Global GTM & Launch Orchestrator (Hybrid)

PENTLAND; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

Product discounts

Healthcare support

Gym and fitness discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Pentland Brands is seeking a hands-on GTM Operations Manager for Speedo to own and optimise the end-to-end go-to-market rhythm. You’ll coordinate seasonal calendars, stage gates and dependencies, aligning Product, Merchandising, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, Brand, Creative, Sales, DTC and regional teams to deliver on-time launches.

You’ll drive governance forums, monitor critical path, manage risks, and ensure a single source of truth for all GTM activities, while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Experience in GTM operations, seasonal planning, programme or project management.
• Experience within a global consumer, sporting goods, apparel, footwear, lifestyle or omnichannel retail environment, with exposure to complex seasonal cycles.
• Demonstrable ownership of cross-functional calendars, stage-gate processes, dependency management and operational governance.
• Strong understanding of how product moves from line planning and development through sell-in and launch across wholesale, retail, e-commerce and DTC channels.
• Experience supporting seasonal launches, commercial milestones and sell-in activities, with an understanding of tools and assets needed to bring product ranges to market.
• Excellent programme management capability, including critical-path planning, risk management, RACI ownership, change control, action tracking and escalation.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills; advanced Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of project-management tools and Power BI is advantageous.
• Able to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability without formal authority.
• Highly organized and able to balance detail with the wider commercial picture across multiple seasons.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve Speedo's end-to-end GTM operating model, seasonal master calendar, stage gates, governance and ways of working.
• Build integrated seasonal plans from inputs across Product, Merchandising, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, Brand, Creative, Sales, DTC and regional markets.
• Align GTM timelines with wholesale, regional, market and consumer requirements to maximise commercial success.
• Translate seasonal priorities into deliverables, owners, deadlines, dependencies and a single source of truth.
• Lead GTM governance forums, ensure decisions are recorded, actions closed and issues escalated.
• Monitor critical path, overlaps and bottlenecks; facilitate trade-offs to protect delivery.
• Own seasonal milestone plan from planning through sell-in and market launch; manage risks and cross-functional alignment.
• Track availability and delivery of product data, pricing, samples, assets and market inputs for sell-in and launch milestones.
• Coordinate development of seasonal sell-in tools; partner with Product, Merchandising, Brand and Sales to equip markets for seasonal assortments.
• Oversee planning and delivery of seasonal launch events, coordinating logistics, agenda development, content readiness and partnerships.
• Own GTM reporting and dashboards; provide transparent status by market and channel.
• Improve tools, workflows and data quality; reduce manual activity and increase process discipline.
• Coordinate delivery for innovation launches and other projects outside the core calendar; maintain timeline and stakeholder alignment.
• Lead post-season retrospectives; translate data into improvements for the next cycle.
• Work with GTM calendar support to set priorities and maintain day-to-day admin for the wider operating model.
• Champion continuous improvement, agile planning and best-practice sharing across teams.

Skills

GTM operations

cross-functional calendars

calendar governance

launch coordination

programme management

data analysis

stakeholder influence

organization

global retail experience

flexible/adaptive

Tools

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Pentland Brands is seeking a hands-on GTM Operations Manager for Speedo to own and optimise the end-to-end go-to-market rhythm. You’ll coordinate seasonal calendars, stage gates and dependencies, aligning Product, Merchandising, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, Brand, Creative, Sales, DTC and regional teams to deliver on-time launches.

You’ll drive governance forums, monitor critical path, manage risks, and ensure a single source of truth for all GTM activities, while maintaining strong