Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers has spent nearly 30 years helping men, women and kids everywhere look and feel good. Developing comfort technologies is at the foundation of all that we do—delivering stylish, innovative, and quality products at a reasonable price. From our diverse footwear offering to a growing range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

With international business representing over half of our total sales, we have product available in more than 170 countries and significant opportunities for continued expansion worldwide. We sell our collections direct to consumers through more than 4,000 Skechers stores around the globe and Skechers e-commerce sites, as well as through a network of third-party partners.

A MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL LEADER IN THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY.

JOB PURPOSE -

As Director of IT Project Management, you will provide strategic leadership over a team of project managers working on critical technology initiatives. In this role, you will align project outcomes with overarching business objectives to drive value and support cross-functional partnerships.

Leveraging exceptional communication, collaboration, and coaching skills, the Director will promote transparency, accountability, and process excellence across project management operations. You will own the aggregated project portfolio view and make decisive recommendations to optimize resource utilization and strategic alignment.

As a thoughtful and inspirational leader, the Director will build trust through active listening, ethical decision-making and dedicated mentorship of project managers. You will champion professional development and foster a culture of learning, inclusivity and results-driven performance. With an unwavering commitment to realizing business success through technology, the Director will lead by example to engage diverse stakeholders and ensure project excellence from conception to completion.

• Provides executive-level oversight of all information technology projects to ensure alignment with business goals, focused resource utilization, and unified standards for success.
• Cultivates transparency and accountability across project management operations through consistent communications, detailed reporting, and process optimization.
• Champions professional excellence and leads by example to motivate the project management team, engage diverse stakeholders, and drive results.
• Partners with business leaders and technology heads to understand objectives, advise on solutions, and evaluate project proposals and progress with a strategic lens.
• Leads the end-to-end life cycle for critical, enterprise-level technology implementations that require complex coordination.
• Develops and nurtures an inclusive and ethical culture focused on mentorship, upskilling, and inspiring the highest caliber of performance.
• Creates aggregated project portfolio views and recommends decisions about resource assignments, budgets, timelines, and continuance based on data-driven insights.
• Standardizes methodologies and tools to build repeatable, efficient and risk-aware project management capabilities across the organization.

Will work closely with:

• IT Business Operations Portfolio Management
• IT Business Operations Financial Management
• IT Senior Leadership and Executive management
• IT Functional teams including Enterprise Apps, Infrastructure & Operations, Retail Systems, Info Sec, International IT, and Distribution Centers
• Other Skechers technology teams including Digital and Data & Analytics
• Technology partners and consultants
• Legal

ESSENTIAL JOB RESULTS -

• Provides strategic leadership over project management operations, including hiring and developing top talent, coaching for excellence, and setting priorities aligned to business goals.
• Leads the end-to-end project life cycle from planning to execution, enabling product roadmaps and quality standards through cross-functional alignment, risk mitigation, and focused resource utilization.
• Cultivates transparency and accountability across the project portfolio via consistent communications, detailed reporting, budget tracking, and resource forecasting.
• Partners with senior management and diverse stakeholders to translate business objectives into comprehensive project plans spanning requirements, timelines, budgets, and success metrics.
• Balances project constraints through data-driven analysis, adaptable decision-making, and overarching focus on driving outcomes in support of Skechers' strategic priorities.
• Promotes professional excellence and leads by example to motivate the team, facilitate collaboration, optimize workflows, and ensure quality delivery.
• Creates a culture focused on mentorship, upskilling, ethics and inclusivity to inspire individual growth and the highest caliber of performance.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES-

• Yes

JOB REQUIREMENTS-

• Demonstrated knowledge of project management skills including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing processes.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and motivate teams to work together to ensure success.  Ability to mentor staff, assisting them to achieve professional designations and career growth objectives.
• Must have well-developed people skills with the ability to establish highly functional relationships with diverse personalities both within and outside the company.
• Entrepreneurial thinking with strategic planning and analytical skills. Ability to get things done and drive projects to fruition.
• Strong background on current project management practices including SCRUM management practices and associated tools (Jira, Confluence, Slack, etc.), Waterfall and Hybrid project management approaches.
• Strong understanding of conceptual estimating and budgeting, keen knowledge of current market pricing and IT trends.
• Proven ability to measure project performance using appropriate tools, systems, and techniques.
• Champion, lead and/or participate in change initiatives and/or task force initiatives, as requested for program execution. Implement key departmental processes at the project level, participate in routine process refinement.
• Ability to identify and solve problems quickly and efficiently and creatively and come up with innovative solutions.
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple project teams with diverse backgrounds, skills and knowledge. 
• Ability to make tough decisions, act quickly when needed, and manage conflict while providing advice and guidance to the team and key stakeholders.
• Play a key role in ensuring project managers are actively monitoring and managing project dependencies within the portfolio.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE-

• 10+ years project management experience working in an IT environment running technical projects.
• 8+ years experience working with IT executive management and C-level leadership.
• 5+ years in leading and managing a project management team.
• A bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration, or a related field. Having a master's degree or a certification from a project management organization will be an added advantage.
• certifications like PMP, SCRUM Master, CPM, and PRINCE2.
• Working knowledge of project management software and other applications including MS Office and Smartsheet.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk; sit, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long period of times.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The salary range for this position is $170,000-$190,000.