Senior Director, Product Management- Merchandising and Merchandise Planning

Gap

Gap

Product, Sales & Business Development
Folsom, CA, USA · New York, NY, USA
Posted on Jun 26, 2025

About the Role

*applications will be accepted through 7/18/25*

Gap Inc. is seeking a strategic, data-driven Senior Director to be responsible for transforming the digital capabilities powering our merchandising and merchandise planning.

This is a high-impact leadership role focused on delivering AI-first, frictionless, and future-ready platforms that optimize cost, speed, and sustainability across Gap Inc.’s brand portfolio. The ideal candidate will operate with a strong product mindset, business ownership approach, and deep knowledge of planning, sourcing, inventory, logistics, and fulfillment systems.

As part of the Global Technology Solutions team, this leader will play a pivotal role in reimagining how product comes to life and reaches customers efficiently and profitably in a connected commerce ecosystem.

What You'll Do

Product Lifecycle & Planning Transformation

  • Lead digital product strategies across product development, planning and merchandising to drive speed, precision, and cross-functional alignment.

  • Build tools that enable buy planning, demand-sensing, price optimization, and intelligent assortment planning across global networks.

Inventory & Fulfillment Optimization

  • Oversee product innovation for end-to-end inventory visibility, allocation, and replenishment—optimizing availability and working capital productivity and reducing cost to serve.

AI-Driven Planning & Pricing Systems

  • Modernize planning systems with AI, automation, and advanced analytics to anticipate demand, improve routing, and reduce waste.

Sustainability & Responsiveness

  • Drive investment in digital tools that improve agility and traceability—enabling responsible sourcing, on-demand production, and nearshoring flexibility.

  • Align product and supply chain platforms to support circularity, efficiency, and resilience in the face of global disruption.

Enterprise Leadership & Collaboration

  • Partner with Transformation Leaders, Product Development, Data Science, Engineering and Enterprise Architecture, and Finance teams to align tech investments with business growth and transformation goals.

  • Lead a high-performing team of product managers across the Merchandising and Merchandise Planning value streams—building enterprise capabilities and digital muscle.

Who You Are

  • 9–10+ years of product leadership or business systems experience in Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, Allocation and/or Pricing.

  • Strong understanding of retail planning, sourcing, fulfillment, and global supply chain operations

  • Proven experience building digital platforms that improve agility, visibility, and operational performance

  • Expertise in AI/ML, automation, and enterprise supply chain systems (e.g., Blue Yonder, Manhattan, SAP, o9, Anaplan)

  • Executive-level communication skills and ability to collaborate across operations, product, technology, and finance

  • Experience leading large, cross-functional product teams and major transformation portfolios