year marketplace planning processes in partnership with channel CoEs, regional GMs, and functional leaders.

Translate long-term direction into actionable plans that include clear KPIs, milestones, and governance mechanisms to drive accountability and executional clarity.

Serve as a key strategic advisor to the President, Global Marketplace, enabling leadership team effectiveness through structured decision-making, performance tracking, and governance processes that sustain alignment.

Manage marketplace-wide strategic initiatives, ensuring milestones, progress tracking, and clear coordination across teams.

Partner with Marketplace Analytics to synthesize market signals, business performance, and consumer behaviors into strategic direction.

Ensure that data-driven insights are embedded into planning, performance management, and decision-making across all channels and regions.

Stakeholder Engagement & Organizational Alignment

Act as a central connector across channel CoEs, regional GMs, and corporate partners to maintain strategic cohesion across geographies and business models.

Liaise with the Enterprise Strategy team to align marketplace strategies with broader corporate priorities, ensuring complementary focus and avoiding redundancy.

Leadership & Influence

Contribute as a core member of the Marketplace Leadership Team, championing an integrated, consumer-centric, and future-forward approach to commercial strategy.

Foster a culture of strategic rigor, collaboration, and accountability across the organization.

We celebrate diversity - of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.

Who You Are

MBA or related advanced degree preferred.

12+ years of experience in commercial strategy, business planning, marketplace development, or general management within a global consumer-facing business.

Strong understanding of channel dynamics and integrated go-to-market strategy across retail and digital commerce.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional planning and manage complex stakeholder environments.

Strong analytical and communication skills; able to translate data into actionable insights and influence senior stakeholders.

Experience collaborating with centralized strategy or corporate planning teams.

What We'll Give You

Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.

Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.

Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.

Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras

Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.

Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.

$240,000 - $255,000

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in our Goleta, CA location. Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all the other beautiful parts of your identity.

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