Lead - LightSpray Project Manager

On; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

On is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives that establish best practices and drive innovation in advanced manufacturing within the footwear domain.

The Lead - LightSpray Project Manager role focuses on aligning teams, removing roadblocks, and scaling LightSpray with speed while delivering complex, global programs that affect production and commercialization timelines.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of project management experience.
• Footwear and/or apparel industry experience.
• Strong track record delivering complex projects.
• Excellent planning, budgeting and resource management.
• Skilled at influencing teams and stakeholders.
• Adaptable, proactive in dynamic environments.
• Proven experience leading global projects/programmes.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field; PMP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate execution across key programs: align innovation, operations, and commercialization.
• Foster alignment & problem-solving with internal stakeholders to facilitate decision-making.
• Close execution gaps in strategic initiatives and ensure smooth contract execution and scaling.
• Strengthen financial & manufacturing strategy with forecasting and multi-year plans.
• Monitor performance with KPI tracking and provide updates to senior leadership.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Planning

Resource management

Global programs

Consulting background

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering

PMP certification (a plus)

Job description

In Short

We’re looking for an experienced and driven Project Manager to join our team. In this foundational role, you’ll lead strategic projects that are key to establishing best practices, driving innovation, and helping us realize our vision of advanced manufacturing solutions. Your ability to align diverse teams around shared goals, execute projects with precision, and ensure successful delivery will set the tone for our growth.

As Lead - LightSpray Project Manager, you will act as a connector between teams, ensuring that strategic programs are effectively implemented, roadblocks are removed, and LightSpray scales at speed.

Your Mission

• Orchestrate execution across key programs: Ensure that innovation, operations, and commercialization efforts are fully aligned.
• Foster alignment & problem-solving: Partner with internal stakeholders to facilitate smooth communication and effective decision-making.
• Closing Execution Gaps in Strategic Initiatives: CTC Contract Execution: Ensure smooth implementation of critical contracts that affect production and commercialization timelines, LCA Analysis & Sustainability Strategy: Integrate environmental impact considerations into the scaling roadmap, Unit Cost Estimations: Support financial modeling to ensure cost-efficient scaling
• Strengthening Financial & Manufacturing Strategy: Financial Forecasting & Modelling: Partner with finance to create multi-year financial plans that align with strategic objectives, Manufacturing Strategy Development: Ensure manufacturing scale-up is aligned with business objectives and production capabilities
• Performance Monitoring & Leadership Reporting: KPI & Performance Tracking: Establish and monitor execution metrics to ensure efficient operations, ELB & Leadership Reporting: Provide structured updates and insights to senior leadership to support decision-making

Your Story

• You bring 6+ years of project management experience from roles such as product strategy, business strategy functions, operational excellence functions (focused on product) or consulting
• Must have: footwear and/or apparel industry experience and/or a strong consulting background.
• You have a strong track record of delivering complex projects successfully.
• You excel in planning, budgeting, and resource management, with a strong understanding of how to align project goals with strategic business priorities.
• You are skilled at influencing and motivating project teams and stakeholders across different levels and functions.
• You’re adaptable, solutions-focused, and proactive in finding ways to overcome challenges in dynamic, evolving environments.
• Proven track record of leading complex, global projects/programms
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field. PMP or similar certification is a plus.

Your Team

Join a team of passionate innovators and entrepreneurial thinkers from diverse fields united by a mission: to make high-performance footwear at scale, anywhere, anytime, while minimizing environmental impact. We challenge conventions and push the boundaries of possibility to create sportswear like the world has never seen, along with groundbreaking technology and material innovations that set new industry standards. Be part of the team pioneering technology-driven solutions set to revolutionize the running shoe landscape.

What we offer

On is a place that is centered around growth and progress. We offer an environment designed to give people the tools to develop holistically – to stay active, to learn, explore and innovate. Our distinctive approach combines a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, with access to personal self-care for both physical and mental well-being, so each person is led by purpose.

On is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that is fair and inclusive, where all decisions related to recruitment, advancement, and retention are free of discrimination.