VP, CTC Transformation and Product Operations

Levi Strauss•San Francisco, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Levi Strauss & Co. is seeking a Vice President, Concept-to-Consumer (CTC) Transformation & Product Operations to lead the strategy, transformation, and operational excellence of its end-to-end product creation and go-to-market ecosystem. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the role partners across Merchandising, Design, Product Development, Sourcing, Planning, Marketing, Digital, Technology, and Commercial teams to transform how products move from concept to consumer. The VP oversees the global go-to-market operating model, including calendars, processes, governance, operating rhythms, digital capabilities, and cross-functional execution. The role drives enterprise transformation and operational excellence to improve speed, clarity, efficiency, accountability, and consumer relevance. The successful candidate will set long-term direction, influence at the executive level, and translate strategy into disciplined execution and measurable business outcomes while accelerating speed to market, improving cross-functional execution, and strengthening how Levi's brings product innovation to consumers globally. This is a hybrid role based at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, typically requiring three days in the office per week, Tuesday through Thursday. Office attendance may vary depending on business needs.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Product Operations, GTM, Merchandising Operations, Product Creation, Supply Chain Operations, Transformation, or a related field.
Proven success leading large-scale business transformation and organizational change in a complex, global environment.
Deep experience with global GTM and product creation processes in apparel, footwear, retail, consumer goods, or a related industry.
Experience leading teams and influencing senior executives in a highly matrixed organization.
Demonstrated ability to build scalable governance, enterprise processes, and execution frameworks.
Experience partnering with technology teams to implement and scale digital tools and process transformation.
Enterprise-level strategic thinking and a strong record of translating vision into execution.
Expertise in transformation, change leadership, operational excellence, and process optimization.
Deep knowledge of Product Operations, Merchandising Operations, Product Creation, and GTM processes.
Exceptional ability to influence, align, and mobilize stakeholders across functions, regions, and levels.
Strong business acumen, consumer orientation, and analytical decision-making.
Ability to lead through ambiguity, navigate competing priorities, and resolve complex enterprise issues.
Outstanding executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Proven ability to build high-performing teams and develop talent.

Responsibilities

Partner with the Chief Product Officer and senior leaders to define and execute the enterprise vision for CTC and GTM transformation.
Lead the evolution of the end-to-end GTM operating model across functions, regions, and markets.
Own the global GTM calendar, milestone framework, governance forums, and executive operating rhythms.
Drive enterprise change across processes, tools, decision rights, ways of working, behaviors, and accountability.
Simplify and improve product lifecycle workflows to accelerate decision-making and speed to market.
Use business priorities, consumer needs, industry trends, and external benchmarks to strengthen GTM effectiveness.
Build and lead a high-performing global Product Operations and GTM Operations function.
Establish KPIs, governance, decision rights, and operating mechanisms that strengthen accountability and execution.
Ensure critical seasonal, commercial, and product milestones are delivered through disciplined planning, dependency management, and issue resolution.
Create scalable standards, playbooks, and tools that improve consistency, transparency, and efficiency across global and regional teams.
Surface and resolve complex cross-functional risks, trade-offs, and execution barriers.
Partner with global and regional leaders to deliver major product launches and GTM milestones on time.
Redesign and optimize GTM, product creation, and portfolio management processes.
Improve speed to market, decision quality, collaboration, and organizational effectiveness through simpler, more integrated ways of working.
Implement governance that enables visibility, prioritization, timely decisions, issue resolution, and clear accountability.
Advance business priorities such as assortment optimization, product platforming, material and fabric efficiencies, and process simplification.
Embed continuous improvement across product and operational teams.
Set the digital tools strategy and roadmap for the product organization.
Partner with Technology, Digital Product, and business leaders to prioritize capabilities and guide investment decisions.
Define business requirements for GTM, planning, product development, workflow, and reporting solutions.
Lead implementation, adoption, training, and change management for new platforms and tools.
Improve process visibility, reporting, and analytics to enable faster, data-informed decisions.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team across transformation, product operations, and execution excellence.
Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Develop leaders and strengthen operational and enterprise capabilities across the organization.
Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior executives.