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We are looking for brave summitteers who don´t want to stay put. Leave your footprint at Jack Wolfskin.
We Live to Discover
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
We Live to Discover
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Jack Wolfskin lives to discover and encourages people to go on new outdoor adventures, connecting with nature and rewilding themselves. Through sustainable German engineered apparel, footwear and equipment that protects and inspires, we enable everyone to experience more moments of outdoor discovery. Our success is based on a shared wanderlust and the collective input from our team of free spirits, forward thinkers and discoverers. Sharing the same values, we focus on having a positive impact through product innovations, more sustainable solutions and business practices as well as advocacy programs.
We encourage an open forum of ideas throughout all departments and honor collaborative discoverers who lead by introducing new paths. A career with Jack Wolfskin is anything but ordinary.
Join us as soon as possible at our headquarters in Idstein as a Product Manager Outdoor Technical Apparel (m/w/d).
The story begins
As a Product Manager for Outdoor Technical Apparel, you will accompany the entire product creation process – from the initial idea to market launch and performance monitoring. You will work closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure that our products meet customer needs and align with corporate goals.
Your Responsibilities:
Your Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy & Roadmap Development: Support in defining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap based on market analyses, customer insights, and corporate goals. Work closely with Merchandising to design a range that meets customer needs while achieving corporate objectives. Full product lifecycle management from concept development to launch. Continuous evaluation and adjustment of the product roadmap.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with the teams from Merchandising, Design, Development, Marketing, and Sales to ensure successful product creation and launch. Communicate product goals, timelines, and requirements across teams.
- Customer Insights & Market Research: Collaborate with Marketing to gather customer feedback, surveys, and tests. Analyze market trends, competitor products, and new technologies to identify differentiation opportunities.
- Go-to-Market Strategy & Product Launches: Develop and implement go-to-market strategies. Collaborate with Merchandising and Sales on product placement and segmentation.
- Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Track product performance using KPIs such as sell-in, sell-through, and sales growth. Analyze data for continuous product improvement.
- Continuous Improvement & Iteration: Identify innovation opportunities based on customer feedback and market research. Evolve and iterate products to improve user experience and business outcomes.
- Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates on product development, timelines, and performance to management and other stakeholders.
Your proven path
- Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
- MBA or other advanced certifications are a plus.
- 3+ years of experience in product management or a related field, ideally within the outdoor industry.
- Experience managing the full product lifecycle, from ideation to launch.
- Strong product management skills, with the ability to define product vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple product initiatives simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to drive decision-making.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product vision, requirements, target usage, and consumer.
- Familiarity with product management tools (e.g., Centric) is a plus.
- Solid understanding of product management processes and the ability to work effectively with merchandising, design, and development teams.
- Understanding of technical fabrications.
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt to change, and manage competing priorities.
- Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering excellent user experiences.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a focus on execution and results.
We Are 100% Outdoor
- Exciting product world and international environment in a responsible and sustainable company
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Attractive employee discounts and additional benefits
- Free water, coffee, and tea specialties
- Casual dress code
- Bike leasing, monthly subsidy for up to two leasing contracts
- EGYM, company fitness with access to over 7000 studios
- Team events and outdoor sports offerings
- Likeminded, our partner for mental health with many training opportunities
- Mobile working from abroad, up to 4 weeks
- Company language German and English, access to language courses
- Employee referral program with monetary rewards after successful probation period
Want to join us?
Join us and apply online at our career portal, stating your desired salary and earliest start date.
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We, at Jack Wolfskin, are offering you an exciting job opportunity in a continuously developing working environment with flat hierarchies, short decision-making paths and swift implementation.
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recruiting@jack-wolfskin.com
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