Vans: Manager, Retail Marketing; Americas

Job Title

Vans:
Manager, Retail Marketing (Americas)

Retail Management & In‑store, Sales & Marketing

Costa Mesa

Off The Wall since 1966, Vans® is the original action sports brand. Vans promotes the action sports lifestyle, youth culture and creative self‑expression through the support of athletes, musicians and artists and through progressive events and platforms such as the House of Vans.

• Own and deliver a holistic Retail Marketing strategy for the U.S., with clear objectives tied to store traffic lift, engagement, and conversion, and frameworks that can be scaled across Canada and Mexico.
• Actively participate in the regional Go‑To‑Market process, ensuring Global Marketing stories and product moments come to life in retail through seasonal launches, activations, promotions, and elevated in‑store experiences.
• Define and evolve a segmentation strategy across the Americas retail fleet, tailoring activations and experiences based on store type, market, consumer profile, and community relevance.
• Link retail activations to digital ecosystems (including Vans Family), ensuring physical retail experiences are amplified through content, community engagement, and loyalty‑driven touch points.
• Stay deeply connected to macro and micro trends in retail, youth culture, action sports, and street culture, translating insights into innovative retail experiences that feel authentic and timely.
• Concept and deliver memorable, immersive retail experiences that engage consumers emotionally and sensorially, reinforcing Vans’ brand ethos and encouraging repeat visitation.
• Build strong partnerships across regional and global brand pillars, Retail Operations, and Field teams to unlock hyper‑local activations, community moments, and market‑specific opportunities.
• Lead and support strategic initiatives tied to the future of Vans retail, including new store concepts, pilot programs, and next‑generation retail experiences, ensuring learnings inform both regional and global best practices.

• Progressive marketing experience, with significant focus on retail marketing, brand marketing or consumer experience, preferably within apparel, footwear or youth‑culture driven brands.
• Proven ability to drive measurable brick‑and‑mortar retail traffic through integrated marketing strategies, store activations and localized experiences.
• Deep understanding of the U.S. retail landscape, including diverse consumer segments and store formats, with experience developing programs that can scale across Canada and Mexico.
• Strong experience translating global brand strategies into regionally relevant retail execution, balancing consistency, speed and local nuance.
• Highly skilled in cross‑functional leadership and influence, with the ability to partner effectively across Global and Regional Marketing, Retail Operations, Merchandising, Digital, Creative and Field teams.
• Comfortable operating in a matrixed organization, with experience navigating dotted‑line relationships and aligning regional priorities with global direction.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to use traffic data, performance metrics, consumer insights and cultural trends to shape decisions and demonstrate impact.
• Strong project and program management capabilities, able to manage multiple initiatives and timelines in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Creative and consumer‑obsessed mindset, with a passion for building immersive, culturally relevant retail experiences that drive engagement and repeat visitation.
• Natural collaborator and communicator, able to clearly articulate strategy, inspire partners and bring teams along the journey.
• Deep passion for Vans, street culture, action sports and the evolving role of physical retail as a brand‑building and community platform.

We offer extensive development and growth opportunities for your current and future positions, a competitive compensation package and a strong benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k). We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture based on respect, connection and authenticity. Our focus on DEI…