Director, Global Strategy - Enterprise Planning

Arc'teryx Equipment; North Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 149,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Arc’teryx Equipment seeks a Director, Global Strategy - Enterprise Planning to connect long-range strategy to annual priorities and budgets. You will own the enterprise planning system, advise executives, and collaborate with Finance to align resources with strategic goals across a global business.

Based in North Vancouver with hybrid or remote Canada options, you will lead cross-functional teams, develop decision frameworks, and drive performance reporting to support leadership decisions and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in strategic planning, management consulting, project management, consumer products and/or retail.
• Proven track record as an outstanding problem solver with systems thinking.
• Credible executive partner with strong communication to work with CDR and leaders, translating complexity into decisions.
• Experience partnering with Finance on resource allocation, budget prioritization, and performance tracking.
• Sharp analytical capability and strong written communication; ability to build rigorous frameworks and write clear executive briefs.
• Experience across regional and global operating models, ideally with exposure to retail or consumer-facing businesses.
• Organized without being rigid; know when plans must adapt.
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and ability to influence across senior stakeholders.
• Commitment to quality of thinking, clarity of communication, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, governance, and evolution of the enterprise planning system.
• Lead the enterprise planning cycle including Strategic Planning Kickoff, Long-Term Planning, and QBRs.
• Establish and govern the enterprise planning cadence with cross-functional alignment.
• Develop decision frameworks, governance, and planning standards for prioritization and accountability.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to translate priorities into actionable plans.
• Coordinate Executive Committee and Board reviews and track actions.
• Manage the portfolio of strategic initiatives, risks, and interdependencies.
• Develop scenarios, business cases, and trade-off analyses.
• Provide fact-based analysis and recommendations for executive decisions.
• Establish performance management frameworks, KPIs, and reporting.
• Drive alignment across executives, regions, Finance, and Amer Sports.
• Maintain visibility of strategic/execution risks and mitigation plans.
• Create executive-level communications and leadership briefings.
• Improve planning processes and governance for better decision quality.
• Develop tools, templates, and methodologies to strengthen planning capability.

Skills

Systems thinking

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Finance partnership

Analytical ability

Written communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Budget prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, or related field

10+ years of professional work experience in strategic planning, management consulting, project management, consumer products and/or retail

Job description

As the Director of Global Enterprise Planning on the Strategy team, you architect the planning system that connects Arc’teryx’s long-term strategy to annual priorities, resource allocation, and performance accountability. This is a systems-level role: you own the infrastructure that keeps leadership aligned, decisions grounded, and execution honest.

You own the enterprise planning process end-to-end – Strategic Planning Kickoff, Long-term Strategic Planning, AOP/budget prioritization, and Quarterly Business Reporting – while also owning the broader operating infrastructure: Excom and Board of Directors preparation, the strategic calendar, and the decision frameworks that ensure the right conversations happen with the right information at the right time.

You bring both architectural thinking and executional precision. You know when to build a new system and when to simplify an existing one. You are a credible executive partner, comfortable working directly with functional leaders and Finance to drive planning rigour across a complex, global business.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid work (or remote Canada with travels to North Vancouver, BC). Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Strategy team is a trusted partner to the executive leadership team in the development, prioritization, and oversight of our company strategies working cross-functionally across the business to ensure attainment of our long-term strategic objectives and goals. We provide strategic insights and frameworks to enable strategy development, cross-functional alignment and executive decision making. We are experts at translating complex, unstructured problems into clear executive level narrative and recommendations. Our team leads the company’s long-range strategic planning process, quarterly business reviews, and the development of an integrated performance management framework to connect our strategy to our annual operating budget and tactical operating plan.

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As the Director of Global Enterprise Planning on the Strategy team, you architect the planning system that connects Arc’teryx’s long-term strategy to annual priorities, resource allocation, and performance accountability. This is a systems-level role: you own the infrastructure that keeps leadership aligned, decisions grounded, and execution honest.

You own the enterprise planning process end-to-end – Strategic Planning Kickoff, Long-term Strategic Planning, AOP/budget prioritization, and Quarterly Business Reporting – while also owning the broader operating infrastructure: Excom and Board of Directors preparation, the strategic calendar, and the decision frameworks that ensure the right conversations happen with the right information at the right time.

You bring both architectural thinking and executional precision. You know when to build a new system and when to simplify an existing one. You are a credible executive partner, comfortable working directly with functional leaders and Finance to drive planning rigour across a complex, global business.

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is open to hybrid work (or remote Canada with travels to North Vancouver, BC). Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

The Strategy team is a trusted partner to the executive leadership team in the development, prioritization, and oversight of our company strategies working cross-functionally across the business to ensure attainment of our long-term strategic objectives and goals. We provide strategic insights and frameworks to enable strategy development, cross-functional alignment and executive decision making. We are experts at translating complex, unstructured problems into clear executive level narrative and recommendations. Our team leads the company’s long-range strategic planning process, quarterly business reviews, and the development of an integrated performance management framework to connect our strategy to our annual operating budget and tactical operating plan.

If you were the Director, Global Strategy - Enterprise Planning here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Owning the design, governance, and continuous evolution of the enterprise planning system, ensuring strategic planning, annual operating planning, resource allocation, and performance reporting operate as an integrated enterprise process
• Leading the execution of the enterprise planning cycle, including Strategic Planning Kickoff, Long-Term Strategic Planning, and Quarterly Business Reviews, and partnering with Finance on Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and budget prioritization connected to business strategy
• Establishing and governing the enterprise planning cadence, ensuring cross-functional alignment, decision readiness, and the timely progression of key strategic milestones
• Building and maintaining the decision frameworks, governance structures, and planning standards that support enterprise-wide prioritization, accountability, and effective decision-making
• Partnering closely with Finance and business leaders to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, resource allocation decisions, and measurable outcomes
• Leading the planning and coordination of Executive Committee and Board reviews, ensuring strategic issues are clearly framed, decisions are supported by relevant insights, and resulting actions are effectively trackedManaging the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives, tracking progress, interdependencies, risks, and outcomes while escalating issues requiring executive attention
• Developing scenarios, business cases, and trade-off analyses that enable leaders to evaluate opportunities, risks, investments, and resource allocation decisions
• Providing fact-based analysis, insights, and recommendations to support executive decision-making, prioritization, and enterprise performance discussions
• Establishing enterprise performance management frameworks, scorecards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms that drive accountability, transparency, and execution against strategic objectives
• Driving alignment across executive leadership, functions, regions, Finance, and Amer Sports to establish a consistent enterprise planning and performance management operating model
• Maintaining visibility to key strategic and execution risks, ensuring mitigation plans are developed, monitored, and integrated into enterprise planning processes
• Developing executive-level communications, planning documents, and leadership briefings that translate complex business information into clear priorities, recommendations, and actions
• Serving as the steward of enterprise planning effectiveness, continuously evaluating planning processes, governance, and reporting mechanisms to improve decision quality, organizational alignment, and business outcomes
• Developing and maintaining the tools, templates, governance processes, and planning methodologies that strengthen enterprise planning capability and support execution against strategic and business plans

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Evolving the enterprise planning system as the business scales—adding new planning horizons, integrating regional complexity, and improving the speed and quality of decisions
• Building repeatable frameworks and playbooks for planning processes that reduce dependency on heroic individual effort and increase organizational capability
• Partnering with Finance and regional teams to develop integrated financial and strategic planning models that connect long-range ambition to annual resource reality
• Developing the next generation of performance management tools—moving from tracking to accountability, and from reporting to action
• Supporting the Strategy team’s broader operating model evolution as new capability areas come online

Are you our next Director, Global Strategy - Enterprise Planning?

• You have a bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, or related field
• You have 10+ years of professional work experience in strategic planning, management consulting, project management, consumer products and/or retail
• You have a demonstrated track record as an outstanding problem solver and strategic You think in systems – you can see how the strategic planning connects to the budget planning, how the QBR connects to accountability, and how the strategic calendar creates or destroys leadership bandwidth
• You are a credible executive partner with the communication skills to work directly with a CDR and functional leaders, and to translate complexity into decisions
• You have significant experience partnering with Finance on resource allocation, budget prioritization, and performance tracking
• You bring sharp analytical capability and strong written communication, and you can build a rigorous framework and write a clear executive brief
• You have experience working across regional and global operating models, ideally with exposure to retail or consumer-facing businesses
• You are organized without being rigid, and you know when the plan needs to change and how to move the system accordingly
• You demonstrate high emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and the ability to influence without authority across senior stakeholders
• You hold yourself and others to a high standard for quality of thinking, clarity of communication, and follow-through

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is CAD$149,000 - CAD$195,000

Total Rewards

Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility.

We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team.

In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life:

• Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Financial wellbeing - RRSP matching and eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
• Time & Flexibilit y - Paid time off, wellness time, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
• Family support - Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents.
• Growth, community & gear - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events),Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).

*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role.

Equal Opportunity

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees, and guests, and we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance.

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.

All applicants, employees, and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.

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