Sr Director - Procurement, Marketing & Growth at Gap

Sr Director - Procurement, Marketing & Growth

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, the Sr. Director of Procurement Marketing and Growth Categories is a senior leadership role tasked with advancing the NextGen Procurement transformation while helping fuel enterprise growth. This leader operates at the intersection of marketing, finance, technology, operations and external partners - shaping how marketing investments translate into measurable business outcomes.

Specifically, you will:

• Develop and execute category strategies aligned to brand and enterprise growth priorities, delivering top-quartile value across a balanced scorecard of Profitability (P/L and Capital saving), Growth (budget optimization and revenue), Service, Supply Assurance and Sustainability.
• Act as a strategic partner to Marketing leadership, bringing commercial fluency across brand and performance marketing, media mix, and customer acquisition to influence investment decisions and maximize ROI.
• Translate marketing spend into measurable business outcomes by advancing performance frameworks, benchmarking, and value-based commercial models (e.g., outcome-based pricing, performance incentives).
• Architect and continuously evolve the agency ecosystem (in-house vs. external, consolidation vs. specialization), ensuring alignment of capabilities, incentives, and business goals.
• Lead complex sourcing and go-to-market strategies that optimize value beyond costbalancing quality, speed, innovation, and scalability.
• Continuously scan the external marketplace to identify and introduce innovative partners, emerging platforms, and new ways of working (including AI-enabled capabilities across creative, media, and production).
• Drive adoption of advanced sourcing and analytics capabilities (e.g., should-cost modeling, media transparency, spend analytics, design-to-value) in partnership with Procurement COEs.
• Lead enterprise change initiativeschallenging the status quo with a "What if?" and "Why not?" mindset while driving alignment across a highly matrixed organization.
• Build and develop a high-performing procurement team by fostering relevant capabilities, deepening of the category management expertise and effective resource allocation.
• Establish strong governance, performance management, and accountability frameworks across internal teams and external partners to ensure consistent delivery and continuous improvement.

You are a strategic, growth-oriented leader with a strong sense of ownership in the outcomes and a deep understanding of how marketing drives business performance. You bring curiosity, creativity, and commercial rigorable to navigate complexity and influence at the most senior levels of the organization.

You're creative, self-motivated and can navigate with ease a large matrix organization with strong cultural foundation. You are equally comfortable shaping long-term strategy and driving hands-on execution. You build trust quickly, challenge constructively, and lead through positive influence in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

You also have:

• 12+ years of experience across marketing procurement and/or agency / consulting, with a strong track record of impact in senior leadership roles.
• Deep expertise across marketing categories, including omni-channel media, creative and production, influencers, talent, martech, and emerging channels. Experience in licensing and/or entertainment is a plus.
• Strong commercial understanding of marketing effectiveness, including ROI, attribution, media performance, and customer economics.
• Proven ability to partner with and influence senior marketing and business leaders within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect category strategies to enterprise P&L outcomes.
• Demonstrated success in designing and managing agency ecosystems and supplier partnerships that drive performance and innovation, especially with Ai-powered capabilities.
• Apparel / Retail industry experience is preferred.
• Experience leading transformationadvancing category management, enabling new capabilities, and defining "what good looks like" in evolving environments.
• Inspirational leader with positive impact in mind, focus on the How as much as the What.
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing team, developing long-term capabilities in others and helping to unleash talent's full potential.
• Advanced collaboration, communication, and executive presence; able to influence across all levels internally and externally.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution capability in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Expertise in negotiation, contract structuring, and data-driven decision-making.
• High energy, ownership mindset, and a bias for action.
• Genuine affinity for the company and its portfolio of brands.

Salary Range: $211,800.00 - $285,900.00 Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

Benefits at Gap Inc.

• Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
• One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
• Employees can take up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
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*For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.