Ralph Lauren Senior PMO Manager

BoF Careers; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager, APAC PMO to translate market and consumer data into strategic recommendations. Reporting to the APAC Strategy lead, you will combine strategy, analytics and market intelligence to identify growth opportunities and track regional priorities.

In this role, you will build analytical models and dashboards, conduct desktop research, and prepare decision-ready materials for APAC leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years in strategy, analytics or related field; luxury/retail a plus.
• Strong analytical skills with large datasets.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI; SQL/Python preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; executive-ready storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Support APAC strategy refresh and priority setting with actionable recommendations.
• Own hands-on quantitative analysis of internal and market data.
• Conduct desktop research on trends, competitors, channels and cities.
• Build repeatable models, benchmarks and dashboards; use AI where appropriate.
• Support market sizing, financial and scenario analyses for new opportunities.
• Develop scorecards to monitor strategic priorities and issues.
• Create concise presentations and briefing notes for senior leadership.
• Lead cross-functional projects from analysis to implementation support.
• Capture learnings from pilots and scale relevant capabilities across APAC.

Skills

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Data-driven insights

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (business/economics/statistics/data science)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

The Senior Manager, APAC PMO supports the development and execution of APAC's strategic agenda, converting market, consumer, competitor and business data into clear implications and recommendations. Reporting to the APAC Strategy lead, the role brings together strategy, analysis and market intelligence to help leadership identify growth opportunities, pressure-test choices and track progress against regional priorities. The role will serve as the team's analytical engine: independently structuring analyses, synthesizing internal and external data, conducting desktop research, and producing decision-ready materials for APAC leadership. The role also supports high-priority regional initiatives across markets, brands, channels and consumer ecosystems, working cross-functionally from insight through recommendation and implementation support.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Strategy & Priorities: Support APAC strategy refresh and priority setting by framing business questions, evaluating strategic choices and translating analysis into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Analysis & Insights: Own hands-on quantitative analysis across internal business, consumer and market data; identify trends, drivers, opportunities and risks; and translate findings into clear commercial implications.
• Market & Competitive intelligence: Conduct desktop research on consumer trends, market dynamics, competitors, channels, cities and adjacent sectors. Synthesize multiple sources into concise insights leadership can use in decision-making.
• Analytical toolkit: Build repeatable models, benchmarks, market-sizing approaches and dashboards that improve the speed and quality of strategic decision-making; use AI and analytics tools to increase research and analysis productivity where appropriate.
• Business cases & Opportunity assessment: Support evaluation of new geographies, channels, brands, categories and business models through market sizing, financial and scenario analysis, competitor benchmarking and structured recommendation development.
• Performance & Strategy tracking: Develop fact bases and scorecards to monitor strategic priorities, surface emerging issues and help leadership focus attention on the highest-impact opportunities and actions.
• Executive communication: Convert complex analysis into concise presentations, briefing notes and narratives for regional leadership, business reviews, strategy discussions and other senior forums.
• Cross-functional projects: Partner with market and functional teams to define workplans, coordinate inputs and drive selected strategic initiatives from analysis through recommendation and implementation support.
• Share & Reapply: Capture learning from market pilots and external best practices, codify what works, and identify opportunities to adapt and scale relevant capabilities across APAC.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in business, economics, statistics, data science or a related field is a plus.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, consumer/market insights, analytics or a similarly rigorous problem-solving environment; experience in retail, consumer or luxury is a plus.
• Strong hands-on analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to work with large and imperfect datasets, structure analyses, test hypotheses and convert data into business insights.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; proficiency with business intelligence and data visualization tools such as Power BI. Working knowledge of SQL, Python or comparable analytical tools is strongly preferred.
• Strong research capability, including market sizing, competitor benchmarking, consumer and industry research, and synthesis of secondary sources into implications and recommendations.
• Commercial and strategic judgment, with the ability to connect consumer, market and financial insights to practical business choices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to create clear, executive-ready narratives from complex analysis.
• Comfort working across functions and markets in a fast-moving, matrixed environment; organized, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple workstreams with limited supervision.
• Curiosity, learning agility and a strong bias toward action; able to challenge assumptions constructively and bring an objective, data-led perspective.