Lead Strategic Projects (all genders)

Role Lead Strategic Projects (all genders) - Creator Management team at Zalando. Responsibilities - Spearhead high-impact, cross-functional strategic initiatives, navigating ambiguity to design and implement new operating models, scale local market activations, and design creator frameworks for proposition teams (beauty, sports, kids). - Oversee and enable additional strategic projects, ensuring cross-functional alignment and maintaining the project pipeline. - Design and scale creator strategies, adapting project management practices to activate and scale a diverse, multi-tiered creator ecosystem and remove redundancies. - Translate platform trends and consumer behavior into actionable content strategies; collaborate with external agencies, Paid Media, and Social Media teams. - Define core processes and frameworks, working with Marketing and Product teams to overhaul and improve major initiatives. - Drive operational standards and improvements, experimenting with new tooling, collaborating with product and tech teams, and implementing controls for budget, time, resources, and risk. - Champion the creator experience by gathering feedback via surveys and interviews to inform strategic initiatives. - Analyze performance and champion engagement testing, running experiments and turning post-mortems into process changes. Qualifications - 7+ years of project management experience in fashion, lifestyle, or influencer marketing, with strong background in top-tier agency or leading brand. - Proven track record leading complex, end-to-end strategic projects. - Deep understanding of the creator economy, social platforms, and experience with product teams to develop tools for creators. - Exceptional organizational, coordination, and communication skills; able to engage senior stakeholders. - Growth mindset and strong interest in fashion, sport, and/or beauty. What We Offer - 27 days of holiday (up to 30), 40% off fashion/beauty, family support, pension, employee shares, health & wellbeing options, mental health support, training and development, 2 paid volunteering days, relocation assistance.