Senior Program & Process Manager, Apparel

Who We Are

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

• Runner First
  • We act in the best interest of the runner
• Word is Bond
  • We do what we say we’ll do
• Champion Heart
  • We give our all in everything we do
• There is no "I" in Run
  • We stay generous with our humanity
• Keep Moving
  • We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement - because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

The Brooks Apparel Product Operations team exists to enable and empower product teams to achieve their best possible outcomes. As part of Global Product (Footwear, Apparel & Accessories), the team drives excellence in portfolio and program management, focusing on optimizing operational processes, enhancing internal communication, and managing strategic projects and portfolios. A key priority is fostering alignment among stakeholders and continuously improving ways of working to support product development and execution.

As the Senior Program & Process Manager, Apparel at Brooks, you will lead senior-level and high-impact Apparel & Accessory programs that span multiple teams and business objectives, ensuring that execution delivers value to business goals and objectives. You will be responsible for scope, time, and resourcing and acts as a cross-functional integrator, thought partner, and catalyst for continuous improvement. You will partner with senior leaders to drive alignment between business goals and program outcomes, influence decision-making, and shape how teams execute and collaborate.

You will be a strong leader across the organization with the ability to influence without authority and be a role model for project/process management best practices.

The ideal candidate is an experience program leader with a systems mindset, a bias for action, and a demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity. You have deep expertise in program and process management methodologies, strong stakeholder management skills, and a passion for enabling teams to deliver great products more effectively. You have expertise in project management systems and tools with the ability to learn, implement, and manage tools and systems required within Apparel and the Program Operations team.

• Lead the strategic execution of cross-functional programs, from initiation through delivery, aligning milestones, deliverables, and resourcing to broader portfolio and business priorities. Influence and support strategic decision-making by synthesizing data across programs, identifying trade-offs, surfacing risks, and guiding cross-functional and executive stakeholders through high-impact program choices.
• Drive the end-to-end management of all Apparel programs and cross-functional work streams; partner with Go-To-Market Program Director to drive overall GTM success.
• Act as the central connector across cross-functional teams, resolving blockers, tracking key dependencies, and ensuring consistent communication and alignment throughout the product creation process.
• Champion and apply best practices in program and portfolio management, contributing to the refinement of tools, templates, and methodologies. Drive integrated program planning, creating and maintaining work plan, program dashboards, milestone tracking, and status reporting for…