Crocs, Inc

Director, Strategy & Growth

Crocs, Inc$180K — $190K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or BA in Business, Economics, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, or related field; MBA preferred or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 8 years in corporate strategy, business transformation, or growth strategy, including 4 years in management consulting; experience in consumer/retail strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated capability to lead enterprise-level strategy from ambiguity to execution.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, particularly in market assessment and financial modeling.
  • Proficient in influencing executives and aligning cross-functional teams without direct authority.
  • Experience in mentoring and developing talent within teams.
  • Skilled in executive-level communication, storytelling, data visualization, and presentation design.

Responsibilities

  • Set and prioritize the enterprise growth agenda with senior leaders for Crocs and HEYDUDE.
  • Lead key initiatives from concept to execution, framing critical business questions and guiding project workstreams.
  • Translate market and competitive insights into board-ready narratives and actionable recommendations for execs.
  • Facilitate cross-functional alignment to convert strategic choices into clear actions and measurable results.
  • Mentor team members and foster strategic capability across the organization.
  • Drive innovation and change by identifying new growth opportunities like partnerships and M&A.
  • Establish performance metrics and governance frameworks to track initiative impact and results.

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule supporting a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration.
  • Participation in a company incentive program.
  • Eligible for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance and short/long-term disability coverage.
  • Paid time off and an employee assistance program.
  • 401k program with company match.
  • Access to additional voluntary benefits.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Director, Strategy & Growth for Crocs, Inc. (Crocs and HEYDUDE) is responsible for crafting and advancing enterprise growth priorities across brands, channels, and regions. Reporting to the VP, Growth & Strategy, this role acts as a senior strategic partner to executive leadership. It leads high-impact initiatives from opportunity framing through executive alignment and activation. The Director will build strategy capability across the function, develop talent, influence cross-functional decision-making, and translate long-term growth opportunities into clear actions that drive balanced enterprise value. Our mission is to compete, innovate, and grow flawlessly in a dynamic market.

What You'll Do

  • Set the enterprise growth agenda by partnering with senior and executive leaders to identify, prioritize, and advance the highest-value strategic opportunities across Crocs, HEYDUDE, and Crocs, Inc.
  • Lead central initiatives from concept through activation, framing ambiguous business questions, structuring workstreams, making trade-off recommendations, and enabling cross-functional execution.
  • Influence executive decision-making by translating market, consumer, competitive, operating, and financial insights into simple, board-ready narratives and actionable recommendations.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across brand, product, marketing, channel, finance, operations, and regions to move strategic choices into owned plans, measurable achievements, and clear accountabilities.
  • Champion talent and build strategic capability by mentoring team members, setting direction for project teams, developing structured problem-solving, and crafting opportunities for others to lead.
  • Lead change and innovation by evaluating white space, adjacencies, partnerships, M&A, new business models, and other growth platforms that can evolve the portfolio and unlock enterprise value.
  • Establish performance rigor by defining critical metrics, governance, dashboards, and impact tracking to ensure pivotal initiatives deliver balanced results and findings are embedded.


What You'll Bring to the Table

  • BS or BA in Business, Economics, Marketing, Strategy, Finance, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 8 years of professional experience in corporate strategy, business transformation, growth strategy, or a related field, including at least 4 years of management consulting experience; consumer, retail, footwear, or apparel experience strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to lead enterprise-level strategy work from ambiguity to aligned executive decisions and implementation.
  • Strong commercial and financial competence, with depth in market assessment, consumer insights, competitive benchmarking, reason development, and financial modeling.
  • Proven ability to influence at the executive level, navigate matrixed organizations, and build alignment across functions, brands, regions, and channels without direct authority.
  • Experience developing talent and scaling work through others, including mentoring team members and leading cross-functional project teams.
  • Executive-level communication, storytelling, PowerPoint, Excel, and data visualization skills, with the ability to simplify complex analysis into clear choices, recommendations, and actions.


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Title: Director, Strategy & Growth

Salary or Pay Range: $180,000 - $190,000

Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.

At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.

This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.

This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.

The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.

Job Category: Corporate

About Crocs, Inc

Crocs, Inc. is an American company that designs, manufactures, and markets casual footwear for men, women, and children. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Niwot, Colorado. Crocs are made from a proprietary closed-cell resin called Croslite, which is soft, comfortable, and lightweight. Crocs are sold in more than 90 countries around the world and are popular among people who work in healthcare, food service, and other industries that require long periods of standing. Crocs has been recognized for its innovative designs and has won several awards for its products.
Learn more about Crocs, Inc
Size
5,770 employees
Market Cap
$6.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$312.8 million
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+17.4%
Revenue
$1.3 billion
NASDAQ

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