Chief of Staff - SVP, GM, Foot Locker & Kids Foot Locker

Foot Locker•New York, NY

1d•$130,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief of Staff to the SVP, GM of Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker serves as a strategic partner, integrator, and trusted advisor. The SVP, GM oversees Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and Product Development, and is responsible for commercial strategy, product direction, and vendor partnerships. The Chief of Staff drives leadership-team alignment, manages strategic initiatives, facilitates cross-functional collaboration, and helps keep the executive focused on high-impact priorities. The role calls for a detail-oriented, strategic, results-driven person who can work urgently while maintaining a calm presence through complexity and change. The successful candidate is collaborative, self-motivated, open to new ideas, decisive, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. Regular travel is required. This is designed as a 2–3 year developmental opportunity to prepare a high-potential leader for broader enterprise roles. The position is hybrid at the company’s Corporate Office in New York, with an expected in-office schedule of Tuesday through Thursday, three days per week.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience influencing and partnering with senior leaders in a complex, matrixed environment.
Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills.
Ability to quickly understand operational mechanics across diverse functions.
Advanced organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
Ability to create clarity in ambiguous situations.
Several years of direct product, merchandising, or buying experience, ideally in athletic specialty, sporting goods, brand, or retail.
Ability to travel regularly.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cross-functional initiatives or facilitating complex project delivery.

Responsibilities

Partner with the SVP, GM to define, refine, and communicate the North America business vision, strategy, and annual priorities.
Drive alignment across cross-functional leaders so strategic initiatives are clearly articulated, understood, and consistently executed.
Serve as liaison between the SVP, GM’s office, direct reports, and internal and external stakeholders.
Communicate project requirements, gather and interpret status updates, identify next steps, and proactively resolve issues.
Escalate risks and barriers and ensure the executive has visibility into priorities, challenges, and decisions required.
Prepare, plan, and orchestrate leadership-team, vendor, and client meetings.
Clarify meeting objectives, prepare participants, and capture, assign, and track action items and next steps through completion.
Own and execute special ad hoc projects end to end, particularly those involving Finance and operational functions.
Use discretion and maintain strict confidentiality when managing sensitive or high-visibility initiatives.
Establish structure, processes, and accountability mechanisms to advance complex workstreams with clarity and speed.